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Taylor Hall to Wear Kevin Lowe's No. 4 as Oilers Pin Hopes on Rookies

There's a sense of excitement surrounding the Edmonton Oilers as the opening of training camp nears and it's certainly been awhile since anybody got excited about the storied NHL team. The Oilers have cleaned house after finishing last season as the worst team in the NHL, and there's a sense of renewal as the franchise...

FanHouse NHL Awards: Wade Redden Award for Wasted Cap Space

The real NHL awards will be handed out Thursday night in Las Vegas, so FanHouse decided to hand out its own special awards for the 2008-09 season.It's designed to maintain competitive balance and parity across the league, but if you waste valuable salary cap space on free agents that don't pan out or contribute the way you...

Grain of Salt: Jaromir Jagr, Oiler?

A little more than a month ago, the Edmonton Oilers and their fans watched Mats Sundin make his Vancouver Canucks debut in Edmonton. If a local Edmonton reporter is correct, the Oilers could be on the verge of one-upping their Western Canada rivals when it comes to "in-season signings."David Staples writes the Cult of...

Craig MacTavish on Dustin Penner: 'He's Never Been Fit Enough to Help Us'

Last offseason the Edmonton Oilers were quite active in the restricted free agent market, throwing huge offers at Buffalo's Thomas Vanek and Anaheim's Dustin Penner. The Sabres, naturally, refused to let Vanek get away, which in turn led to Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe gunning for Penner. The Oilers signed the massive...

Brian Burke Steps Down As Ducks GM; Bob Murray Takes Over

That sound you're hearing right about ... now, is the Toronto media working itself into a frenzy with the news that Brian Burke, the man they've been longing to take over the Maple Leafs, is now, in theory, a free agent. That's right, the Ducks announced today that Burke is stepping down from his position as General...

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05/30/12 Tait: Oilers' president enjoys another visit to... Source: Edmonton Journal - Edmonton - AB - Canada EDMONTON Ã¢ Hockey dominated City Hall on Wednesday, and it had nothing to do with the downtown arena debate.
05/30/12 WHL champs praised at City Hall Source: Edmonton Sun - Edmonton - AB - Canada It was standing room only when the Edmonton Oil Kings met at city hall for the final time as the team celebrated a storybook season that saw them win the Western Hockey League championship.
05/23/12 NHL Rumors: Oilers pres doesn't see why Brent Sutter... Source: CBSSports.com Brent Sutter and the Calgary Flames parted ways mutually after this season ended without a trip to the postseason.
05/22/12 Kevin Lowe takes on double role at Memorial Cup Source: Edmonton Journal - Edmonton - AB - Canada SHAWINIGAN, Que. Ã¢ Kevin Lowe is understandably conflicted at the MasterCard Memorial Cup, viewing games partly as the Oilers president of hockey operations, but with equal, if not greater intensity, as the father of Oil Kings defenceman Keegan.
05/22/12 Oilers president Lowe says vacant coaching job not... Source: Calgary Herald - Alberta - Canada One topic that did not come up when Oilers president Kevin Lowe was at the recently completed IIHF World Hockey Championship was whether Brent Sutter would like to be the new coach in Edmonton.

Background on kevin lowe

Kevin Hugh Lowe (born April 15, 1959) is a retired defenceman and coach in the National Hockey League and the current President of Hockey Operations for the Edmonton Oilers.

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