Author: Stephen Vani

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

2024 NHL All-Star Skills Competition Results

Fastest Skater Winner: Connor McDavid – 13.408 seconds. One Timers Winner: Nathan MacKinnon – 23 points Passing Challenge Winner: Elias Pettersson – 25 points Hardest Shot Winner: Cale Makar – 102.56 Miles Per Hour Stick Handling Winner: Connor McDavid – 25.755 seconds Accuracy Shooting Winner: Connor McDavid – 9.158 seconds One-on-One (Top eight point-getters from […]

2024 NHL All-Star Draft Team Selections

TEAM HUGHES/BUBLE: D-Quinn Hughes(Captain), F-Elias Petterson(Assistant Captain), F-Nikita Kucherov, G-Thatcher Demko, F-Kyle Connor, F-Brady Tkachuk, F-Jesper Bratt, G-Cam Talbot, F-Brock Boeser, F-J.T. Miller, F-Frank Vatrano Michael Buble(Celebrity Captain) TEAM MATTHEWS/Bieber: F-Auston Matthews(Captain), D-Morgan Reilly(Assistant Captain), F-William Nylander, F-Mitch Marner, G-Jake Oettinger, F-Clayton Keller, F-Mathew Barzel, G-Igor Shesterkin, F-Filip Forsberg, F-Alex DeBrincat, F-Vincent Trocheck, Justin Bieber(Celebrity […]

Bakersfield Condors goaltender #36 Jack Campbell and defenseman #5 Philip Broberg

What If Jack Campbell Came Back To Edmonton?

Before you start typing your comments, note that this is only a hypothetical question. Whether or not it happens is not set in stone. Even when your team keeps winning, there’s nothing wrong with entertaining possibilities or pondering scenarios. The turnaround that the Oilers have seen in their goaltending has been astronomical. Stuart Skinner went […]

Edmonton Oilers defenseman #27 Brett Kulak

Could the Oilers Switch Kulak For Broberg?

A couple of days ago on the website Daily Faceoff, Frank Seravalli made his list of 30 trade targets heading into this season’s Trade Deadline. On his list from the Edmonton Oilers was defenseman Brett Kulak. Here is his take… 11. Brett KulakLeft Defense, Edmonton OilersAge: 30Stats: 44 GP, 2 G, 3 A, 5 PtsContract: […]

Eberle Or Perron: Who Would Edmonton Take Back?

For the record, I don’t want the Edmonton Oilers to pursue another forward. I’d rather see them spend their trade assets on a bigger area of need for the roster. But I’ve recently heard Jordan Eberle and David Perron as options that were tossed around Edmonton. This is a pretty interesting discussion to have. Both […]

Sam Gagner Becomes First Player to Win 16 Straight With Two Franchises

After a Saturday afternoon 4-1 win for the Edmonton Oilers against the Nashville Predators, Sam Gagner, a 34-year-old veteran playing in his 17th NHL season, became the only player in league history to be with two different franchises during a 16-game winning streak. The first team he did that with was the Columbus Blue Jackets […]

Holloway Revisiting Bakersfield

After the Oilers vs. Predators game on Saturday, the Edmonton Oilers Twitter page posted that forward Dylan Holloway has been loaned to the Bakersfield Condors in the American Hockey League. This should signal that he’ll be playing in Bakersfield’s three games between now and February 6th, when Edmonton plays their first game back from the […]

NHL Game Recap: Edmonton Oilers vs. Nashville Predators | 01/27/2024

1st Period: There were lots of infractions by both teams that the referees let go. But the Oilers would get a powerplay at 6:38 when Jeremy Lauzon held down Leon Draisaitl. I thought at first that Draisaitl was getting the penalty because Lauzon went down before Draisaitl, and I heard the fans in the building […]

NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. Nashville Predators | 01/27/2024

I’m running out of positive things to write about this team. The Edmonton Oilers won again- great. 15 in a row- fantastic. There’s your coverage; moving on. It was easier and more depressing to write about the Oilers when they were losing. That feels like a year ago now, and we’re only a month into […]

NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. Chicago Blackhawks | 01/25/2024

When things are going well, you’ll even grab a win that you don’t deserve. The first and second periods on Tuesday night brought me back to Oilers hockey from the beginning of the season. Bad games like that are bound to happen; it just looked worse against a basement dweller. Credit to Columbus for playing […]