29 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 […]

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49 h. ago Oilers' season hasn't gone sideways, but offers little upward movement

It hasn’t exactly been one step forward, two steps back for the Edmonton Oilers this year. But in their quest to make a third-straight run at the Stanley Cup Finals, things have gone nothing but sideways for a team that can’t seem to shake the .500 mark over the first two months of the season. […]

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4 d. ago 'The Oilers are holding fast': Edmonton not planning big trade this season, NHL insider suggests

This in from NHL insider Elliotte Friedman, his take that the Edmonton Oilers are going to hold tight on the major move that has been widely anticipated in Oil Country, a trade for a new goalie. On his must-listen 32 Thoughts podcast, Friedman went into detail spelling out Edmonton’s thinking, as he understood it from […]

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4 d. ago 'Oilers are holding fast': Edmonton not planning big trade this season, NHL insider suggests

This in from NHL insider Elliotte Friedman, his take that the Edmonton Oilers are going to hold tight on the major move that has been widely anticipated in Oil Country, a trade for a new goalie. On his must-listen 32 Thoughts podcast, Friedman went into detail spelling out Edmonton’s thinking, as he understood it from […]

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6 d. ago The Edmonton Oilers are back, baby! Or not. It's honestly hard to tell

After what was supposed to be a rock-bottom 9-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche earlier this month, the Edmonton Oilers put together a season-high two-game win streak — and it looked like they were back. Oops, they lost three of their next four, including horrid, humbling back-to-back losses to short-staffed Buffalo (5-1) and to Washington […]

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1 week ago Team Canada goalie headed to Edmonton Oilers? NHL insider speculates on potential trade

This in from Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos, his speculation that Team Canada goalie Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues is on the trading block and could well be headed to the Edmonton Oilers. Wrote Kypreos today: “Binnington has one more season on his contract and the sense is he won’t be part of any re-tool […]

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1 week ago 'That's how we're going to win games': Edmonton Oilers ace gets it, even if others don't

Game Day 25: Oilers vs Stars This in from Edmonton Oilers ace Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, his take on the how the Oilers can turnaround their season: “I think the farther along we go here, the more it sets in that we’re a defensive team first and that’s how we’re going to win games.” A lot of […]

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1 week ago With lengthy road trip in the books, Oilers look to make a move at home

Having already played close to half their season allotment of road games, the Edmonton Oilers return home from another gruelling trip confident there are reasons for optimism.

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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 […]

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2 w. ago Calvin Pickard helps the Edmonton Oilers earn a single point in battle with Bolts: Cult of Hockey Player Grades

The Edmonton Oilers turned in their gutsiest efforts of the season to date Thursday night in Tampa Bay, although they had to settle for a single point. The Oilers significantly out-shot and even more so out-chanced the Bolts in the first. Calvin Pickard did his share plus some to keep it there through 40 and […]

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2 w. ago Calgarian's hockey doc Sideways offers powerful journey to hope from tragedy

Untold story of 1986 Swift Current Broncos bus crash 'an emotional roller-coaster that is eye-opening for any athlete'

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3 w. ago Why are the Edmonton Oilers struggling? Five (mostly bad) things about their start this season

What's not working with a team that would love to make it to the Stanley Cup Final again

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