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0-2 Edmonton Oilers start is nothing to worry about. Not yet, anyway

Starting the season 0-2 is nothing. Yes, it’s never good when the season is two games old and you’ve already booted the age-old axiom about good...

16.10.2023 10

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

WUT? Revenge game blows up in Edmonton Oilers faces

So much for redemption, so much for revenge, so much for the adrenaline of a home opener and so much for the impact of getting defenceman Mattias...

15.10.2023 30

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

For starters, Edmonton Oilers need to want it more — Jay Woodcroft

You gotta want it. That, in simplest terms, is why the Vancouver Canucks dismantled the Edmonton Oilers and then bludgeoned the pieces Wednesday...

13.10.2023 6

Edmonton Sun

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Slap in the mouth is probably a good thing for the Edmonton Oilers

Some day, maybe as early as Saturday night when they have an opportunity to right their ship and gain a measure of revenge, the Edmonton Oilers fans...

12.10.2023 5

Edmonton Sun

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Gaak! Edmonton Oilers fans waited all summer for that train wreck?

Well, that was brutal. After all the preparation, excitement, hype and anticipation, Edmonton Oilers opening night turned into a head-shaking...

12.10.2023 7

Edmonton Sun

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Brace yourself: 'Farmer's Almanac' predicting roller-coaster ride for Edmonton Oilers

When the Edmonton Oilers go on a 9-0-2 run at some point in the season there will be people who tell you they are prohibitive favourites to win a...

10.10.2023 8

Edmonton Sun

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Has Campbell fought his way back to the Edmonton Oilers starting job?

There was no bigger, or more welcome, surprise in training camp than Jack Campbell winning back the starting job he let slip through his fingers in a...

09.10.2023 10

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Lavoie, Pederson put on waivers as Edmonton Oilers face roster pickle

In a bit of a surprise that involves significant risk, the Edmonton Oilers put Raphael Lavoie and Lane Pederson, the two leading candidates for the...

09.10.2023 10

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Camp is a wrap, so what have we learned about the Edmonton Oilers?

Is it the All-Star break yet? The regular season hasn’t even started and it still seems like the Edmonton Oilers have been on the ice forever. ...

08.10.2023 30

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

McDavid and Oilers flex offensive muscle in pre-season finale

After eight long games that didn’t count, it’s only natural to see a little bit of pre-season fatigue setting in, but the Edmonton Oilers made...

07.10.2023 10

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Mattias Ekholm questionable for Oilers season opener -- how worried should we be?

In the pecking order of importance on the Edmonton Oilers, nobody is touching Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, but if Mattias Ekholm isn’t a solid...

06.10.2023 2

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Should he stay or should he go? Raphael Lavoie poses risky dilemma for Edmonton Oilers

Raphael Lavoie is making things nice and complicated for the Edmonton Oilers. With two goal-scorer’s goals in his past three pre-season...

05.10.2023 9

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

No matter how or when, Oilers stomping the Flames is always fun

Anyone who’s ever wondered what would happen if the Edmonton Oilers played an American Hockey League team got their answer Wednesday night at Rogers...

05.10.2023 4

Edmonton Sun

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Skinner or Campbell? Edmonton Oilers starting job still up for grabs

Among the more pressing questions that need to be answered before opening night is the one in goal. Who’s going to be the starter? A question...

04.10.2023 8

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Jack Campbell comeback huge for Oilers while 12th forward spot remains a mystery

Two pre-season games is not anyone’s definition of a comeback, but watching Jack Campbell’s work so far in Edmonton Oilers training camp is giving...

03.10.2023 4

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Gleason, Bourgault steal show, Campbell steals win as Oilers sink Kraken

Sometimes people get what they deserve and sometimes they just go out and steal it. Monday night in Seattle was a case of the latter. Despite...

03.10.2023 7

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

No name Edmonton Oilers roster shocks the Saddledome

On a night when Edmonton sent a bench full of AHL players to take on a much deeper Calgary Flames team, the Oilers would have settled for some kind of...

30.09.2023 10

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Oilers making strong commitment to defence -- for sure this time

It’s now or never, really, for the Edmonton Oilers. If the solid defensive structure they’ve been trying to forge for years isn’t part of...

30.09.2023 4

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Exactly how lethal does the Oilers power play plan on getting?

When all they’ve done on the power play over the last four years is shatter expectations, what should we now expect from the Edmonton Oilers power...

29.09.2023 4

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Rusty Oilers stars edge Canucks in lukewarm OT decision

With the Edmonton Oilers finally unleashing all of their top guns Wednesday at Rogers Place, fans probably expected a few more bullet holes in...

28.09.2023 4

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Are the Comeback Kids, Evander Kane and Connor Brown, the right fit for McDavid?

One guy is coming off a horrific wrist injury. Another one is coming back after a year on the shelf with a devastating knee injury. And the third guy...

28.09.2023 4

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Why the Oilers are counting on Bouchard to be even better than last year

Not saying Evan Bouchard will be taking on Joey Chestnut in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest anytime soon, but you couldn’t rule him out if he...

26.09.2023 3

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Young Oilers pumped by Winnipeg vets; Lavoie fighting for a chair

On the bright side, at least the Winnipeg Jets didn’t get to 10, like the Calgary Flames did against Vancouver on Sunday. But it was still a...

26.09.2023 5

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Can Adam Erne turn a PTO into a golden ticket with Edmonton Oilers?

You wouldn’t think that someone who’s 212 pounds would have to worry much about falling through the cracks. But with the Edmonton Oilers pressed...

26.09.2023 4

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Rookie makes impression and veteran makes his way back as Oilers kick off 2023-24

And so it begins. The long road to the 2023-24 NHL post-season began in earnest Sunday with the first of eight (seriously, eight!) pre-season games...

25.09.2023 7

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Oilers kids must grow up fast to carry their weight in Cup bid

There is no room for passengers on a Cup contender. The Edmonton Oilers are no longer a bottom of the pack team trying to get its young talent some...

22.09.2023 3

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

After two-year battle with COVID, Sutter launching comeback with Edmonton Oilers

It’s more than a little ironic that not one Sutter brother — the first family of hockey who’ve been headquartered in Northern Alberta since the...

22.09.2023 3

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Oilers goalie Jack Campbell ready to shake off the ghosts of last season

As uncomfortable as things were last year, with a rattled and embattled Jack Campbell full of holes and on the verge of tears after falling on more...

21.09.2023 2

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Duplicating last year's perfect storm won't be easy for Edmonton Oilers

There is no question that last season was a virtually perfect storm for the Edmonton Oilers. The power play eviscerated penalty killers at a level...

19.09.2023 2

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

The burning questions heading into Edmonton Oilers camp

Training camp is just days away and the Edmonton Oilers are gearing up once again for what they hope is another deep playoff run. After losing to...

18.09.2023 3

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Oilers Stanley Cup window offers little hope for rookie camp prospects

Rookie camp in Penticton used to be the Edmonton Oilers’ time to shine, to show off all the hard work that went into drafting first overall. In...

14.09.2023 9

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

100 points for Oilers' Nugent-Hopkins: Realistic expectations or too much to ask?

A skilled, but not especially motivated, former Edmonton Oiler from the 90s once said famously — ‘the problem with scoring 30 goals is that...

13.09.2023 7

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Edmonton Oilers babies bringing new perspective to dressing room

When they began this journey all those years ago, players like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Darnell Nurse were the kids, thrown into the deep end of the...

12.09.2023 3

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

A year after an ACL tear, what will Connor Brown's impact be on the Edmonton Oilers

How good will Connor Brown be for the Edmonton Oilers? Don’t ask the veteran scouts who sit in the press box with their popcorn and coffee or the...

08.09.2023 7

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Connor and Leon: Will they stay or will they go?

Will they stay or will they go? It’s a question nobody really wants to think about, for fear of the worst. But, with two years left on Leon...

08.09.2023 3

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

Can Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl turn those playoff scars into a championship?

If skill and motivation were all it took to win a championship, you might as well start fitting the Edmonton Oilers for their rings right now. With...

08.09.2023 4

Edmonton Sun

Robert Tychkowski

McDavid eager to add another 'sick' Heritage Classic to his resume

Rocky II is better than the original, The Godfather Part II is better than the first one, Aliens is better than Alien and The Road Warrior is far...

07.09.2023 10

Edmonton Sun

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