13 h. ago Edmonton Oilers go shopping in the "smart, competitive D" aisle, sign college free agent

Edmonton Oilers have made their first signing of 2025 from an important market, namely college free agents. As the NCAA season draws to a close — just four teams left now — a window opens for its players ready to step into professional hockey. Some sign with the NHL team that drafted them, while others […]

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26 h. ago Who is the NHL's deadliest dual scoring threat? It's definitely Draisaitl

Seems like we’ve been talking about Leon Draisaitl quite a bit at the Cult of Hockey lately. Pre-game Saturday, when I wrote of his impending return to a depleted Edmonton Oilers line-up badly in need of a boost. Post-game, when David Staples awarded him the highest grade of any Oiler after yet another brilliant performance by #29 […]

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34 h. ago Calvin Pickard is now man of the moment for Edmonton Oilers in net

Goalie Stuart Skinner will not be on the plane to Vegas on Monday afternoon as the Edmonton Oilers start their road trip, which means Calvin Pickard is the net presence for the foreseeable future. Skinner, who took an inadvertent knee in the head Wednesday in the 4-3 loss to Dallas, would normally be the go-to […]

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34 h. ago Good news on major Oilers trade acquisition, iffy news on McDavid and Ekholm

This in from the Edmonton Oilers practice, some good news on major Edmonton Oilers trade acquisition Trent Frederic, but iffy news on the injury status of Connor McDavid, Stuart Skinner, Mattias Ekholm and John Klingberg. Reported Tony Brar of Oilers TV: “McDavid, Ekholm, S. Skinner & Klingberg will not be initially flying out with the […]

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40 h. ago Is there any doubt? Leon Draisaitl is this year's Most Valuable Player

If Leon Draisaitl lost any ground in the race for the NHL’s Hart and Ted Lindsay awards because he sat out four games and dropped to third in league scoring, he made all of it back in one giant leap Saturday night. Might as well call it “one giant leap for mankind” because it was […]

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48 h. ago And the legend of the Edmonton Oilers' Leon Draisaitl continues to grow: 9 Things

What a hockey game Saturday night! The National Hockey League cheats its fans when it only schedules the Battle of Alberta three times in a season. But like all great dramas, this one had a star at the heart of its plot. That and more in this edition of 9 Things 9. I have lost […]

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49 h. ago Three takeaways as Flames admit ‘we kind of blew it’ in Edmonton

For nearly 57 minutes, Dustin Wolf and the Calgary Flames had silenced the NHL’s leading lamp-lighter. And then, with 3:12 remaining in regulation, Leon Draisaitl sniped his 50th of the season. During the sudden-death session, the Edmonton Oilers’ second-fiddle superstar scored No. 51. In what was a speedy, scrappy, tight-checking and hard-hitting edition of the […]

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59 h. ago NHL's leading goal scorer Leon Draisaitl coming back in for Oilers

Something might as well start going right for the Edmonton Oilers. With league-leading goal scorer Leon Draisaitl returning to the lineup as early as Saturday’s Battle of Alberta against a diehard Calgary Flames squad battling for its playoff life, the Oilers will take any and all help they can get at this point in the […]

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61 h. ago Welcome news as Leon Draisaitl rejoins Edmonton Oilers for crucial Battle of Alberta

Game Day 73: Calgary at Edmonton When Edmonton Oilers recently lost superstar forwards Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid to injury in consecutive games, the immediate and obvious concern was, how on earth will the team compensate for its missing offence? After all, Draisaitl had scored 101 points and McDavid 90 before their departure from the line-up. The […]

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3 d. ago 'You have to set the tone': Oilers must get nasty protecting their goalie, Hall

This in from Hall of Fame great Chris Pronger, hero of Edmonton’s 2006 run to the Stanley Cup Final, his prescription for how the Oilers should handle anyone who runs an Edmonton goalie, as Mikko Rantanen blasted Stuart Skinner, knocking him out of Wednesday night’s game. Speaking on the Ray & Dregs podcast, Pronger said: […]

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3 d. ago 'If you have to take a suspension, take one': NHL legend says Oilers must better protect goalies

This in from Hall of Fame great Chris Pronger, hero of Edmonton’s 2006 run to the Stanley Cup Final, his prescription for how the Oilers should handle anyone who runs an Edmonton goalie, as Mikko Rantanen blasted Stuart Skinner, knocking him out of Wednesday night’s game. Speaking on the Ray & Dregs podcast, Pronger said: […]

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3 d. ago Stanley Cup? Will the Edmonton Oilers even survive the first round?

It’s time to worry. With just 10 games left until they have to face a big, hard, hungry Los Angeles Kings team that’s peaking at the right time, has revenge on its mind and has the inside track on home-ice advantage, the Edmonton Oilers look nowhere near ready. Stanley Cup? If things keep going the […]

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3 d. ago 'The best thing for the Oilers': NHL insider with surprising spin on injuries

This in from NHL insider Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet, who recently spent a few days in Edmonton, his surprisingly positive spin on the Edmonton Oilers’ injury situation. On his 32 Thoughts podcast this Friday, Friedman said Leon Draisaitl might be back playing Saturday night, with McDavid a little longer. “You know, the one thing I […]

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4 d. ago 'Maybe they didn't think this through': Top NHL analyst questions roster construction of Edmonton Oilers

This in from NHL hockey insider Ray Ferraro from the Ray & Dregs podcast, his take on the iffy roster construction of the Edmonton Oilers in the wake of Dallas Stars forward running over Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner, knocking Skinner out of the game and out of tonight’s game against Seattle with a neck/head injury. […]

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4 d. ago Stuart Skinner injury prompts Oilers to recall Olivier Rodrigue on emergency basis

Rodrigue has an 18-15-7 record with a 3.05 goals-against average and a .899 save percentage in 40 games with the Bakersfield Condors this season.

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4 d. ago 'I was pissed at myself': Oilers leader takes responsibility for not standing up for injured goalie

This in from veteran Edmonton Oilers leader Corey Perry, his interview after Edmonton’s 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars last night that saw Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner go out with an injury after huge Dallas forward Mikko Rantanen clipped Skinner’s head with a knee on a fly-by play. Asked if by TSN’s Ryan Rishaug if […]

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4 d. ago Worst case scenario? Goalie's injury highlights Edmonton's weakness at position

This just in, news that with Stuart Skinner’s injury, goalie Olivier Rodrigue has been recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. The team also sent down Derek Ryan to the AHL. My take 1. Of course we all wish incoming goalie Olivier Rodrigue well. He had two promising years in Bakersfield in 2022-23 and […]

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5 d. ago Edmonton Oilers nearly steal a point after falling behind to Dallas in 4

The Oilers fell 4-3 to the Stars on Wednesday but turned a game that looked like it was over at one point into an exciting nailbiter at the end. It was 1-0 Dallas after one however that was mainly due to Dallas tender Jake Oettinger who stopped all fourteen pucks he faced and was excellent. […]

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5 d. ago Valiant effort, but Dallas Stars' skill beats Edmonton Oilers' will

It was almost epic. Down 4-0 to one of the best teams in the NHL with just over 10 minutes to play in the third period and without their two best players, the Edmonton Oilers could have looked for a soft spot on the canvas and called it a night. Instead, they almost pulled it […]

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5 d. ago McDavid's injury will keep him out of Oilers lineup longer than expected

'Leon will be back sooner than Connor. We're looking at about a week, maybe shorter for Leon, and Connor will be longer than that'

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