Edmonton Oilers Pregame
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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- 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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- 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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- Stephen Vani
- January 11, 2025
Stinkers happen every once in a while, even just one period. The Oilers have had a chance to at least get a loser point were it not for how bad their first period was. But I didn’t realize just how dominant they’ve been against the Penguins in recent years. They were 7-0 heading into Thursday […]
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- Stephen Vani
- January 9, 2025
He scored, and got a point. Hallelujah, rejoice. When any other hockey player goes 2 games without a point, or 7 games without a goal, it’s normal and nothing new. When this streak happens to Connor McDavid, it’s breaking news nationwide. On Tuesday night against the Bruins, he broke his goal drought on a breakaway […]
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- Stephen Vani
- January 7, 2025
Congrats to Oilers defenseman prospect Paul Fischer for winning the gold medal with Team USA at the World Juniors on Sunday night. Edmonton almost did that thing against Seattle that they also did against Anaheim twice. The thing where they have a multi-goal lead and then let it slip away. But they didn’t, so no […]
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- Stephen Vani
- January 4, 2025
Now that’s a duck hunt, better than the first one. Credit to Anaheim for coming back in last night’s game. Lukas Dostal continues to be a great young goaltender for them. It would’ve been 3-0 in the second period were it not for a great save he made on Corey Perry moments before the cut […]
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- Stephen Vani
- January 3, 2025
Happy New Year, Oil Country. Not only was Tuesday night a good win to end 2024, it was also an interesting display of line juggling. Connor Brown was promoted to the top line with Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. He responded to his promotion with 2 assists in the second period, 20 seconds apart from […]
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- Stephen Vani
- December 31, 2024
To quote the mothers with Gene Principe on the Oilers road trip, “Mamma Mia.” Edmonton has usually been dominant against the Ducks, beating them in 7 straight games. The powerplay merchants started making a comeback throughout December. But their even strength showing on Sunday afternoon left a sour taste. There were moments in Anaheim where I […]
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- Stephen Vani
- December 29, 2024
At least the team’s mothers had a good time. I don’t have a lot to say about yesterday’s game. Warren Foegele and Viktor Arvidsson were both productive against their former teams, though Foegele had more fun with two more points than Arvidsson. There looked to be a bit of controversy after LA’s Overtime goal when […]
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