28 h. ago Sorry but this is a much worse world of pain than other bad starts for the Edmonton Oilers

I’m an Oilers optimist, a fan who believes the Oilers can win most games and who has had high hopes every year of the McDavid/Draisaitl era that Edmonton can win the Cup. But this 2025-26 season is testing me. We know the Oilers have had slow starts in recent years. Indeed, slow starts have cost […]

Culture

30 h. ago OILERS MAILBAG: Goaltending still a massive concern among fans

Each week, we check in with our readers on social media and e-mail to see what’s on top of their mind, explore the hot topics of conversation and answer hard-hitting questions about the Edmonton Oilers. Here are some of the hot topics from the past week: The Oilers could have drafted Jesper Wallstedt. — Everybody […]

Sport

3 d. ago Mission Impossible? Stu Skinner up against Wild dragon that torments Oilers fans

This in from Tony Brar of Oilers TV: “Stuart Skinner starts vs. MIN. Will go head-to-head with Jesper Wallstedt.” It’s Skinner’s biggest test of the 2025-26 season. His challenge — and there’s no doubt he’ll accept it — is to slay the dragon that haunts and torments so many fans of the Edmonton Oilers. The […]

Society

3 d. ago Uncertainty with Oilers netminders dragging down goalie development in farm system

Every fans of the Edmonton Oilers knows there’s trouble in the nets with the Edmonton Oilers, with Stuart Skinner and especially back-up Calvin Pickard. But the insecurity in Edmonton is having a negative impact with goalie development in the Oilers farm system. Due to the uncertainty around whether or not Skinner and Pickard could get […]

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6 d. ago 'No significant upgrade': Edmonton Oilers fans sane enough about goalie situation

Game Day 26: Oilers vs Kraken (2 p.m. MST game start) The Edmonton Oilers can’t get saves and can’t stop goals against. But fans of the team come across as sane enough about the team’s goaltender situation. And while most fans would like to see change in the net, there’s also a realization that there’s […]

Sport

7 d. ago 'We’ll take a bag of pucks': Penguin fans and NHL insiders down on Oilers trade target

What do you get with an NHL goalie? Who can say? Who knows? Not I and likely not you. When you look at the top ten regular goalies in the NHL this year by save percentage, only three of them were starters in the National Hockey League last season. The other seven were back-ups. No. […]

Economics

7 d. ago OIILERS MAILBAG: What have Edmonton sports fans done to deserve this?

First, the Elks put us on the deathbed and the Oilers are finishing the job as we speak! Oh well, such is our lot as sports fans

Sport

2 w. ago Heartbreak in Tampa Bay: Edmonton Oilers fight hard but it's not enough

That was cruel. Like, waving a steak dinner in front of a starving man cruel. There aren’t many teams in the NHL that need a win more than the Edmonton Oilers right now and Thursday night in Tampa Bay they could practically taste it. Fans have been waiting all season for the Oilers to show […]

Culture

2 w. ago 'Brutal play here recently': Oilers insiders with unprecedented criticism of Darnell Nurse

Game Day 22: Edmonton Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse is facing unprecedented criticism just now. But there’s nothing unfair about this heated disapproval. Nurse has never before performed this poorly as an Oiler. There has long had a large faction of Oilers fans and commentators in the on-line world who have doubted Nurse’s ability. But in […]

Events

2 w. ago Edmonton library, sports arena upgrades, transit and fire stations flagged for potential private

"There is flexibility in the types of partnerships potentially being considered — it's not a one size fits all"

Sport

3 w. ago Alberta's $7 million sports grant funds Spruce Grove pickleball facility, Edmonton rink upgrades

The bulk of the projects approved are located in southern Alberta

Economics

3 w. ago 'Stink fest': Oilers commentators zero in on 22 exact causes of team's awfulness

National Hockey League insiders as well as Oilers fans and commentators have pinpointed the exact causes for the woeful play of the Edmonton Oilers, all 22 of them. It all came boiling out after the Oilers lost 9-1 to the Colorado Avalanche, meaning the Oilers have just six wins in 16 games so far this […]

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3 w. ago Lethal Weapon: One thing is more lethal than ever for Edmonton Oilers

Game Day 16: Oilers vs Avs There are no shortage of questions about the Edmonton Oilers. Right now fans and commentators are questioning the goalies, the d-men and the forward lines, the star players and the role players, the new contracts and the old contracts, the coaches, the GM and the schedule. But one thing […]

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4 w. ago Edmonton Oilers return to West Edmonton Mall for autograph signing Nov. 27

Edmonton Oilers fans will have another chance to get their jerseys and caps signed by the entire roster during the next autograph signing later this month at West Edmonton Mall (WEM). The Edmonton Oilers’ public autograph session will return to the mall on Nov. 27, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., OEG Sports and Entertainment […]

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4 w. ago 'He. Can't. Be. Stopped. 🔥🔥🔥': Oilers minor league goalie thrills with third straight shutout

This in on Edmonton Oilers prospect goalie Samuel Jonsson of the Fort Wayne Koments, news that he posted his third straight shut-out game, sending Oilers fans and analysts sky-high with optimism. Jonsson, who will be 22 in December, signed with the Oilers this past spring after being named the goalie of the year in the […]

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