OILERS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Robbie Schremp Signs With EV Zug In NLA by Steven Ellis
After splitting the year with Dinamo Riga (KHL) and EC Salzburg Red Bull (Austria), Robbie Schremp has signed with NLA club EV Zug for the upcoming season. Drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Schremp made his professional debut during the 2006-07 season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, then the Oilers’ American Hockey League ...
Martin Gernat and the Edmonton Oil Kings look to last year’s WHL finals for this year’s challenge
The Edmonton Oilers need help on their blueline. And not soon, but now. While draft picks alone cannot remedy the situation, the team has been aware of the gaping holes in their depth and roster while making their selections on draft day year after year.
While defencemen tend to take longer to develop and to prepare themselves physically those who have been in the system for...
Richard Cloutier: Yakupov; Schultz Jilted in Calder Race
Nail Yakupov: Lead all rookies in points and goals. He's a natch to win the Calder Trophy as the NHL's top rookie, right? It became obvious by the last 10 games of the season that Yakupov is going to become a 40+ goal scorer per season in the NHL.
Or what about Justin Schultz? How many first-year NHL defensemen played top-line minutes the entire season? Schultz was tied...
Jordan Eberle, Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole star in a Coke Zero film
Coke Zero Canada has released an epic short film detailing the triumph of Kevin Wheeler, a hockey player looking to have his one shining moment. Wheeler, an amateur hockey player, is played by Edmonton Oilers forward Jordan Eberle.
The saga details the true story of Eberle...er, Wheeler, forgetting his gear before a big game. Hours away, Wheeler calls on a neighbor to pick...
About Last Night…Oilers Nail Canucks WIth Yakupov’s Hat Trick
Nail Yakupov recorded his first NHL hat trick in the Oilers’ final game of the season. Yakupov was all the offense Edmonton would need in a 7-2 thrashing of the Canucks. Jordan Eberle scored twice in the finale as well for the Oilers. Edmonton broke open a 2-2 game with five goals in less than four minutes.
SPIN: In an utterly meaningless game, Edmonton shows what they can be capable...
Yakupov trick caps dreary Oilers year
Nail Yakupov scored his first career hat trick and the Edmonton Oilers closed out their season with a 7-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
The Russian rookie scored all three of his goals in a high-flying third period for Edmonton, which scored five goals in a span of 3:35.
Justin Schultz had a goal and three assists, Jordan Eberle two goals and Jerred Smithson got the...
Via Fox Sports
22 days ago
|
Discuss
Edmonton Oilers insist they're not a bunch of losers
The Edmonton Oilers feature many budding stars. Most of those young players have enjoyed notable team success at lower competitive levels.So don’t expect them to settle into a loser’s mentality in the NHL. At some point they draw on their past success“We’ve definitely addressed that in the lockerroom,” forward Jordan Eberle told the Edmonton Sun. “It’s something that...
Tired Of Losing In Edmonton
from David Staples of The Cult Of Hockey,
There’s been a certain charm around the Edmonton Oilers tanking these past three seasons, the thought that better times were on the way, the notion that the Oilers were being smart with the tanking, finding the best and quickest route to bringing in premier talent to this NHL wasteland.
Today, much of that charm is lost. Tanking...
Nugent-Hopkins: A better hockey player after surgery
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins delivered a brilliant effort in his rookie campaign -- even though his season was ultimately cut short by 20 games due to injury. Still, when the dust had settled, he had mustered 52 points in 62 games -- all as an 18-year old. His sophomore year wasn't nearly as productive though, as he managed just four goals an d 20 assists in 40 games. Those 20 assists...
Oilers' Nugent-Hopkins out for season
Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will miss the final five games of the season with a shoulder injury.
The team says Sunday on its Twitter account that Nugent-Hopkins is flying to Cleveland to have his shoulder examined and that surgery is likely.
After an impressive rookie season, Nugent-Hopkins' numbers were slightly down this year with just four goals and 20 assists...
Via Fox Sports
28 days ago
|
Discuss
Ryan Jones must stay with Oilers
Ryan Jones must stay with Oilers It looks like unrestricted free agent-to-be Ryan Jones is playing for his future with the Edmonton Oilers. The Edmonton Sun reports Jones has the final six games of the regular season to prove he's worth re-signing. "It's very important for us to take a really good look at Ryan Jones," said Oilers coach Ralph Krueger. "Give...
Will Edmonton Trade One Of Their Young Guns?
from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal,
New Edmonton Oilers GM Craig MacTavish said Monday he’s up for a bold move (trade), which to me would mean dealing of one of their kids: Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz or Nail Yakupov but not, say, Sam Gagner, even if Gagner is almost a point-a-game player this season.
But I would say Hall, RNH...
Struggling Oilers fire GM Tambellini
Steve Tambellini is out as general manager of the Edmonton Oilers.
Oilers President of Hockey Operations Kevin Lowe announced Monday that the team has fired Tambellini.
Tambellini was in his fifth season with Edmonton and was named the club's fourth general manager July 31 2008. The 54-year-old succeeded Lowe as Oilers' GM following Lowe's promotion.
Edmonton is the...
Via AP on Fox
April 15, 2013
|
Discuss
Nail Yakupov performs pre-game trick shot
Prior to the Edmonton Oilers game on Wednesday night against the Phoenix Coyotes, Oilers young star Nail Yakupov was caught on camera performing a trick shot. Sportsnet West was preparing for a pre-game segment when Yakupov was standing on the bench and sent a backhand saucer pass from just over center ice and hit a water bottle that was standing up on the goal line. This was...
JUST EMBARRASSING
Oilers goalie allows goal on shot from center ice
Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk was pulled at the end of the first period after allowing a goal on a gentle one-hopper from center ice during Friday night's game in Nashville. Predators center David Legwand dumped the puck down the ice towards the Oilers net on one hop, and somehow it bounced over Dubnyk's glove and into the net to give the Predators a 2-0 lead. Yann...
THE OILERS HOT 12
