2 w. ago Matthew Tkachuk taunts Oilers captain McDavid at Florida Panthers celebration bash

This in from the X account of Florida Panthers fan Jen @jenpnthr, video of Panthers second line winger Matthew Tkachuk taunting Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid at a Stanley Cup celebration party. “Connor McDavid who?!” shouts Tkachuk into  a mic, igniting the crowd into a profane chant about McDavid. Chucky please please never change […]

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3 w. ago Change needed: Factors standing in the way of the Oilers winning a Stanley Cup next year

Now what? After another regime change and a major player overhaul in the summer, the Edmonton Oilers seem father away from a Stanley Cup right now than they did a year ago. What started out as an epic series with the Florida Panthers — three-straight ferocious overtime games — fizzled into the Oilers being exposed. […]

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3 w. ago Florida Panthers beat Edmonton Oilers to win Stanley Cup for second straight year

The Panthers beat the Oilers in seven games to capture their first-ever title last June. This year they did it in six games

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3 w. ago Game over: Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup dreams die again in Florida

In any other era, in almost any other year, this Edmonton Oilers team is good enough to win a Stanley Cup. Good enough, even, to be a two-time champion solidifying its place in NHL history. But not in this era. Not during the Florida Panthers’ reign. For the second year in a row, with the […]

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3 w. ago 'I wanna throw up': Edmonton Oilers fans' unique coping strategies for Game 6

Edmonton Oilers fan are on high alert heading into Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, a must-win for the Oilers. Many of them are having a hard time just getting through the day and are variously doom scrolling, thinking happy thoughts only or catastrophizing away their day until game time. Here are some of […]

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3 w. ago Oilers need win over Panthers Tuesday to drag Stanley Cup final back to Edmonton for a Game 7

Three of the first four games were decided in overtime, but the Panthers crushed the Oilers 6-1 in Game 3 in Sunrise.

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3 w. ago ‘As clutch as it gets’: Leon Draisaitl steps up again for Oilers in Stanley Cup final

The 29-year-old German now has 11 goals and 21 assists for 32 points in 20 playoff games this spring.

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3 w. ago Would you choose an Edmonton Oilers' Stanley Cup win over $1 million?

Just how much is a Stanley Cup win worth, anyway? Depending on who is being asked, the answer could range anywhere from happily offering up your first-born child, to: ‘What’s a Stanley Cup?’ But just how far would the average Edmonton Oilers fan go to have the roles get reversed from last year’s result and […]

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4 w. ago Thursday's letters: Stanley Cup final officiating needs cleanup

This is an enthusiastic shout-out for our Edmonton Oilers! Of course, we want them to win the Stanley Cup. It’s our time. But what is happening on the ice? A list of what is not called during the finals by the referees is shocking: goalie interference; too many men on the ice; high sticking; tripping, […]

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