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Edmonton Oilers 2026 trade deadline report card: Grading GM Stan Bowman’s moves There were no home runs at the deadline for Edmonton, but the solutions are bona fide bets.

Edmonton Oilers 2026 trade deadline report card: Grading GM Stan Bowman’s moves

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Hurricanes at Oilers, G63 2025-26 When we last left our heroes, the puck was demonized, or so it seemed. The Oilers ask a lot of their defense, and the gaps between the blue and the forwards seem to be at Robert Nilsson levels this se...

Oilers v Hurricanes, plus the ghost of trade deadlines past, present and future.
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16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six worried Peter Chiarelli was going to trade Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Nuge always got sick in the late fall and had some performance lows November-December. My fear was Chiarelli would see a small center

Oilers acquire terrific checking center and a forward who is the personification of Warren Zevon's 'Hit Somebody'

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Lowetide: How Connor Murphy's size, grit and mean streak could impact the Oilers

Connor Murphy can help the Oilers this spring. Where and by how much?

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Climbing Up The Walls The Edmonton Oilers won a chaotic game against Ottawa Senators last night. Lots to discuss, including injuries (Jake Walman, Curtis Lazar), fantastic seasons (McDavid, Draisaitl but also Evan Bouchard...

The Edmonton Oilers and the Ottawa Senators played a riveting game of hockey last night in downtown our town. Here are some thoughts.

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Lowetide: How Connor Murphy's size, grit and mean streak could impact the Oilers

How Connor Murphy’s size, grit and mean streak could impact the Edmonton Oilers

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One bold 2026 NHL trade deadline prediction for every team Robert Thomas to the Avalanche or Mammoth? Vincent Trocheck to the Wild? Here's one bold prediction for all 32 teams ahead of the deadline.

Check out the bold move by the Oilers.

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SENATORS AT OILERS, G62 2025-26 How did it ever get this way? The Edmonton Oilers are now the second wild card team in the west, four points up on the San Jose Sharks who have three games in hand. The team is also four points out of...

Oilers v Senators G62 and you may need a program. Seriously.

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Lowetide: What would happen if the Oilers actually missed the playoffs?

Imagine a summer with the Oilers out of the playoffs during the prime of McDavid-Draisaitl. Today, it isn't hard to do.

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Lowetide: What would happen if the Oilers actually missed the playoffs?

It's unthinkable. And yet, the standings today say it's possible.

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Do the Edmonton Oilers have enough to offer at the trade deadline?

The Edmonton Oilers reach the trade deadline with plenty of competition for players and a lack of cap room/strong assets. Stan Bowman needs a miracle.

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Wasted On The Way The Edmonton Oilers are a brilliant collection of talent with a fatal flaw: the puck. Now the puck is of no concern if you're a banker or a broadcaster or a truck driver or a mountie. If you're a hock...

The Edmonton Oilers are a brilliant collection of talent with a fatal flaw: the puck.

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Oilers at Sharks, G61 2025-26 I'm not sure which version of the Edmonton Oilers we'll see today versus the San Jose Sharks. I do know that the team is now back to using those astute passes that use the middle of the ice effectivel...

Oilers v. Sharks and the state of the organization as we enter the deadline procurement window.

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Lowetide: Has Oilers rookie winger Matt Savoie turned the corner?

Matt Savoie is the highest-scoring rookie Oilers forward in more than a decade. What's more, he found a way to earn trust from a coaching staff that routinely fades youth.

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Talk To Me Of Mendocino WHAT TO EXPECT IN FEBRUARY At home to: TOR (Expected 1-0-0) 0-1-0 On the road to: CGY (Expected 1-0-0) 0-1-0 On the road to: ANA, LAK, SJS (Expected 2-1-0) 0-1-0 Expected Record: 3-2-0, six points in ...

The Oilers, sublime v ridiculous, and talk to me of Mendocino.

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Has Edmonton Oilers rookie winger Matt Savoie turned the corner? Savoie's development as a bona fide contributor to a successful contender represents a major accomplishment.

Has Edmonton Oilers rookie winger Matt Savoie turned the corner?

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How can the Edmonton Oilers solve their predicament at No. 3 centre? If the Oilers don't make a trade for a depth centre, they have a few options to consider for the third line.

Adam Henrique manned the third line at centre last night in Anaheim, but the Oilers have other options internally and could make a trade before the deadline.

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Padres might have been better off going with 'lower-body injury'

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Wheelchair Curler Ina Forrest is making her fifth consecutive appearance at the Paralympics.

She’s the oldest member of the Canadian Paralympic team at 63 years old.

Forrest has won a medal at every Games she’s competed in, including two golds and two bronze.

Oilers at Ducks, G59 2025-26 We are back! I'm not even going to complain about the late start tonight, just happy to see the Oilers back in action. Leon Draisaitl skated with the team yesterday, Connor McDavid will be present at ...

I missed the NHL like crazy. Oilers are back tonight, and need wins to end February. Plus deadline thoughts and Condors stats pack.

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Lowetide: How can the Oilers solve their predicament at No. 3 centre?

How can the Edmonton Oilers solve their predicament at No. 3 centre?

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All the Connors These are my 'reasonable expectations' estimates for the Edmonton Oilers, 2016-17. Cam Talbot blew my GP estimate out of the water, playing in 71 games. It would ultimately lead to his (unwise) trade ...

All the Connors
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Five takeaways for Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers from the Olympics What's to be learned by McDavid and the Oilers from the Olympic experience that wrapped up Sunday?

Connor McDavid is hockey's north star. Oilers management needs to meet the challenge and deliver a playoff roster worthy of hockey's best player.

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Takin’ Care of Business The Edmonton Oilers will have Adam Henrique available when the puck drops Wednesday night in Anaheim. The availability of Connor McDavid is unknown, he's banged up (as is Leon Draisaitl) and that will...

Oilers fans are restless, but is Stan Bowman?

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Five takeaways for Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers from the Olympics What's to be learned by McDavid and the Oilers from the Olympic experience that wrapped up Sunday?

Five takeaways for Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers from the Olympics

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AHL NHLE This is the 2015 NHL equivalency table for the Oilers prospect group at the time. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are miles ahead of the rest, and it has happened just that way. Darnell Nurse is als...

AHL-to-NHL equivalencies, bless you Olympians for giving us a wonderful show, and, perhaps too early, why I believe Canada chose wrong in roster construction.

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Lowetide: Oilers hard target search for a second pair right-handed defenceman

Edmonton Oilers trade targets: A second pair right-handed defenceman

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Travelin’ Man This is a graph that appeared on this blog the summer Darnell Nurse was drafted. It shows Nurse as a solid even-strength contributor in points, but we show as a power-play option. These things have re...

Nurse doesn't defend poorly, but he does defend too much. Plus, the Condors veterans are pushing hard as the college kids begin to fade.

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What Paul Coffey’s return to Edmonton Oilers’ bench could change on defence As an assistant coach, Coffey was part of the success the Oilers enjoyed during the previous two seasons.

Paul Coffey can help the Oilers defence. He was in expert in NOT playing defence as a player, and that's exactly what this team needs now. Call it an obsession about possession.

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