2022 NHL Draft Buyer Beware: 6 Recent First-Round Busts
The NHL Draft always brings out excitement when it arrives. That’s because this is the place teams with high first-round picks are picking the player they hope becomes their next…
Griffin Reinhart
2012 NHL Entry Draft: 5 Forgotten Picks
The 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh is notable for being the 50th NHL Entry Draft and for producing many present-day stars who are in their primes, such as Morgan…
Ex-Oiler Reinhart May Be the Most Expensive Non-NHL Player Ever
Griffin Reinhart last played professionally in 2019-20 with Beijing’s Kunlun Red Star in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That’s a long way from being drafted 4th overall by the New…
Is Reinhart Ready to Shine on the Vegas Strip?
Normally, a writer’s knowledge would be questioned if they suggested a player with only 37 games of NHL experience could have a key role in the upcoming 2017-18 season. But,…
Edmonton Oilers 2017 NHL Draft Primer
The 2017 NHL Draft is set to take place on June 23-24. The Edmonton Oilers will make their first of eight selections starting at 22nd overall. Edmonton has picks in every…
Oilers’ Summer UFA & RFA List
With the offseason underway for the Edmonton Oilers, it’s back to the drawing board for general manager Peter Chiarelli. It’s going to be a busy summer for Chiarelli as the…
Bakersfield’s Bumping Blue Line
It was a roller coaster ride kind of season for the Bakersfield Condors. Fans watched fifteen players that have filtered through their American Hockey League system dress in an Edmonton…
Facing Off: Oilers Roundtable Talking Expansion Draft, Offseason
@FacingOff_THW) and get in on the debate there too. On May 10, when the final buzzer sounded on Game 7 — with the Anaheim Ducks edging the Edmonton Oilers 2-1…
Oilers Update on Oscar Klefbom: Fingers Crossed
On Friday evening, the Edmonton Oilers dominated the San Jose Sharks. It was a nice change of pace from the disastrous outing the “Orange Crush” put forward in Game 1 of their…
Oilers Re-Assign Reinhart, Lander & Oesterle to Condors
The Edmonton Oilers have reassigned a trio of players to their AHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors. Fresh off a 1-0 shootout victory over the Montreal Canadiens, the Oilers sent Jordan…
Benning Injury Bad Timing for Oilers
In the Edmonton Oilers loss to Carolina on Friday, it was more than missing two points and losing their third consecutive game that has drawn concern in Edmonton. In the…
Oilers Pass on Fayne, Recall Oesterle and Reinhart
These are curious times for the Edmonton Oilers. With Darnell Nurse not yet ready to return to the lineup, Matt Benning headed to the IR list and Kris Russell banged…