Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts

Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts 2/7/2025
- Stephen Vani
- February 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
- Stephen Vani
- February 5, 2025
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
- Stephen Vani
- February 4, 2025
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
- Stephen Vani
- January 30, 2025
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
- Stephen Vani
- January 27, 2025
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
- Stephen Vani
- January 25, 2025
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
- Stephen Vani
- January 23, 2025
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
- Stephen Vani
- January 21, 2025
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
- Stephen Vani
- January 16, 2025
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
- Stephen Vani
- January 15, 2025
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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