Author: Stephen Vani
Oilers fan in Toronto. Staying up past my bedtime for Western games since the mid 2000s.
Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
I want to time travel to last week so we can cheer for Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli and Brayden Point again. That first period on Tuesday was the best one I’d seen the Oilers play in quite a while. Letting in a tying goal wasn’t ideal, but I didn’t worry about how the rest of […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
I’m cheering for Ovie, too. I just prefer him scoring lots against other teams. I read a tweet yesterday morning saying that Alex Ovechkin is now the first player in NHL history to score 200 goals in three different decades. As he’s now inched 13 goals closer to the all-time goals record, we’ve been truly […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
I missed us all tweeting in-game about Evan Bouchard and Stuart Skinner. (Sigh) It’s good to be back. When I wrote my pregame for yesterday’s match-up, I said I expected rugged starts from both the Oilers and Flyers. But all game long, Philadelphia looked like they’d been playing regular season games during the 4Nations break. […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
How many times have you all rewatched Connor McDavid’s golden goal? Wait, hold that thought. I need to rewatch it again quickly. McDavid had to wait until the 10th season of his NHL career to play a major tournament for Team Canada and have a huge Team Canada moment. Just like Sidney Crosby at the […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts 2/7/2025
Two straight nights of hockey, two straight Overtime wins, against two non-Playoff teams. We’ll take it. I should take greater issue with how both Tuesday and Wednesday went, but on the other hand, we lead the Pacific Division. Jeff Skinner started the game in Chicago on the second line with Leon Draisaitl, and Oilers fans […]
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Edmonton Oiler Pregame Thoughts
Watching former teammates get walked is fun when it’s not against your team. I wanted Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway to stay in Edmonton. I didn’t like it when they signed those offer sheets and Stan Bowman didn’t match. Even though I fully understand them wanting a change of scenery, leaving a team that has […]
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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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