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When the puck drops on the Edmonton Oilers’ play-in series against the Chicago Blackhawks, things will be very different than…

At some point this summer, the Edmonton Oilers will take the ice for a best-of-five play-in series against the Chicago…

Yesterday, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman officially ended the 2019-20 regular season. While the league is slated to return for a…

It doesn’t matter if you like it or not, the NHL is moving forward with the 24-team playoff format that…

If you haven’t been paying attention, the NHL’s annual Stanley Cup Playoffs are going to look awfully different in 2020….

Could Edmonton be one of the NHL’s hub cities should the league return this summer? The organization believes that to…

The Jesse Puljujarvi situation did not resolve itself during the 2019-20 season. Puljujarvi, of course, requested a trade from the…

Ales Hemsky has officially hung up the skates. After a lengthy and successful NHL career, Hemsky announced the inevitable on…

A year ago today, the Bakersfield Condors were celebrating a 2-1 overtime victory over the San Diego Gulls in the…

Edmonton Oilers General Manager Ken Holland has been busy re-signing members of the 2019-20 club. In January, the Oilers re-signed…

The NHL is seriously considering keeping the annual Entry Draft in June. In fact, an announcement could come as early…

The Edmonton Oilers have made their fourth signing in as many days. Today, the club inked Swedish defenseman Filip Berglund…

The Edmonton Oilers have made a signing for the third consecutive day. The club has signed defenseman Markus Niemelainen to…

The Edmonton Oilers have once again dipped into the European free agent waters. The club has officially signed Swedish defenseman…

The Edmonton Oilers have officially signed forward Gaetan Haas to a one-year contract. The deal is worth $915,000. Haas, who…

Many of you who have followed this blog since day one know just how important Dave Gordon was and always…

The Edmonton Oilers have already re-signed forwards Zack Kassian, Josh Archibald and Joakim Nygard in advance of the off-season. Gaetan…

A very interesting report from Larry Brooks of the New York Post popped up on Sunday. The veteran NHL reporter…

The Edmonton Oilers may not be playing games right now as they had hoped, but there is still work to…

If the NHL is to return this summer, Edmonton will likely be the hub of all Pacific Division action. ESPN’s…

Dave Tippett was one of three NHL coaches that spoke via video chat on Friday afternoon. Joined by Barry Trotz…

The NHL’s salary cap was supposed to go up in advance of the 2020-21 season. That will no longer be…

Heartbreak struck the Edmonton Oilers family this morning. Forward Colby Cave, who had been in the hospital in a medically-induced…

The business of hockey continues to roll along. The Edmonton Oilers are looking to take care of some house keeping,…

Some extremely sad news on this Tuesday afternoon. The Edmonton Oilers have announced that forward Colby Cave is in a…

NHL insider Elliotte Friedman made headlines on Sunday night with his report on Sportsnet. Friedman speculated Grand Forks, North Dakota…

A little bit of Edmonton Oilers news in this stalemate that is the COVID-19 outbreak. According to Jim Matheson of…

There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding what will happen with the remainder of the 2019-20 NHL season. Will the…

Some NHL related news on this Wednesday evening, as the league has announced that three major summer events have been…