Author: Stephen Vani
Oilers fan in Toronto. Staying up past my bedtime for Western games since the mid 2000s.
Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Let’s take a moment to address the elephant in the room. I know Stuart Skinner has an Instagram account, I hope he doesn’t have a Twitter account or watch YouTube videos. He’s been a polarizing goalie among Oilers fans for quite some time now. Concerns held by some were raised even higher after Saturday night. […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Thursday night was the kind of loss you don’t like to have, but at least the Oilers still got themselves a point in the standings and are still tied with Vegas for 1st place in the Pacific Division. I really did think they’d win after killing a penalty in Overtime, though. Blowing a 2 goal lead […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Mattias Janmark scored a goal… On a goalie. A tying goal in the first period by Janmark was his first goal with a goalie in the net since June 24th of last year. You don’t have to look up the final score; it’s unimportant. He was quietly producing earlier in the season with assists. But more […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Skinner x2, that’s pretty cool. Playing on the 4th line again, the home team gives up a go-ahead goal late in the first period, and Jeff responds with a tying goal under 20 seconds later. I’m super positive he’ll be rewarded for that really important shift against his former team with another night up in the […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Revenge games, aren’t they fun? What we saw out of Corey Perry on Thursday night is why we used to always hate him all those years he was in Anaheim before he signed in Edmonton. Taking down Quinn Hughes as a quid pro quo for when Connor McDavid got harassed in the last meeting, having […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Who else started craving nachos on Tuesday night? It doesn’t matter anymore since the Oilers lost that game, but isn’t there supposed to be a stoppage in play if something gets thrown onto the ice? Louie DeBrusk said the goal counted because it didn’t interfere with Logan Thompson’s ability to make the save. There was […]
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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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