Edmonton Journal reporting on the Oilers, with Cult of Hockey listed separately.
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“It’s a hard-working group. I see a team that’s upbeat, that’s energetic, that has speed, that wins a lot of puck battles. Those are all great things. You do those things night after night and you’re going to put together some wins"
Edmonton Oilers wrap up California road trip with win over L.A. Kings
McDavid, 29, will have more points in his first 800 games than anybody other than Gretzky and Mario Lemieux
'I think everybody’s finding a role, which is really good'
It was two teams playing like they knew that two goals would be enough to win it, which, in the end, was true.
The San Jose Sharks defenceman will face the Oilers Saturday
Edmonton Oilers weigh in on the play of the team through the first five games of the season. High-octane offence? Or a defence-first mantra?
Because the Oilers don’t have a clear one-for-one trade possibility, their offer for the Swede would have to be in pieces, probably three.
'It’s pretty funny how he’s viewed around the league, but people can continue to see it that way and we’ll gladly have him on the ice'
Oilers come back to beat Anaheim Ducks in rematch of last year's playoff series
With injuries up front, the Edmonton Oilers traded depth defencman Spencer Stastney to the Pittsburgh for depth forward Filip Hallander.
“We kind of hate each other after the playoffs, that’s why we’re so excited to play against them,” said Oilers winger Vasily Podkolzin
Would you rather have high-scoring excitement where might lose? Or boring, nothing-happens-for-the-first-57-minutes where they probably win?
“He’s the greatest goal scorer of all time and he loves getting them, obviously,” said McDavid
There is no Zach Hyman, no Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, no Matt Savoie, no Jason Dickinson; the time for Isaac Howard to strike is now
"We're going to be a skilled team, we're going to be an offensive team. We're going to be a team that tracks and is harder to play against defensively. And that's going to be the focus for us"
“I’m going to get both in,” Babcock said Monday after practice. “Levi is going one and Jars is going two"
“I was making jumps (summer) but it felt like every jump I made, I plateaued after for a couple of weeks. I spent a month trying to figure out what was working and what wasn’t, how I was compensating"
Edmonton Oilers' rookie centre Owen Michaels is in rare air.
After giving up 13 goals in the first two games, Edmonton Oilers engage in a tight defensive struggle
Veteran defenceman Jake Walman looked hesitant defensively and was minus-three in Vancouver and sat on the bench for a while.
Do the Edmonton Oilers have the assets to pry Connor Hellebuyck out of Winnipeg? Not likely. Will the Oilers ever commit to playing defence?
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 9-7 at Rogers Arena
Every time the Edmonton Oilers score at home this season, fans will get gored by the mighty rock stylings of an Edmonton band.
According to CanadaSportsBetting.ca, which examined over 1.6 million comments from NHL fans on Reddit, Oilers fans were the nastiest, with 17.89 per cent of their comments containing swear words
"My grandma had her birthday last week, and we went out and got a double-zero jersey made for her, so that was pretty cool"
Yes, it’s only one game, but the worrisome part is that it’s the same game we’ve seen hundreds of times over the years
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