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NHL Trade Deadline: Edmonton Oilers

What you see from the Edmonton Oilers this season is exactly what one would have expected out of a rebuilding franchise. The youthful exuberance of tykes like Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Sam Gagner and Magnus Paajarvi is great from a coaching perspective, but if you're a paying fan you're biding your time until this team...

The NHL Column: Trade Rentals Available Earlier Than Usual

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Thanks to at least two teams already fading from the playoff picture, it's also beginning to look like NHL Trade Deadline rentals are coming into focus. General managers (and fans) may start to feel like that kid on the Shop NHL commercial who gets the Alex Ovechkin...

2010-11 Edmonton Oilers Season Preview: Back to the Drawing Board

Location doesn't matter to most professional sports franchises. It's not quite the same in Edmonton. While it's fair to say that a prideful player will go wherever it takes to play in the NHL, Edmonton is behind the eight ball when it comes to their location. Their closest neighbor is rival Calgary, 175 miles away, and...

Flames Name Brent Sutter Head Coach

There have been a lot of shocking developments over the years in sports. Tuesday's announcement in Calgary was not one of them.Ever since Brent Sutter stepped down as head coach of the New Jersey Devils, speculation has had him taking over as head coach of the Flames, being that his older brother Darryl is the general...

Background on Jim Vandermeer

James Patrick "Jim" Vandermeer (born February 21, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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