68 h. ago Jets to reintroduce local hockey hero Toews to Winnipeggers Friday

Jonathan Toews, a three-time Stanley Cup champion named in 2017 as one of the 100 greatest players in NHL history, will be formally introduced as a Jet at a press conference.

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3 d. ago NHL free agency: San Jose Sharks continue their spending by signing Dmitry Orlov

Dmitry Orlov is heading to the spend-happy San Jose Sharks, who have been active in NHL free agency and made a pickup off the waiver wire Thursday to reach the salary floor. Orlov, who turns 34 later this month, signed a two-year contract worth $13 million. A Stanley Cup champion from his time in Washington […]

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5 d. ago Is Oilers' Evan Bouchard worth $10.5 million per season? He thinks so

Evan Bouchard will be a big part of the plans for the two-time reigning Western Conference champions as they look to get over the Stanley Cup hump.

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5 d. ago ‘I gave everything I had’: Mitch Marner’s time in Toronto comes to an end

Mitch Marner, a now-former member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, says he “gave everything I had” in his quest to bring a Stanley Cup to the city.

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6 d. ago Wild trade for Tarasenko, Islanders extend Romanov on eve of NHL free agency

The Minnesota Wild got a two-time Stanley Cup champion for nothing on the eve of NHL free agency, and the New York Islanders locked up one of their top young players to a long-term contract. The Wild acquired winger Vladimir Tarasenko from the Detroit Red Wings on Monday for future considerations. The Islanders re-signed defenceman […]

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8 d. ago The Edmonton Oilers' GM faces a summer that could be franchise

The Edmonton Oilers are about to enter a phase of the McDavid era that could end up franchise-defining. They remain in a Stanley Cup window. Only this year McDavid is on the final year of his existing contract. And he, quite understandably, wants to win. So, how does Stan Bowman make that happen? Does he […]

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1 week ago Where is the Edmonton Oilers roster heading into the NHL off

And more importantly, where does it need to be if this team finally hopes to make it over the Stanley Cup Final hump?

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1 week ago Panthers’ massive bar tab revealed after wild Stanley Cup party at Miami nightclub

The Florida Panthers partied the night away at E11EVEN in Miami after defeating the Edmonton Oilers

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1 week ago The Game: The story of a bear, an orca and the origin of hockey

Storyteller Henry “Ten Bears” Charles, who died in 2017, was inspired to write an Indigenous take on the origin of hockey during the Canucks-Bruins Stanley Cup Finals

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1 week ago Oilers' Stanley Cup playoff run rakes in more than $266M for Edmonton

"Sport Tourism matters because it creates an incredible energy that people want to be a part of and travel to experience.”

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1 week ago MEDIA ADVISORY: Annual Brick Invitational Tournament Returns and Hosts Press Conference & Jersey Presentation

EDMONTON, Alberta, June 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHAT: Join us on Friday, June 27 for the 36th annual Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament press conference and jersey presentation. With Edmonton still buzzing from the 2025 NHL season and Stanley Cup Finals, the city is excited to welcome back The Brick Invitational, one of the most […]

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2 w. ago SIMMONS SAYS: The Florida Panthers are one of hockey’s greatest teams

The real lesson from the Stanley Cup final: Teams win championships, individuals do not. In the end, the Florida Panthers crushed the two best players in the world, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Just as they crushed the Carolina Hurricanes and the Maple Leafs and before that the Tampa Bay Lightning. They had 11 blowout […]

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2 w. ago Blackhawks acquire Andre Burakovsky from Kraken in exchange for Joe Veleno

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks acquired Andre Burakovsky from the Seattle Kraken on Saturday in exchange for fellow forward Joe Veleno. Chicago also placed defenceman T.J. Brodie on unconditional waivers for purposes of buying out his contract. Burakovsky, 30, had 10 goals and 27 assists in 79 games with Seattle last season. A Stanley Cup […]

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2 w. ago These are the players Edmonton Oilers General Manager Stan Bowman should keep and kick

It is decision time. While the Edmonton players and their fans spend time dealing with the emotions of consecutive losses in The Stanley Cup Finals, the Oilers General Manager’s job is instead to forge ahead immediately. Stan Bowman has already signaled that his job is to keep this club in the running for Lord Stanley’s […]

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2 w. ago Edmonton Oilers GM Bowman: 'I think Kris (Knoblauch) is going to be the coach here for a while'

Roster questions abound for the Edmonton Oilers heading into the second off-season in a row having lost in the Stanley Cup Final. What’s going to happen with goaltending that was great, yet still not nearly good enough when it mattered most? Will the defensive corps be kept together, or will they have to spend half […]

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2 w. ago 'It's my job to connect with Connor': Oilers GM ready and waiting to work with McDavid on new deal

Oilers GM Stan Bowman says he’s looking at making changes in goal and at forward with the Edmonton Oilers, but he’s not looking at major change, given the success of the Stanley Cup Final team. Said Bowman at his season-end press conference today: “Sitting here today with the way it ended, it certainly feels like […]

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2 w. ago Stanley Cup final averaged less U.S. viewers than in 2024 — and less than 4 Nations final

Ratings for the Cup final were significantly lower than the 4 Nations Face-Off in February.

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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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2 w. ago These are the Edmonton Oilers who made the grade (and didn't) in 2025 The Stanley Cup Playoffs

Through the NHL regular season and The Stanley Cup Playoffs at The Cult of Hockey we assigned grades from 1-10 after each game to every Edmonton Oiler who played an official game. In that spirit, this article assigns a final “grade” to each man reflecting their over-all post-season performance. Peak performance is an “A+”. And […]

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2 w. ago Oilers notes: Evan Bouchard driven to seek new deal with Edmonton

While Evan Bouchard was focusing on Brad Marchand, Sam Bennett and whatever Florida Panthers player was bearing down on him in the Stanley Cup Final, trying to take the puck off him, it should be a friendlier negotiation on a new contract. At least, with the term for the restricted free agent. The Oilers likely […]

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