Tag: The Oilers Rig

Some trades work out fine, while others blowout up in your face. Some of them, well, you can tell right…

The Edmonton Oilers dipped into the European free agent pool a few times this past spring. On top of adding…

The Edmonton Oilers have made a surprising late addition to their training camp roster, as the club agreed to a…

Maybe the most surprising move of the off-season for the Edmonton Oilers came in May, when the club agreed to…

Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli has, rightfully in most cases, taken a lot of heat the last few seasons for…

Immediately following the draft, the Oilers and Montreal Canadiens hooked up on a trade that involved a goalie getting swapped…

Edmonton’s last pick in the 2018 NHL draft came at pick 195, coming in the seventh round of the selection…

A study exploring whether handedness impacts zone exits by defencemen and how it relates to the Oilers this coming season.

After trading up to select Olivier Rodrigue this past June in the NHL entry draft, the Edmonton Oilers had a…

The Edmonton Oilers stepped up and took a goaltender high this past June, trading up with the Montreal Canadiens to…

The Edmonton Oilers made a pick in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft for the first time since…

The Edmonton Oilers dipped into the OHL with their first round pick for the first time since 2015. That pick…

Pressure, that’s the word of the year in Edmonton. The Oilers took a major step back last year and opened…

We continue our training camp preview here at The Oilers Rig today with a shift from three burning questions to three…

This is a vitally important season for the Edmonton Oilers. The current plan, and the men who put it into…

The Edmonton Oilers are still dealing with the loss of Andrej Sekera to a torn Achilles tendon earlier this summer….

In the wake of Andrej Sekera’s injury news six days ago, the Edmonton Oilers have added a defender to their…

The Edmonton Oilers have 13 forwards signed to contracts that we can essentially write-in on the NHL roster for opening…

It’s been one day, the dust has settled and the time for anger and panic is gone. The situation is…

Andrej Sekera has not been able to catch a break since he suffered a torn ACL on a Friday night…

We’re at that point of the summer where the talk shifts from free agent signings and trades to training camp…

I have to admire the Edmonton Oilers for their rule about retiring numbers. No one wants to retire so many…

On New Year’s Day, I posted ten bold predictions for the Edmonton Oilers over the course of the calendar year….

It’s time for some summer fun. We are firmly in the dog days of summer and news has crawled to…

Two weeks on the beach was nice, but it’s time to get back to hockey and talking about the Edmonton…

Greetings from vacation, as the Edmonton Oilers have made news for the first time since re-signing Ryan Strome about ten…

The Oilers have locked up one of their two remaining RFA’s this morning by signing Ryan Strome to a two-year…

Bob Stauffer had an interesting tweet last night that touched on the Edmonton Oilers adding a 14th forward. We should…

The draft is over, day one of free agency has come and gone, and all 31 NHL teams have made…