Author: Stephen Vani
Oilers fan in Toronto. Staying up past my bedtime for Western games since the mid 2000s.
Edmonton Oilers 2025 NHL Draft Recap
The Edmonton Oilers had no picks in the first or second rounds of this year’s NHL Draft. They entered the Draft with five mid-to-late-round picks. Their newest prospects are… Tommy Lafreniere – 83rd Overall – Right Winger/Centre: From the WHL’s Kamloops Blazers, put up 24 goals and 32 assists for 56 points in 68 games. […]
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Edmonton Oilers Trade Evander Kane To Canucks; What’s Next?
On Tuesday morning, the Edmonton Oilers traded 33 year old left winger Evander Kane to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 4th round pick(117th overall) in this week’s NHL Draft. This is the same pick given to Vancouver when Edmonton received 24-year-old left winger Vasily Podkolzin in August of last summer. The Oilers got […]
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Edmonton Oilers Cup Final Defeat x2: Offseason Plans
When the Edmonton Oilers lost Game 7 last year, I was being a good sport and watching the entire Florida Panthers team raise the Stanley Cup. After Game 6 last week, I couldn’t take seeing the same team do it at our expense for the second time in a row. If you kept your TV […]
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Edmonton Oilers Thoughts: Finals, Game 6
Have you slept okay? Have you been pacing around your house and scrolling through Twitter on an hourly basis? This time of the year was never meant to be easy, but the Edmonton Oilers always find a way to make it harder than anyone else. The other day, I heard one Oilers fan on YouTube […]
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Edmonton Oilers Thoughts: Finals, Game 5
That year was the first thing that came to my mind after the Edmonton Oilers played a first period from Hockey Hell on Thursday night. I’ve written about this team having a weird obsession with adversity, I’ve written about them loving to prove doubters wrong. Never in my wildest dreams did I think they could […]
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Edmonton Oilers Thoughts: Finals, Game 4
The penalty minute count for Game 3 between both teams was 140, the 4th highest number ever in a Finals game. The Edmonton Oilers were also shorthanded 11 times, which is the most in a Finals game. In fact, you should go to the penalty box just for reading this article. Granted, the 114 PIM […]
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Edmonton Oilers Thoughts: Finals, Game 3
Corey Perry and Brad Marchand keep proving that age is only a state of mind. Perry scored a miracle tying goal with less than 20 seconds left in regulation, setting up the second straight Overtime tilt in a series that’s still only two games old. It was his 9th career goal scored in a Final […]
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Edmonton Oilers Thoughts: Stanley Cup Final – Game 2
There haven’t been enough mentions about Corey Perry’s subtle backhand pass on the Overtime winner. The 40-year-old was probably our team’s worst forward in last year’s Playoffs, but the complete 180 he’s made in this year’s Playoffs is what you’d read if you looked up Fountain Of Youth on the internet. Also, with the third-period […]
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Edmonton Oilers Thoughts: Finals, Game 1
Maybe I’m biased, but has this NHL season had a bigger Next Man Up team than this one? No one ever roots for injuries, but before needing to fill spots left by Zach Hyman and Connor Brown, we’d practically given up on the idea of Jeff Skinner playing another Playoff game for the Edmonton Oilers. […]
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Edmonton Oilers Playoff Thoughts: Round 3, Game 5
Happy belated 9th Birthday, Ben Stelter. Tuesday night’s win was for you. We’re just one win away from a second straight Finals appearance. We always wish Ben were still with us and imagine how joyful he’d be to watch the Edmonton Oilers in these Playoff runs the last couple of years. A really nice gesture […]
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