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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...

Oilers' Rookies Creating Buzz, Wins

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sam Gagner, all of 21, is the old man on a line with Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle, and while he knows that Edmonton's youth makes the team primed for better things in the next few years, Gagner wants to make sure that the real focus is this year. Sure, the Oilers were in shambles last year and then...

Tomas Plekanec Rolls Andrei Kostitsyn Across the Ice

One of the more bizarre moments you're likely to see in the NHL this season occurred during Wednesday's Montreal-Edmonton game, which was won by the Oilers in overtime, 4-3. With the Canadiens on a power play, forward Andrei Kostitsyn was injured and struggled to make his way to the bench. Naturally, Tomas Plekanec did...

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...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Kings Hold on for Win in Washington

Kings 5, Capitals 4: Exciting game in Washington as the Caps and Kings combined to light up the scoreboard with nine goals and 80 shots in Los Angeles' 5-4 win. The Kings had a number of two-goal leads throughout the night, including a 5-3 advantage late in the third period. With just over a minute to play in regulation,...

Sam Gagner News From the Web

05/15/12 Josh Hamilton's 4 Home Runs and the Best Performances... Source: Bleacher Report On Groundhog Day, 2012, Sam Gagner posted a game total that has seldom been seen in NHL history.
05/10/12 Sam Gagner's Historical Comparables, From Pit Martin... Source: The Copper & Blue Below is a list of centers (some later switched to wing) who plied their trade in the NHL from 1955 onwards: In the comments, choose your best three Gagner comparables from the list.
04/10/12 Fantasy Mailbag: 10 hottest storylines of 2011-12 Source: NHL Thousands of fans from around the globe submitted questions to Fantasy Insider Pete Jensen this season for NHL.com's weekly Fantasy Mailbag.
04/06/12 Getzlaf scores in overtime, Ducks spoil Oilers' last... Source: CHBC Television Ryan Getzlaf scored in overtime as the Anaheim Ducks gave Edmonton fans an unhappy final look at their team at home this season, defeating the Oilers 3-2 on Thursday.
04/04/12 Despite another season in NHL basement, Oilers say... Source: CHBC Television If the Edmonton Oilers win their final two games this season, they'll finish with 15 more points than they did last year and the year before that.

Background on Sam Gagner

Sam William Gagner (born August 10, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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