Stuart Skinner

Edmonton Oilers: Heading Into The Second Half

Who would’ve thought in mid-November that Edmonton would be in this position? The Oilers were in the basement of the standings, recreating their yearly first-overall pick phase in the early 2010s. They had only 3 wins in the first month a half of the 2023/2024 season and are now 26-6 since their coaching change. I’m […]

Bakersfield Condors goaltender #36 Jack Campbell and defenseman #5 Philip Broberg

What If Jack Campbell Came Back To Edmonton?

Before you start typing your comments, note that this is only a hypothetical question. Whether or not it happens is not set in stone. Even when your team keeps winning, there’s nothing wrong with entertaining possibilities or pondering scenarios. The turnaround that the Oilers have seen in their goaltending has been astronomical. Stuart Skinner went […]

NHL Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. Chicago Blackhawks | 01/25/2024

When things are going well, you’ll even grab a win that you don’t deserve. The first and second periods on Tuesday night brought me back to Oilers hockey from the beginning of the season. Bad games like that are bound to happen; it just looked worse against a basement dweller. Credit to Columbus for playing […]

Skinner Shining for the Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers are playing out of their minds right now. They are currently (As of Wednesday, January 24) on a 14 game winning streak and are doing everything right. Their best players are doing what they are supposed to do, the team is playing the way their head coach, Kris Knoblauch, wants them to play, and […]

Will Fleury End His Season In Minnesota?

The Minnesota Wild have had a tumultuous season. First, they started with a long losing streak. Then, they lost a well-liked coach. After that, they had to deal with a rash of injuries that hit some of their top players. At this point, the Wild are eight points out of a playoff spot. Can they […]

Elvis Merzlikins celebrates a shutout victory over the Vancouver Canucks

Should the Edmonton Oilers Acquire Elvis Merzlikins?

While the Edmonton Oilers enjoy their rise in the NHL standings these last couple of months, it’s not a bad idea to discuss a position that is always a hot-button topic in Oil Country, even before this season. Below-average goaltending was Edmonton’s biggest plague between October and November. A team that was viewed by many […]

Game Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. Montreal Canadiens | 01/13/2024

I couldn’t watch the first half of the first period on Thursday night. I was on a train that took me to Montreal, and it took a while for me to get a live stream of the game on any device around me. Before that, I just kept scrolling through the play-by-play list. Then, when […]

Rangers’ Zibanejad is On Fire

There is no doubt that sports fans love to overreact. New York Rangers fans are a perfect example. In the early part of the season, many Blueshirt fans were worried about the play of Mika Zibanejad. At that time of the season, Zibanejad, 30, struggled to produce, had trouble putting the puck on and in […]

Oilers Game 28: Florida Panthers

Lose one after winning eight, and a lot of people lose their minds again. You’ve just got to love Oilers Twitter. But there’s still nothing wrong with analyzing why Thursday night’s game sums up the entire Oilers season thus far. It was probably one of the more entertaining losses I’ve ever sat through. Edmonton was […]

Are The Oilers Back?

It may only be December, but it has already been a tale of two seasons for the Edmonton Oilers. In the first one, everything was going wrong for the hockey club. Connor McDavid dealt with an injury, the team got horrible goaltending, they fired head coach Jay Woodcroft and replaced him with Kris Knoblauch, and […]