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Taylor Hall is in, Linus Omark…?
Taylor Hall relishes playing but for his peace of mind, not to mention his coach, he wanted to see if he had some mustard on his shots Monday so he went through a rapid-fire drill at Edmonton Oilers’...
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Smyth signs at 11th hour
Ryan Smyth had come and gone and he didn’t want to be gone, gone, gone…so at the 11th hour he agreed to a two-year deal for $2.25 million a season Sunday morning, for likely less than he felt he was...
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BREAKING: Superstar Shea Weber signs 14-year, $100+ MM offer sheet with...
Take Our Poll Huge news in the hockey world Wednesday night with the bombshell that Philadelphia Flyers have signed Shea Weber to a mammoth offer sheet. The story was broken by TSN’s Darren Dreger and...
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One year deal for Gagner
Since he made the Edmonton Oilers at 18, Sam Gagner has gone from a three-year contract to a two-year deal to his current one for $3.2 million, which begs the question: where does he fit in the team’s...
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How does Kyle Turris deserve more than Sam Gagner?
I know the Oilers and Sam Gagner were saying all the right things after they agreed on a one-year, $3.2 million deal a month or so ago. Both sides were happy to get it done and move on and think about...
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Doan is ultimate company man
I remember visiting Shane Doan at his folks’ place in Halkirk, down the road a spell from Stettler, back in June ’95 for a pre NHL draft story and watching the 18-year-old throwing about 100 bales of...
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Was this Nikolai Khabibulin’s last game in net for Edmonton Oilers?
If this was the last we saw of Nikolai Khabibulin Friday night, he’s going out with his masked head held high. The Edmonton Oilers’ goalie made 38 stops, 15 in the first period when the Oilers stomped...
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Reader poll: What sort of extension should Edmonton Oilers offer Ryan...
News today from multiple sources that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ agent Rick Valette is in town. The idea of an extension for RNH is hardly a new one, of course. The Cult of Hockey’s David Staples addressed...
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Edmonton Oilers lock up Ryan Nugent-Hopkins through 2021
This just in from the Oilers Twitter feed: No word as yet as to dollar amount/average annual value (cap hit), but the figure will surely come in somewhere close to Taylor Hall’s 7-year, $42 MM deal...
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Wings and Predators were highest on Smyth
With Ryan Smyth off the trade table, Detroit and Nashville can’t be happy. They were both hot to trot for Smyth, especially the Predators who are dying for a top six forward, especially one with net...
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