As the lockout passes the one month mark Shawn Horcoff is clearly frustrated. And the person he seems to be most frustrated with is NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. Bettman can share in the blame but there's more to it than that.
Because of the lockout the NHL regular season will not start tonight. That's certainly disappointing but as the saying goes every cloud has a silver lining, and if you look hard there are some positives to all of this for the Oilers and their fans.
The Katz Group is using relocation to try and leverage a better arena deal. Unfortunately for them that leverage isn't worth a damn and now I think Edmonton City Council should yank the whole deal right off the table.
I've always thought that, sooner or later, the arena deal would get done. With the latest developments now I'm not so sure.
The Katz Group has asked the City of Edmonton to sweeten an already very sweet deal for the proposed downtown arena. But it's a bluff and Council needs to call that bluff.
The NHL's latest CBA proposal could have some serious implications for both the Oilers and a contract extension for Jordan Eberle.
The last few months have been relatively quiet in terms of news regarding the proposed downtown arena. That changed yesterday when the City released an arena update that shows that the project, despite several items already being trimmed or altered,
Looking at what other teams have done with their stars as they get set to come off their entry level contracts.
A brief look at the five goaltenders that the Oilers have under contract.
