4 h. ago If and when this prospect dog will have his Day with the Edmonton Oilers

The Top 20 countdown of our 2025 Cult of Hockey Prospect Series continues. These are the twenty young men in the system today closest to making an impact with the big club. Players only fall off the list once they: -Make the NHL -Get dealt to a different organization -Age out, or -Drop off the […]

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16 h. ago Edmonton Oilers in trade talks for Boston Bruins 1st round winger? Hmm

This in from hockey writer and analyst Dominic Tiano of Dom.Hockey.com, a rumour that the Boston Bruins and Edmonton may be cooking up a deal involving Boston moving former first round draft pick winger Fabian Lysell to the Oilers. Said Court Lalonde of the Bruins Diehards podcast: “When the Boston Bruins used their first round […]

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21 h. ago Oilers notebook: Keith Acton fondly recalls 'resilient' Mark Kirton who died after fight with ALS

Former Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup winner and associate coach Keith Acton fondly remembers his friend and ex-NHL forward Mark Kirton, who fought the bravest of fights with ALS before dying Sunday in Ontario. “It’s so sad…he really dedicated himself in every way to generate resources to fight this for others, you know, coming down the […]

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24 h. ago Can Smurfs get it done? Edmonton Oilers now faster but smaller on the wing

This in from TSN stats analyst Travis Yost, his rating of the Edmonton Oilers wingers in the third tier in the NHL, with Florida, Tampa, the Wild, the Lightning and Los Angeles in the first tier out of five. Yost had this to say on the Oilers wings: “The Andrew Mangiapane signing was sorely needed […]

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38 h. ago Have Oilers finally found the player to break nasty trend with Russian prospects?

Cult of Hockey prospect series 2025: #18, Nikita Yevseyev (Previously #15 in 2024) 20 years old, 6’1, 187 lbs., drafted #190 overall in 2022 It’s not like the Edmonton Oilers have never had success with Russian players and Russian draft picks. Bo Mironov, Igor Ulanov, Igor Kravchuk, Denis Grebeshkov all put in solid seasons on […]

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54 h. ago 'Create our own path': Three former Edmonton girls' hockey teammates achieve NCAA dreams

"We knew of each other, but once we started to play together that friendship and bond just continued to grow"

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60 h. ago The Edmonton Oilers cap challenges are not and shouldn't be Connor McDavid's problem: 9 Things

Will he? Won’t he? For how much? And for how long? The questions surrounding the contract status of Connor McDavid is the main focus in the latest edition of 9 Things 9. Congratulations to Andrew and Claudia Mangiapane on the birth of their baby boy A.J. It is a reminder that like us, NHL players […]

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3 d. ago Elephant in the room: still one massive unknown about Connor McDavid's new contract

Until Connor McDavid signs a new contract with the Edmonton Oilers, nothing is certain. But according to numerous credible sources, hockey insiders like Bob Stauffer, Elliotte Friedman and Frank Seravalli, we can expect McDavid to sign sometime before Edmonton’s training camp starts in September, most likely on a deal ranging from three-to-five years. But there’s […]

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3 d. ago Still one massive unknown about Connor McDavid's new contract

Until Connor McDavid signs a new contract with the Edmonton Oilers, nothing is certain. But according to numerous credible sources, hockey insiders like Bob Stauffer, Elliotte Friedman and Frank Seravalli, we can expect McDavid to sign sometime before Edmonton’s training camp starts in September, most likely on a deal ranging from three-to-five years. But there’s […]

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4 d. ago Is this finally the goaltender the Edmonton Oilers have long been looking for?

The Top 20 countdown of our 2025 Cult of Hockey Prospect Series begins today. These are the twenty young men in the system right now who are closest to making an impact with the big club. A friendly reminder: Players only fall off the list once they: -Make the NHL -Get dealt to a different […]

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5 d. ago Can Edmonton Oilers find ever elusive 2.5% solution in their bottom

The goal of National Hockey League scouts, player development departments, and minor league coaches is to identify, acquire and development future NHL players, in particular players who can become part of their team’s Core 12, the top seven forwards, four d-men and goalie who make up the spine of any team. If a team drafts […]

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6 d. ago This fresh face on the Edmonton Oilers' Top Prospects list will attempt to buck long NHL odds

We will kick off our 2025 Cult of Hockey Prospect Series where we typically do, which is at the bottom. Today, I will cover all the forwards ranked 34-21. Tomorrow, David Staples will do the Defencemen and Goaltenders in that same range. Then, we will go from #20 to #1 between now and training camp. Who […]

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7 d. ago Disaster? Top Oilers prospects almost all trended down or were moved out last year

Fact: Almost all of the Edmonton Oilers’ top prospects trended down or were moved out in the last year. If we look at the Top 20 Oilers prospects — as ranked by the Cult of Hockey panel last summer —  we see that seven of them have been moved out of the organization, eight of […]

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7 d. ago 'Worst feeling in the world': Have Edmonton Oilers run out of key ingredient to chase Stanley Cup?

Do the Edmonton Oilers have the juice, the motivation, the burning desire to fight through and win the Stanley Cup in 2026? I wonder. I have some doubts. Do you share them? More to the point, do the Oilers themselves doubt? In a 32-team National Hockey League, it takes a lot going right for any […]

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8 d. ago 'Skill and talent': NHL stats analysts with high praise for Oilers defencemen

This in from TSN stats analyst and hockey writer Travis Yost, his ranking of NHL defences, where he places the Edmonton Oilers in the top tier. Said Yost of the Oilers: “The goaltending can terrify you on any given night but a key reason why the Oilers have emerged as perennial Stanley Cup contenders – […]

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9 d. ago Why this Edmonton Oilers star deserves to shine on the biggest stage: 9 Things

It is the dog days of August. Some people think that is a baseball term that describes that jockeying for position in the standings during the sweltering summer. In actual fact, it is a phrase dating back to Roman times and has more to do with the stars than sports. Although for one Edmonton Oilers […]

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1 week ago Oilers notebook: David Tomasek flying under the radar. Where does Ekholm fit on Team Sweden?

“Offensively, Tomasek was in a league of his own during his tenure in Sweden. Very slick and skilled. How that translates to the NHL will be interesting to see"

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1 week ago Happy Ending: Infamous Oilers pick at long last gets best of draft day nemesis

It took 22 years but infamous Edmonton Oilers draft pick Marc-Antoine Pouliot has finally got the best of his draft day nemesis, Zach Parise. For all the unending, sometimes angry criticism that the Oilers got for drafting Quebec junior star Pouliot ahead of Parise, a strong two-way centre in the U.S. National Jr. team program, […]

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1 week ago Une photo de Leon Draisaitl, cigarette à la bouche, fait le tour du web

Le joueur vedette des Oilers d'Edmonton était sur le party durant son mariage célébré en France le week-end dernier.

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1 week ago Even on a summer getaway, there are questions about the Edmonton Oilers that make you go "Hmmm"

There is nothing quite like disconnecting completely. A couple weeks of being physically out of the country, with no North American cell coverage and no Twitter, etc., sure helps clear the mind. But even on the other side of the world in a time and space completely unrelated to hockey, thoughts of the Edmonton Oilers […]

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