The Copper & Blue, an Edmonton Oilers community

How are the Oilers' lines faring in each type of start? Is Tom Renney giving the right guys o-zone starts? Should he go to an extreme Vigneaultesque strategy?

The Oilers first PP unit has struggled winning face-offs, how can they improve that?

A fan's lament about sloppy production standards.

A look at how much teenagers improve in the faceoff circle in the first few years of their careers.

Shawn Horcoff is the league's greatest workhorse. Explore the numbers with Bruce McCurdy

Who Benefits From The Easiest Starts in the NHL?

Andrew Cogliano can't win a faceoff and it's killing the Oilers. Should he move to the wing or move to a new team?

Andrew Cogliano will live in infamy. He joins Mario Mendoza at the bottom of the record books.

This is Jarret Stoll, facing off against one Joe Sakic, in what must have been a pretty typical encounter when the Oilers played the Avalanche this season. Stoll led the Oilers this season with a...

The greatest indicator of an NHL player’s ability has just been released, and it shows troubling news for the Oilers. I’m not talking about hockey pool guides, or the NHL awards show, or even...