After a 72 game regular season and three rounds of playoff hockey it’s comes down to the same two teams playing for the Ed Chynoweth Cup that we saw in this situation last season. Hopefully the series this season is just as entertaining.
Can the Oilers go Back-to-Back-to-Back-to-Back tonight?
Just like Hall in 2012, this injury should have been taken care of months ago.
The Oilers have signed their 5th round draft pick from the 2011 NHL draft, blueline prospect Martin Gernat.
On Wednesday, the Edmonton Oilers signed Andrew Miller out of Yale University. Miller served as Captain on the new National Champions from Yale after the won the Frozen Four tournament.
The Copper & Blue welcomes a new writer.
It's the Battle of Alberta in this year's WHL Eastern Conference Final. This is the first real playoff version of the Battle of Alberta since 1991. It's been a long time coming.
Today is a conflicted day for all heady fans of the Edmonton Oilers hockey club. For years we've debated scenarios through which one of two realities would become real: 1. the Oilers discontinued...
Kevin Lowe Calls Press Conference for 10:30am...it couldn't be...could it? Let the speculation and hopefullness begin!
Ryan Whitney's own goal in the dying seconds of last nights game is, in a strange way, perfect.
Jerred Smithson at least isn't offensively bad at hockey, Mike Brown style, but he's pretty bad and certainly not worth a fourth-round draft pick.
The Edmonton Oilers have signed Defenceman Ladislav Smid to a new deal that will keep him in town for another four seasons at an average cost of $3.5M per year.
Ben Eager was placed on waivers today - he's headed to Oklahoma City
Paajarvi rushes into the zone, fires the puck on net and smacks a single into left-center.
Is anyone aware of any teams that may need additional offense? I can't think of any off-hand...
The Oilers announced this morning that they've made a trade with the Maple Leafs acquiring forward Mike Brown in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 2014 draft. This move doesn't make the Oilers better but it does increase the amount of punching.
Taylor Hall gets hit by the Shanahammer
A somewhat surprising announcement this morning that the Oilers have placed noted bench warmer/enforcer Darcy Hordichuk on waivers.
No Horcoff. No Belanger. And now no Nugent-Hopkins? This is getting ridiculous.
In the wake of the injury to captain Shawn Horcoff the Oilers have placed a call to Oklahoma City and called up Mark Arcobello.
The injury bug continues to bite the Oilers. This time it's Shawn Horcoff who has been lost for an extended period of time.
Against the red hot Sharks the Oilers will be without the services of the only centre who was able to slow them down the last time around.
Nikolai Khabibulin is healthy, and Yann Danis is headed back to the AHL.
After getting punched in the face Ben Eager is diagnosed with a concussion.
There is news out of Rexall Place this afternoon that the Oilers will be starting the season without the services of their former MVP and current backup Nikolai Khabibulin who has apparently still not recovered from offseason surgery.
