Edmonton Oilers

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) I don't hate the Flames, if they won the Stanley it might be enough (along with the humiliation that is this season) to force real change in the land of Sleepy Hollow (Steve Tambellini's office). Sure the Flames have evildoers (Plebian Phaneuf and the monster Regehr) but this is a tough seas...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) There's not a sure bet in the bunch. If I'm Steve Tambellini, sleep won't come easy in the next few months. There's a lot of work to do, and it looks like goaltending is going to be job one; which is incredible considering the mess elsewhere.

Eric Brewer and Alexander Steen had goals as the St. Louis Blues beat Edmonton 2-1 on Thursday night and handed the Oilers their 12th straight loss. The Blues are 15-8-4 on the road. Dustin Penner scored for the Oilers (16-30-6), who are on an 0-10-2 skid and have dropped 19 of 20. Edmonton is app...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) The Edmonton Oilers have spent almost 4 seasons hopelessly out of balance and it's apparently too late to stop now. Almost 4 seasons of inertia, 4 seasons of "deer in headlights" inactivity. Last summer it was "let's wait for Heatley" and this winter it is "Khabibulin's injury really hurt."...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) College free agent signing season is coming in the next 90 days and the Oilers should be in the game. Kyle Woodlief tells us a little about one of the possible signings, a young man named Casey Wellman. He's the son of former major league ballplayer Brad Wellman. The Oilers have signed college f...

It's looking like Edmonton Oilers defenseman Sheldon Souray wouldn't mind getting traded before the Feb.

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) There was a flood of information yesterday with regard to the Oilers. The Edmonton Sun emptied their inkjet and the Journal did some things too. Bruce Garrioch from Ottawa and Gene Principe chimed in as well; in fact, it was Principe's item that included the line "I would consider eastern te...

Tom Gilbert on the bench during the Skills Competition.

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) So we can see that O'Sullivan and Grebeshkov have found the range and that Gilbert, Souray and Cogliano are a steaming pile of dirt right through game 50. If you were asking me to name 4 players who have the best chance of posting good numbers in the next 10 games, I'd lay odds that Gagner, Horco...

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Oilers GM Steve Tambellini talks about Khabibulin and more.

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Yesterday's announcement by Sheldon Souray that he would be willing to waive his NTC breaks the logjam that is the Oilers relationship to the salary cap. Edmonton has very few veterans with enough value to merit interest from contending teams, so most of the interest is likely to surround...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) The Edmonton Oilers are 1-9-0 in their last 10 and have all kinds of problems. Their coach looks like the picture of Dorian Gray, their fanbase is becoming more vocal, their media is barking at them and their management is tilting at windmills. The education of Daryl Katz is in full sway.

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) With the World Junior's pretty much in the rear-view and the Oilers pretty much in the ditch, I thought it might be a time to post NHLE's for the current prospect group. If I've missed anyone please let me know, the forwards this morning and the defenders this evening.

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) It is reasonable to back off a little from this team. I honestly believe the Edmonton Oilers don't know they're in the entertainment business. Maybe Bill Hunter can appear as the ghost of seasons past and put a scare in someone. At least he'd be entertaining.

It's one thing to score in the NHL and quite another to be a complete player. In 2007-08, Penner joined the Edmonton Oilers; while his point totals improved ...

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For that matter, likely might Oiler followers, who in a million years wouldn't "really" consider moving Ales Hemsky if the option were there. ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Finally, this is an excellent list. The Oilers graduated Sam Gagner and Andrew Cogliano in the fall of 2007 and there's a chance they'll have two more first round picks join the big club (MPS and Eberle) next fall. I hope you enjoyed reading the list, I enjoyed your input.

Loui Eriksson beat Edmonton goaltender Jeff Deslauriers in the third round of the extra segment to counter a marker by the Oilers' Patrick O'Sullivan. ... Horcoff sends Oilers past Stars in SOThe Associated Press Horcoff sends Oilers past Stars in SOYahoo! Sports

By dj-abisalih Here are the rosters for this afternoon's game between the Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers. Face-off is scheduled for 1:00 at the TD Garden in Boston. BOSTON BRUINS (5-5-1, 11 pts.): #6 D Dennis Wideman 1-1-2-2 #16 F Marco Sturm 2-5-7-4 #17 F Milan Lucic 0-3-3-9 (IR – finger) #20 F Daniel Pai...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) The problem for the Oilers is this: can you reasonably expect the fanbase to endure another season of getting run over by Calgary, Vancouver, Minnesota and (incredibly) Colorado? I think that's a massive business risk, especially considering the incredible amount of good faith that i...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) The Edmonton Oilers have become big fans of the misdirection play. The verbal counter-trey. Edmonton Northlands is currently winding themselves into a lather after a beauty counter-trey that (incredibly) appears to have them endorsing their own demise (the study that produced the dow...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Louise and I were talking today and she mentioned something interesting: at some point this season the Oilers are going to have to start talking about contracts for Grebeshkov and Gags/Cogs and that conversation will contain the names of two defensemen.

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Kevin Lowe was told the 1979 draft (via telephone) was to start at 10am. He expected a call from Alan Eagleson around 10:15 to tell him which team had selected him in the first round. Lowe waited, and waited, and waited. By 10:45am the phone hadn't rung and Lowe's mom said "My God, they're not dra...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Let's look at the pre-season top 6 forwards (predicted V actual) Hemsky P:41gp, 15-37-52 (1.27) A:36gp, 14-27-41 (1.14) Horcoff P: 40gp, 15-24-39 (.975) A: 46gp, 11-21-32 (.696) Penner P: 46gp, 17-13-30 (.652) A: 44gp, 11-12-23 (.523) Next up: 6 more forwards.

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Glenn Anderson treated hockey's neutral zone like Roberto Clemente played right field. To the point of pure physical violence, Glenn Anderson mashed everything in sight--defensemen, linesmen, sticks, pucks, goalies, nets and if the boards hadn't been there he would probably have ki...

By Greg Wyshynski • Reassessing the Dallas Stars' two-headed GM monster and asking yet again: What is it, exactly, that Brett Hull does? [Dallas Stars Blog] • Pavel Datsyuk and his Detroit Red Wings teammates discuss his awesome skills competition goal against the Minnesota Wild. Which Dats has decided t...

By Greg Wyshynski The Rangers goalie earned his first shutout of the season in a 4-0 win over the plummeting Pittsburgh Penguins. King Henrik made 27 saves -- including 12 in the first period and some thievery against Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin -- for his 20th win of the season.

By Greg Wyshynski The Rangers goalie earned his first shutout of the season in a 4-0 win over the plummeting Pittsburgh Penguins. King Henrik made 27 saves -- including 12 in the first period and some thievery against Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin -- for his 20th win of the season.

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) For Oilers fans we're probably a couple of weeks away from the point where we can safely begin talking about the June draft. As of this morning, Edmonton is close to 8th but also close to 15th, which in the Kevin Lowe "Groundhog Day" era smells a lot like poetic justice. The Edmonton Oilers sinc...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Ralph Intranuovo (50)Jason Arnott (41)Ryan Smyth (41)Rob Schremp (41) Jarret Stoll (40) Michael Henrich (38)Liam Reddox (36) Tyler Wright (36)Jason Chimera (34)Kirk Maltby (34)Peter Sarno (33)Kyle Brodziak (32)Steve Kelly (31)Matthew Lombardi (28)Slava Trukhno (28) Boyd Deve...

By Greg Wyshynski • What killed the Edmonton Oilers' Kid Line? [CBC Sports] • Lost in all of that Pittsburgh Penguins celebration from earlier in the week: Darren McCarty scored a nice goal for the Detroit Red Wings. Now, when is he going to drop the gloves again? [Snapshots]

By Matt(noreply@blogger.com) The Northwest Division is tough to predict in any season and especially difficult for 08-09. Agreed, but I'll give it a shot too, having agonized over it for the past several weeks. FIFTH: EDMONTON OILERS FOURTH: COLORADO AVALANCHE THIRD: MINNESOTA WILD FIRST: VANCOUVER CANUCKS

By Christopher Mango All Western Conference First Team All Western Conference Second Team All Western Conference Third Team C - Joe Thornton, San Jose W - Rick Nash, Columbus W - Marian Hossa, Detroit D - Chris Pronger, Anaheim D - Sheldon Souray, Edmonton G - Roberto Luongo, Vancouver

By Khalil Kassam 1.       New York Rangers 3.       Montreal Canadiens 4.       Pittsburgh Penguins 5.       Philadelphia Flyers 6.       New Jersey Devils Western Conference: 1.       Detroit Red Wings 2.       San Jose Sharks 4.       Dallas Stars 5.       Chicago Blackhawks

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) look for) Kyle Brodziak to see significant minutes on the third line, including first unit penalty-killing. (Brodziak) has been one of the Oilers who has been prominent at team functions, such as the Daryl Katz press conference and the unveiling of Graham Rahal's Oilers-sponsored car a...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) The Edmonton Oilers have traded C Jarret Stoll and D Matt Greene to Los Angeles. At first blush it is terrific news for Marc Pouliot and Ladislav Smid, but I think there are probably other moves to be made. Here's a guess at the current depth chart on Lowe's back wall in his office:Horcoff-Penn...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) The Oilers draft players all the time who have slipped through the previous season. Guys like Mathieu Roy, Kyle Brodziak, Danny Syvret and yesterday Jordan Bendfeld. Edmonton has been able to get a lot of quality out of that area of the draft.

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) I always like to offer a disclaimer when talking about ranking prospects. Rita is one end of the scale, someone like Fernando Pisani is the other. Rita was much ballyhooed (don't see that word much anymore, I always thought it deserved better) as a prospect while Pisani couldn't get arreste...

By noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide) Interesting interview, sounds like the Oilers are going to try and make a deal to improve the club now and prune the forward group. Kevin Lowe had mentioned it before and this looks like a variation on the theme."It's up to him" in regard to Schremp and MacT detailed some of the issues that have...

They didn't. It's the same this summer with regard to Shawn Horcoff. The Sheldon Souray and Dustin Penner deals are going to look even more ghastly should Edmonton sign Jarret Stoll and allow Shawn Horcoff to come to camp as an impending UFA.

By Oilers Editorial Oilers defenceman Sheldon Souray owns a pizzeria in Montreal with former teammate Martin Brodeur. In this video feature, Souray invites us into his kitchen and shows us how to make a delicious gourmet pizza.

Injury. Edmonton Oiler fans have seen a lot of good young defense prospects lose most or all of their careers to injury over the years. Selmar Odelein, Nick Stajduhar and Doug Lynch among the names who washed out before making names for themselves at the NHL level.

The Edmonton Oilers complained to the NHL on Tuesday that they had an agreement with freeagent center Michael Nylander before he signed with the Washington Capitals.

By speeds Oops, forgot the Oilers had Sykora, lol. I'd have gone Smyth, Sykora, and Pouliot. And Horcoff is shaken up. Promising start, lol Starting goalies are, not surprisingly, Roloson and Hasek. Oilers start with Horc's line, DET with Z, Datsyuk and Holmstrom.

By Dennis-IOF This shouldn't make Oilers fans overconfident though because the Oilers defense can be downright terrible and you put enough of a forecheck on guys like Greene, Smid and Bergeron and eventually the puck will find it's way onto a Stars stick.

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