Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
For the next two weeks before the Playoffs start, I call on a mandate for every player on the team to wear bubble wrap on their equipment. At one point in the second period, when the Oilers had a power play opportunity, I noticed Adam Henrique taking a one-timer on the spot where we’d normally […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Team wins are magical, aren’t they? Viktor Arvidsson takes a lot of heat, his shot gets a lucky deflection, and it’s a game-winning goal. Zach Hyman was out of the lineup, Corey Perry took his spot on the powerplay,y and the old man now has 15 goals. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins hasn’t been the Nuge we know […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Leon Draisaitl had himself a nice birthday, didn’t he? #29 had his best game of the season so far on his 29th birthday. He scored a tying goal, assisted on a tying goal, and scored the winning goal in Overtime. Per a tweet from the Sportsnet Twitter account, he is the 11th player in NHL […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Going 1-1 on a road trip is better than going 0-2. Up until the third period on Saturday, the Oilers didn’t play a terrible game against the Stars. It was really just the powerplay goal they allowed in the last minute of the second period that might’ve deflated them. Edmonton’s penalty kill is so bad […]
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