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I wrote last week that the Edmonton Oilers would need players to step up while Connor McDavid was out of the lineup. So far that has certainly been the case for at least a few key players but no one has done more than Leon Draisaitl. Non Oilers fans seem to forget that the last time McDavid misse...
Fans got some good news today as it was announced that Connor McDavid will rejoin the Oilers. Until that news came out, it was expected that the captain would miss at least another week. Certainly the addition of #97 is a massive boon for the Oilers, who played well in his absence. Knoblauch will...
The Edmonton Oilers are second in the NHL in xGF at 5 on 5 but sit 16th in actual goals for. They have the 8th lowest PDO in the NHL. Put all of these elements together and it suggests that the Oilers would eventually break open and score goals in bunches. We saw that begin to happen in their game o...
The dam broke open for the Edmonton Oilers against the Vancouver Canucks to the tune of a 7-3 victory. Tonight will be an excellent test to see if the goal scoring can continue against the always stingy New York Islanders. Currently the Islanders are tied for allowing the third fewest goals against...
Tonight there is a very good chance that we will see Connor McDavid become the 4th fastest player in NHL history to reach the 1000 point mark. Only 98 players in NHL history have ever reached this plateau and there are only 7 active players have reached that milestone. Wayne Gretzky did it in 42...
Old. Slow. Too much focus on scoring. Not scoring enough. These are just some of the words that have been used to describe the 24/25 Edmonton Oilers. I would like to add to that pile "unengaged" and "uninspired." The game last night against the Canadiens was a perfect encapsulation of this team's...
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