11 h. 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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28 h. 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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28 h. 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 d. ago Oilers can beat Panthers. But need to go big, bigger, biggest, most bigly

Can the Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers? Of course they can. But they need to go big, bigger, biggest, and most bigly. What do I mean by that? This series has been super close with three games going to overtime. Overall Edmonton has had 91 Grade A shots to 80 Grade A shots for […]

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4 d. ago Player grades: Florida Panthers dead puck Edmonton Oilers to death in 5

After four high-flying games in the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers played their best smothering, dead puck game, throttling the Edmonton Oilers at most every turn in a 5-2 win. It was the lowest event hockey game of the year for Edmonton, hardly any Grade A shots at all. One big difference in the […]

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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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7 d. ago Majority of Proline players favour Panthers in upcoming game versus Oilers

It seems Proline bettors are favouring the Florida Panthers to continue their winning ways in the Stanley Cup final. Florida took a 2-1 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers with a decisive 6-1 win Monday night. Action is slated to resume Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla. Fifty-four per cent of early bettors are looking towards […]

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1 week ago Here is what the Edmonton Oilers need to do to ensure they win Game Three in Florida

The Stanley Cup Finals Game Three is now less than a day away. Soon, the time for talking will be past and the analysis of the previous two games well over. The puck will drop on what could be a decisive Game Three. So, what do the Oilers need to do to win Monday night […]

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1 week ago Player Grades: Florida Panthers Beat Oilers in Double OT Heartbreaker

The Oilers lost a hard fought game in double overtime after battling back to tie the game with just 18 seconds left. This was a legendary tilt, full of all the things that make the Stanley Cup finals the greatest sporting event on the planet: Lots of hits, lots of greasy plays, a ton of […]

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2 w. ago Draisaitl scores in OT, Oilers beat the Panthers in overtime in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final

Leon Draisaitl scored on the power play in overtime, Stuart Skinner made 29 saves and the Edmonton Oilers erased a multigoal deficit to beat the defending champion Florida Panthers 4-3 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final rematch on Wednesday night. After Tomas Nosek’s penalty for putting the puck over the glass, Draisaitl’s goal 19:29 into OT sent...

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2 w. ago 'The Oilers time has come': NHL's elder statesmen both pick Edmonton to win

This in from Don “Grapes” Cherry, 91, and Stan “The Maven” Fischler, 93, the two elder statesmen of National Hockey League commentary, their predictions that the Edmonton Oilers will win the Stanley Cup in 2025 over the Florida Panthers. “I’m still sticking with Edmonton,” Don Cherry said this weekend on his Grapevine podcast. “Skinner is […]

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2 w. ago 'The Oilers time has come': NHL's elder statesmen Cherry and Fischler pick Edmonton

This in from Don “Grapes” Cherry, 91, and Stan “The Maven” Fischler, 93, the two elder statesmen of National Hockey League commentary, their predictions that the Edmonton Oilers will win the Stanley Cup in 2025 over the Florida Panthers. “I’m still sticking with Edmonton,” Don Cherry said this weekend on his Grapevine podcast. “Skinner is […]

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2 w. ago A member of the Edmonton Oilers critical to its success is not getting his due: 9 Things

This is the best Edmonton Oilers team in thirty-five years. If they win, it may be the best in thirty-seven given the fact that they would also have back-to-back Finals appearances on their resume. So, the best since Wayne Gretzky owned this town. Yet, the National Hockey League does not give the primary architect of this […]

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2 w. ago 5 things to know about the Stanley Cup final rematch between the Oilers and Panthers

Florida's been the undisputed epicentre of NHL success recently. Between the Panthers and Lightning, teams from the Sunshine State have appeared in six straight Stanley Cup finals.

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3 w. ago Edmonton Oilers push Dallas to the brink of elimination with 4

“We want the cup, we want the cup ” That loud refrain thundered through a wild Rogers Place on Tuesday night as the Edmonton Oilers earned a 4-1 win in Game Four, and a 3-1 stranglehold over Dallas in the Western Conference Finals. Dallas pulled their goalie at 2:30 of the third, but the home team […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton Oilers win game, lose Hyman, tighten noose around Stars

Game 4 in any playoff series is always to swing game, and that was the case again Tuesday at Rogers Place because when it was all over, the Dallas Stars were swinging from the end of a noose. The Edmonton Oilers kicked the stool out from under Dallas with a 4-1 victory to take a […]

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3 w. ago Dallas seeing Stars as Edmonton Oilers put on a clinic in Game 2 win

The old adage about a playoff team never being in trouble until it loses a game on home ice has never been more true than it is right now. The Dallas Stars are in trouble. They caught lightning in a bottle in Game 1 — scoring three power-play goals in six minutes to steal a […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton Oilers reset, aim for Game 2 win and split in Dallas

Edmonton took the 2024 conference final from Dallas in six games, including a double overtime win in Game 1.

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3 w. ago 'Want to win for the fans': Edmonton Oilers thrive under pressure of hockey

Is our national obsession with hockey the reason no Canadian team has won the Cup since 1993?

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