Oilers News: Updates on Maroon, Nurse, Yamamoto, Benson
The Edmonton Oilers have now dropped six consecutive games, and have seen their playoff aspirations take a massive hit as a result. In February alone, the Oilers are 1-6-1 through…
Kailer Yamamoto
Oilers Prospect Kailer Yamamoto Is Tearing Apart the WHL
Since coming back from the 2018 World Junior Championships, Edmonton Oilers prospect Kailer Yamamoto has absolutely torn apart the WHL. The 22nd overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft has…
Oilers 2017 Draft Picks: February Prospects Report
The last time we checked on the Edmonton Oilers’ 2017 NHL Draft picks was in November. A lot has happened over the past few months with the 2018 World Junior…
WHL Weekly: Don Hay Sets Record & Yamamoto on Fire
With playoff races in full effect, it would be a team near the bottom of the standings that made the biggest headlines in the Western Hockey League this week. Kamloops…
Kirill Maksimov: A Thrilling Oilers Prospect
We’ve talked a fair bit since last June about the Edmonton Oilers and their picks from the 2017 NHL Draft. As promising as Kailer Yamamoto (22nd overall) is, this wasn’t…
Oilers Prospects Performances at 2018 WJC
With the 2018 World Junior Championships (WJC) now over, it’s time to reflect. The Edmonton Oilers had four players participate, highlighted by Kailer Yamamoto earning a bronze medal. Ironically, Yamamoto’s…
Midseason WHL Power Rankings
WHL Preseason Predictions WHL Power Rankings Through 10 Games Here we are, at the holiday break — at the unofficial midway mark of the Western Hockey League season. And so…
2018 WJC Team USA Preview
The United States look to retain their gold medal victory from last year. If they are to do so, it will be done on home soil. Only seven potential returnees…
November Prospect Report: Oilers 2017 Draft Picks
It’s a little over a month into the season and time to check in on the Edmonton Oilers’ prospect base. The team made seven picks in the 2017 NHL Draft,…
Oilers Continue Shuffling the Deck Chairs on Titanic
The Edmonton Oilers continue to shuffle the deck chairs on the Titanic for this 2017-18 season. Everything that can go wrong has gone wrong for this year’s Oilers – this…
Writing on the Wall for Kailer Yamamoto?
Edmonton Oilers rookie Kailer Yamamoto is approaching the dreaded ninth game of his first NHL season. The 19-year-old was the Oilers’ 22nd overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft in…
Oilers Need Offensive Depth From Within
The Edmonton Oilers aren’t scoring this season — and, consequently, aren’t winning. Only three wins through 11 games, averaging fewer than three goals per game — way fewer, as in…