Western Conference

Freddy Gaudreau wears a dark green Minnesota Wild jersey while lining up for a faceoff.

Freddy Gaudreau Needs a Come-Back Year, Or Else

This next season seems to be a make-or-break for Freddy Gaudreau. He had a terrible start to the 2023-24 season followed by Dean Evason, a longtime mentor and supporter of Gaudreau, being given the boot after the team fell flat on their face out of the starting gate. But the two seasons before that were […]

Player Profile: Adam Lowry

Adam Lowry was born on March 29th, 1993, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is a left-shot centre who has spent his entire NHL playing career with the Winnipeg Jets. Lowry is listed as 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds. Although born in America, Lowry spent his early playing days in the Calgary minor hockey scene. He […]

Broberg, Holloway Both Receive Offer Sheet From St. Louis

On Tuesday, August 13th, the St. Louis Blues presented offer sheets to both Edmonton’s Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway. Both players signed the offer sheet and the Oilers have until August 20th to match the offers, keep the restricted free agents, or they’ll receive NHL Draft compensation from St. Louis. The previous offer sheet that […]

Player Profile: Nino Niederreiter

Nino Niederreiter was born on September 8th, 1992, in Chur, Switzerland. He is a forward who primarily plays right and left-wing and has played for five teams in his 15-year professional hockey career. Niederreiter was the highest-drafted Swiss hockey player in NHL history until Nico Hischier was drafted first overall in 2017. The 6-foot-2, 218-pound […]

Penguins Acquire F Cody Glass From Predators

The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced today that they have acquired F Cody Glass, a 2025 third-round pick, and a 2026 sixth-round pick from the Nashville Predators in exchange for F Jordan Frasca. Glass has one year left of a $5 million dollar deal that he signed Glass, 25, is coming off a tough season with […]

Player Profile: Nikolaj Ehlers

Nikolaj Ehlers was born on February 14th, 1996, in Aalborg, Denmark. He is a winger who has spent his entire NHL playing career with the Winnipeg Jets. Listed as 6-foot and 172 pounds, Ehlers shoots left-handed. Ehlers’ early playing days began when he played both youth and junior hockey in Switzerland for EHC Biel’s organization. […]

Evander Kane May Be on LTIR To Start Season

Edmonton Oilers insider and Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer tweeted out today that Evander Kane may require surgery and likely be put on Long Term Injured Reserve to start the 2024/2025 season. The 2 Mutts Hockey Podcast reported on Twitter last week it seemed more as if Kane was healing up at a rate decent […]

Matt Boldy wearing the third jersey of the Minnesota Wild. The jersey is bright green and yellow and is known as one of the "78s" jersey.

Matt Boldy Will Have $7+ Million Worth of Motivation This Season

Matt Boldy signed his big, well-deserved contract extension in 2023 and when it hit last year, he managed to get even better. After taking over as the lead scorer while Kirill Kaprizov was out with an injury for a handful of games, Boldy continued on a good scoring streak. During the last 10 games of […]

Kirill Kaprizov skating on the ice wearing a white Minnesota Wild jersey with an A for alternate captain

Kaprizov Could Come Back With a Vengeance

Kirill Kaprizov spent a good amount of time last season playing through an injury. It was obvious, especially when he came back from some time off and looked more like the superstar he usually is. With a longer-than-usual time off to heal, Kaprizov should be back in top shape and ready to make a bigger […]

Former Oilers Blueliner Calls It A Career

It was announced on Thursday that Oscar Klefbom, an ex-defenseman for the Edmonton Oilers, is hanging up his skates at the age of 31. We all saw it coming, but now it’s been made official. Related Post: The Career of Oscar Klefbom: What Could Have Been Drafted 19th overall by Edmonton in 2011, the same […]