Oilers Trade Value: Goalies & Defense
The regular season is winding down, and the Edmonton Oilers are gearing up for the off-season. It’s been a long and disappointing season and it’s time to begin the evaluation…
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Grading Chiarelli: Oilers Summer Moves (Part I)
To suggest Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli is completely done his job for the summer might be premature. To assume he’s finished making moves and player transactions for the…
Oilers and Franson: What’s Taking So Long?
Recently I wrote an article asking the question, what is taking the Oilers so long to work out a deal with Jaromir Jagr? It was a somewhat rhetorical question in…
Edmonton Oilers and Nick Holden? Might Make Sense.
As was reported earlier by Larry Brooks and discussed by THW’s own Tom Dianora, the New York Rangers are actively shopping defenseman Nick Holden as they search to improve their…
Expect Oilers to Be Quiet in Free Agency
When the Edmonton Oilers decided to bring on Peter Chiarelli as the club’s general manager following what was a disappointing but rather productive 2014-15 campaign, aka “The McDavid Lottery”, everyone…
Edmonton Oilers 2017 Offseason Moves Tracker
(Last updated: July 12) The offseason is officially underway, and there’s lots of news and notes regarding the Edmonton Oilers and the summer of 2017. Edmonton will be very busy…
Oilers, Chiarelli Miss Golden Opportunity
After watching the Edmonton Oilers reach the second round of the NHL Playoffs for the first time in eleven years, one would have thought Peter Chiarelli would be looking to…
Oilers Hand Strome New Lease on Life
In the six years that have passed since the New York Islanders used the fifth overall pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft to select Ryan Strome, the Mississauga native…
Kris Russell Re-Signs With Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers moved out cap space when they traded Jordan Eberle and they immediately used some of that saved money and gave it to veteran defenseman Kris Russell. Kris…
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 Shouldn’t Make Long-Term Commitment to Russell
If there’s ever been one player the hockey analytics community seems to have an absolute disdain for it’s Edmonton Oilers defenseman, Kris Russell. I’d like to preface this by saying…
Is Chris Lee a Short-Term Solution for Oilers?
The Edmonton Oilers are dealing with an injury to defenseman Andrej Sekera, who’ll be out for 6-9 months. One of the short-term options might be journeyman Chris Lee, who spent…