Author: Stephen Vani
Oilers fan in Toronto. Staying up past my bedtime for Western games since the mid 2000s.
Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
3 games, huh? Sigh. If you didn’t hear the news already, both Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers were both given 3 game suspensions for their end tilts on Saturday night’s Oilers vs. Canucks game. As time was winding down in the final seconds of the third period, Conor Garland held McDavid onto the ice for […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Edmonton’s back-to-back games on Wednesday and Thursday should be a lesson for Oilers fans on social media. Rather than being impulsive and overreacting to every play or goal against, why not just wait until the game is officially over before you give your final take? They were down 2-0 in the first period against Minnesota […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
We won a season series against Minnesota. I never thought I’d see that day. After the 7-1 victory in Edmonton’s last meeting with the Wild, I was ecstatic enough. But to know that we won more head-to-head games and both wins were at Excel Energy Centre, now that’s just Christmas a month later. Is this […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Such a nice birthday present. Connor McDavid scored the only goal on Monday night, and it wound up being the game-winning goal. He is now tied with Glenn Anderson for the most game winning goals in franchise history with 72. But the credit for that goal, all of the credit belongs solely to Leon Draisaitl. […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
This was almost a mopey article, but it doesn’t have to be. The Oilers didn’t play a bad game against the Blackhawks on Saturday night, but it was a bad win by their standards. I’m not giving up on Calvin Pickard being the backup, as I also defended Stuart Skinner in the last article. But […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Stinkers happen every once in a while, even just one period. The Oilers have had a chance to at least get a loser point were it not for how bad their first period was. But I didn’t realize just how dominant they’ve been against the Penguins in recent years. They were 7-0 heading into Thursday […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
He scored, and got a point. Hallelujah, rejoice. When any other hockey player goes 2 games without a point, or 7 games without a goal, it’s normal and nothing new. When this streak happens to Connor McDavid, it’s breaking news nationwide. On Tuesday night against the Bruins, he broke his goal drought on a breakaway […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Congrats to Oilers defenseman prospect Paul Fischer for winning the gold medal with Team USA at the World Juniors on Sunday night. Edmonton almost did that thing against Seattle that they also did against Anaheim twice. The thing where they have a multi-goal lead and then let it slip away. But they didn’t, so no […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Now that’s a duck hunt, better than the first one. Credit to Anaheim for coming back in last night’s game. Lukas Dostal continues to be a great young goaltender for them. It would’ve been 3-0 in the second period were it not for a great save he made on Corey Perry moments before the cut […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Happy New Year, Oil Country. Not only was Tuesday night a good win to end 2024, it was also an interesting display of line juggling. Connor Brown was promoted to the top line with Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. He responded to his promotion with 2 assists in the second period, 20 seconds apart from […]
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