Author: Stephen Vani

Oilers fan in Toronto. Staying up past my bedtime for Western games since the mid 2000s.

NHL Trade Rumors: Are The Edmonton Oilers Interested In Toffoli?

Throughout last week, the Edmonton Oilers had one of their scouts attending games examining the New Jersey Devils on their California road trip. Darren Dreger recently named Tyler Toffoli as a potential trade target for Edmonton. The 31-year-old forward has 44 points through 59 games in his 12th NHL season. He has 510 points through […]

NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins | 03/03/2024

Lose three bad games in a row, then win three good games in a row. That’s the Oilers style of hockey we know and love. Although the last minute of regulation was hectic as Edmonton just held onto the 2-1 win yesterday, it felt nice for a change not to see the team wait until […]

NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. Seattle Kraken | 03/02/2024

Zach Hyman is a 40 goal scorer. I love saying that, and I’ll also love saying “Zach Hyman is a 50 goal scorer” before the regular season is complete. Connor McDavid broke a 10 game goal drought with the winning goal in Overtime on Wednesday night. The last goal he scored before that was in […]

Could The Edmonton Oilers Land Buchnevich?

Oilers fans got a nice look at Pavel Buchnevich, who had two games against his team in two weeks. The 28 forward, playing in his 8th NHL season, 3rd with the St. Louis Blues, has been connected to the Edmonton Oilers as a trade target. In those two games against the Blues I was referencing, […]

Should The Edmonton Oilers Pursue Jake DeBrusk?

27-year-old forward Jake DeBrusk of the Boston Bruins will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2023/2024 season. When speaking with reporters, he had this to say about next week’s Trade Deadline… “It’s in the back of everybody’s mind obviously because nobody is really safe. It’s one of those times where it’s always […]

NHL Trade Rumors: Edmonton Oilers Interested In Dowd?

During the first intermission of Wednesday night’s game between the Edmonton Oilers and St. Louis Blues on Sportsnet, Jeff Marek announced that forward Nic Dowd of the Washington Capitals is “Very much on Edmonton’s orbit of interest.” The 33-year-old Dowd has 16 points through 45 games this season and 143 points through 481 games in […]

Evan Bouchard skating for the Edmonton Oilers

NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. St. Louis Blues | 02/28/2024

I suppose Oilers fans feel slightly better now after Monday night’s win. It was especially a good bounce-back game for Stuart Skinner, who’d been struggling throughout all of February to make saves. I still fear he might experience the same burnout that he had last year. Here’s hoping he can get back to the outstanding […]

Edmonton Oilers Interested In Walker And Laughton?

On Monday’s The Oil Stream episode, Tom Gazzola told Dustin Neilson that David Pagnotta from The Fourth Period confirmed the Edmonton Oilers are speaking to the Philadelphia Flyers regarding a potential trade. This apparently dates back to November when the Oilers were one of the worst teams in the league. But the player the Oilers […]

Should The Edmonton Oilers Pursue Anthony Mantha?

On a recent episode of the 32 Thoughts podcast, Elliotte Friedman entertained the idea of the Edmonton Oilers making a trade with the Washington Capitals for forward Anthony Mantha. He sighted Ken Holland’s history with Mantha, selecting him 20th overall in the 2013 NHL Draft when he was the general manager of the Detroit Red […]

NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings | 02/26/2024

I like the Battle of Alberta better when we win. Instead, we went back to watching October and November style hockey from Edmonton against the worst possible opponent. The Flames came prepared to play, and the Oilers did not; it was as simple as that. Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm have been a great pairing […]