Edmonton Oilers Pregame
Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
If you ever have spare time when an Oilers game isn’t on, watch a Habs game on TSN. I don’t think there’s a blunter colour commentator than Craig Button. Both Evan Bouchard and Stuart Skinner needed that Overtime win more than anybody else in Edmonton. Skinner hadn’t won a game in a month, has been […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
John Gibson was on the opposing bench, presumably laughing at us inside. The Oilers had a very good start to Tuesday night’s game. Calvin Pickard’s first save was on a breakaway, like the game-saving breakaway save in the third period against Carolina. But every game is 60 minutes long, and everything fell apart as per […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
I missed seeing goals by Zach Hyman get called back, I’m glad we got it again. Edmonton finally won a game after five straight losses; 3 of them were embarrassing. Calvin Pickard did what’s been a rarity for Oilers goalies this season, he stole a game. Just 1 goal against him on 36 shots, his […]
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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 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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