“It starts with the coaches. Everybody. You're never going to win if you have four or five guys going, and it starts at the top. Our leaders can be better.” — Leon Draisaitl.
CALGARY — The cautionary tale goes something like this: for the past two seasons... See more
EDMONTON — We’re 57 games into the season, and the Edmonton Oilers have 64 points.
They are, to this point, an average team playing slightly above average on some nights, well below on others.
They resemble a Stanley Cup contender at this juncture of the ... See more
EDMONTON — The people who reside inside these dressing rooms — the players, specifically — build monuments for teammates like Calvin Pickard.
Meanwhile, the people who never set foot inside — namely, fans — can at times eschew the value of a beloved teamm... See more
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers traded Stuart Skinner because they had to.
The dressing room, team confidence, a need for someone fresh in goal… They all added up to a pricey trade that — right from the start — seemed more a lateral move than a significant... See more
EDMONTON — In The Season of the Hat Trick, the Edmonton Oilers finally got theirs.
As the NHL gleefully counted its 30th hat trick in the month of January Thursday — beating the old record of 29 set in December of 1985 — the late-arriving Oilers capped of... See more
