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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...

NHL Power Rankings: Canucks Ride Streak to Top Spot

A good way to get to the top of our NHL Power Rankings is to lose exactly one game in regulation over a stretch of 18. A 14-0-3 run propelled Vancouver to the No. 1 position in the Western Conference, and they move to the top of our latest Power Rankings. The teams are ranked below, complete with a quick synopsis from...

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...

Linus Omark Brings Shootout Skills to NHL

Linus Omark has been dazzling hockey fans in Europe with his unique and jaw-dropping shootout goals for a couple of years now, doing everything from chipping the puck over goaltenders to dropping to his stomach and sliding across the ice in an effort to score. The Oilers prospect made his NHL debut on Friday night during...

NHL Notebook: Lose the Shootout, Not CHL 9-Game Clause; Best Goaltenders

The Shootout is Dead They decided another hockey game with a one-on-one skills competition in Calgary on Tuesday, and it was the perfect illustration of why NHL general managers devalued the shootout in the offseason. The Oilers-Flames game was also the latest example of why the shootout has to go soon. Down 4-1 to their...

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05/31/12 Edmonton Oilers' Zonestart Adjusted Scoring Chances Source: The Copper & Blue The underlying theme to the 2011-12 season was Tom Renney's skilled protection of the young Oilers ' forwards (minus Magnus Paajarvi ) and how the young forwards benefited from that protection.
05/21/12 Barons fall in Game 3 of series versus Toronto Source: ABC - KOCO 5 - Oklahoma City OK Late in the second period, Oklahoma City scored two goals in just over a minute to tie the game, but the Toronto Marlies would take control late and defeat the Barons 5-3 in Game Three of the Western Conference Finals.
05/08/12 Oilers' Development Plan Part 1: The Forwards Source: The Copper & Blue Last week, I set out on a journey to construct an organizational development plan for the Oilers over the next two seasons.
05/08/12 Barons Battling Source: Kukla's Korner It's been two back to back overtime victories, but with those victories the Barons have now taken a 2-1 series lead over the San Antonio Rampage.
05/07/12 Oklahoma City Barons at San Antonio Rampage Game Three Source: The Copper & Blue Eight or so hours down I-35 into Texas is a less than entertaining trip.