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Craig MacTavish Talks to Season Ticket Holders

Last night the Oilers hosted a Q&A session with General Manager Craig MacTavish for their season ticket holders. Some of the answers were quite interesting.

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How Much Should Sam Gagner Cost?

How much cap space should the Oilers be using to sign Sam Gagner to a new contract?

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How Much Should Magnus Paajarvi Cost?

How much cap space should the Oilers be using to sign Magnus Paajarvi to a new contract?

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NHL Playoff Preview and Predictions - Second Round

A somewhat detailed look at each of the four second round series in the NHL playoffs.

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Mapping The Next Three Years

How might the Oilers act to make their team better this summer while budgeting appropriately for the medium to long term future as well.

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NHL Playoff Preview and Predictions - First Round

A look at how each series of the opening round will go down.

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Oilers now hold the longest playoff free streak

With the Leafs win tonight they're in the playoffs and the Oilers are now the team with the most consecutive years on the outside looking in. That might not sound great but remember this: The Leafs suck.

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I Welcome MacT as GM...and You Should Too

It may feel like more of the same, and it could be, but there's a chance it could be exactly what the team needs.

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MacTavish is qualified, His Boss Is Not

Craig MacTavish would be a solid hire in any other city or for any other boss.

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Management faced some tough questions today

In today's press conference announcing changes to the front office, those in charge, including Kevin Lowe, were asked some tough questions. This was a rather unexpected turn of events from a media group that doesn't typically question the message.

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Is Taylor Hall A Dirty Player?

Following his slash on Zbynek Michalek on Wednesday night Taylor Hall has now been involved in three questionable plays this season. Is he a dirty player?

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Can We at Least Look Forward to Next Year?

The Edmonton Oilers have a terrible shot differential this season. What might that imply for their performance in 2013-14?

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Andrew Raycroft Is The Worst

The Not-So-Sweet Sixteen has a new champion.

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(1) Craig Billington v. (2) Andrew Raycroft

Which goaltender was worse: Craig Billington or Andrew Raycroft?

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Wild Optimism

The Edmonton Oilers may be 9th in the Conference, but they're still a very bad team.

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(1) Craig Billington v. (13) Jacques Cloutier

Which goaltender was worse: Craig Billington or Jacques Cloutier?

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(2) Andrew Raycroft v. (14) Alain Chevrier

Which goaltender was worse: Andrew Raycroft or Alain Chevrier?

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Management fails again

Edmonton's management team is shorting their team.

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Edmonton Oilers Acquire "Player" Jerred Smithson

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.

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(1) Craig Billington v. (8) Snow and DiPietro

Which goaltender(s) was worse: Craig Billington or Garth Snow and Rick DiPietro?

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(2) Andrew Raycroft v. (7) Tim Cheveldae

Which goaltender was worse: Andrew Raycroft or Tim Cheveldae?

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(11) Jamie McLennan v. (14) Alain Chevrier

Which goaltender was worse: Jamie McLennan or Alain Chevrier?

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Kale Kessy - Comparables

Is there hope for Edmonton's newest prospect to become an NHL player?

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(4) Ty Conklin v. (13) Jacques Cloutier

Which goaltender was worse: Ty Conklin or Jacques Cloutier?

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(1) Craig Billington v. (16) Damian Rhodes

Which goaltender was worse: Craig Billington or Damian Rhodes?

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(2) Andrew Raycroft v. (15) Brian Boucher

Which goaltender was worse: Andrew Raycoft or Brian Boucher?

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