What Can Edmonton Oilers Fans Expect from Nail Yakupov? David OConnor | August 19, 2012 When a star prospect is chosen first overall in the NHL Entry Draft, high expectations immediately follow; it comes with the territory. Nail Yakupov received the right to that pressure this past June, and he’ll be holding on to it all season long.
Can Edmonton Make the Playoffs This Season? Marcy Di Michele | August 14, 2012 A question likely on the minds of long-suffering Oilers fans who have watched their beloved team toil in the basement of the league, is one that will continue to be asked as…
2012-13 NHL Regular Season Predictions: Western Conference Fred Poulin | August 14, 2012 August is the time of the year where things are very slow regarding NHL news, especially since the free agency “frenzy” has cooled down and that NHL training camps are…
Is Devan Dubnyk the Goaltender of the Future for the Edmonton Oilers? Carl Maloney | August 10, 2012 With the 2012-2013 NHL season on the horizon, it’s time to look into the Edmonton Oilers’ goaltending situation. Is Devan Dubnyk the man?
Nail Yakupov Captains Team Russia Marcy Di Michele | August 9, 2012 It’s been an eventful summer for Russian forward, and future NHLer Nail Yakupov. He was selected 1st overall by the Edmonton Oilers in June, signed a three-year entry level contract…
How the West Has Fared Post-Lockout Meesh Shanmugam | August 4, 2012 With the current CBA about to expire, it’s time to look at how the NHL’s Western Conference has fared since the 2004-2005 lockout…
Pre-Season NHL Rankings: The Western Conference Dave Champion | August 2, 2012 This off-season has been full of surprising twists and turns in the NHL world, from Shea Weber signing an offer sheet with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Nashville Predators’ matching…
Edmonton Oilers All-Time Roster Carl Maloney | July 27, 2012 With the Edmonton Oilers previous season well over, and the upcoming season months (hopefully) away, Oiler fans are sitting, awaiting the next big Oiler news. They have had an eventful offseason already…
Former Oiler Steve Staios Retires Marcy Di Michele | July 25, 2012 Before he was traded to the Calgary Flames in 2010, gritty defenseman Steve Staios was one of the faces of the Edmonton Oilers. After signing as a UFA in 2001,…
Top 10 NHL 2012 Draft Team Performances Christopher Ralph | July 24, 2012 With just over a month to digest the results of the 2012 NHL draft and subsequently recover from NDWS (NHL Draft Withdrawal Syndrome), henothwest-western-conferencere are my projected top ten team…
Yakupov, Oilers Agree to Entry-Level Contract Marcy Di Michele | July 23, 2012 It almost seemed like just a formality at this point, but the Edmonton Oilers announced today that they’ve signed first overall pick Nail Yakupov to a three-year entry-level contract. Edmonton…
Sam Gagner Remains an Oiler Marcy Di Michele | July 20, 2012 On Friday morning, the Edmonton Oilers announced that they signed forward Sam Gagner to a one year contract worth $3.2 million dollars. The new contract will be a significant raise…