53 h. ago Local spending during Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup Final trumped by conference championship

While the Edmonton Oilers’ return to the Stanley Cup Final ended in disappointment, the series pushed spending near the arena to almost double the daily average. In a recent report, payment processing company Moneris released the latest data on spending in Edmonton during the Stanley Cup Finals. After cataloguing spending during Oilers playoff games, the […]

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8 d. ago Gulutzan officially hired by Stars; Perry's new jersey; Arvidsson's bear tale

If you can’t beat ’em, hire ‘em. Dallas Stars, who’ve lost the last two Western Conference finals to the Edmonton Oilers, officially hired Oilers PP guru Glen Gulutzan as their head coach Tuesday. When Gulutzan joined the Oilers in 2018, the Oilers had the worst PP in the NHL. In his seven years here he […]

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9 d. ago 'Very concerned': Hockey world reacts to Edmonton Oilers sign Evan Bouchard

This in, news that the Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman Evan Bouchard to a new four year deal at $10.5 million per year. Elite Hockey prospects writer Cam Robinson @Hockey_Robinson Hearing Edmonton is finalizing an extension for Evan Bouchard 4 years x 10.5M per. The Athletic’s Dom Luszczyszyn @domluszczyszyn Oilers get a fantastic deal on […]

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9 d. ago 'Very concerned': Hockey world reacts as Edmonton Oilers sign star defenceman

This in, news that the Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman Evan Bouchard to a new four year deal at $10.5 million per year. The reaction from the hockey world was fast and furious: Elite Hockey prospects writer Cam Robinson @Hockey_Robinson Hearing Edmonton is finalizing an extension for Evan Bouchard 4 years x 10.5M per. The […]

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2 w. ago Oilers' Stanley Cup playoff run rakes in more than $266M for Edmonton

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2 w. 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 Alberta voters to decide today if NDP’s Nenshi, separatists to hold legislature seats

EDMONTON — Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi is looking to finally win a seat in the legislature after a year of sitting on the sidelines. He’s running in one of three provincial byelections today as a candidate in Edmonton-Strathcona, where his predecessor Rachel Notley last won 80 per cent of the vote. In Edmonton-Ellerslie, NDP […]

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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 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 Perry forever the bridesmaid in ongoing search for second Stanley Cup

"Yeah, it's devastating. I mean, five of the last six, it doesn't get any easier"

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2 w. ago Oilers' Corey Perry forever the bridesmaid in ongoing search for second Stanley Cup

"Yeah, it's devastating. I mean, five of the last six, it doesn't get any easier"

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2 w. ago Another season for the Edmonton Oilers, another loss to the champions

"So, there are certainly levels to everything and Florida's reached a really high level. And there is certainly lots we can learn from them"

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2 w. ago The strategic blunder that doomed the Edmonton Oilers against Florida this year

The Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in the 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup Final, but the while the difference between the two teams was razor thin in 2024, it was more of a deep chasm in 2025. This year the Panthers proved to be a far better team than the Oilers, in part because […]

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2 w. ago Oilers’ Evander Kane blasted for snubbing Stanley Cup handshake line

Controversial Edmonton forward did not return to ice to shake hand with Florida Panthers after losing Final

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3 w. ago After Oilers lose to Panthers again, where do Canada’s teams stand amid Stanley Cup drought?

The Stanley Cup drought for Canadian teams reached 32 years after the Edmonton Oilers lost to the Florida Panthers in a second consecutive final on Tuesday.

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago What went wrong for the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final? Three factors

That’s back-to-back eliminations from the Stanley Cup Final, where the Edmonton Oilers didn’t even bother to show up. Make that three in a row, going back to Game 7 of the 2006 playoff run where they were outplayed worse than the scoreboard indicated in a 3-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. For as great a […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton Oilers already picked as early Stanley Cup favourites in 2026

Cue the doom and gloom. The Edmonton Oilers lost in the Stanley Cup Final. Again. To the Florida Panthers. Again. And somehow, this time seems even worse than the last time around, when they bounced back from a 3-0 series deficit to force Game 7, only to end up losing by the slimmest of margins, […]

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3 w. ago BY THE NUMBERS: The Florida Panthers’ run to the 2025 Stanley Cup

The Florida Panthers are back-to-back Stanley Cup champions after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in their rematch final.

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