The Hockey News blasts Oilers for Khabibulin signing: "the worst of the summer"
Adam Proteau, a writer for hockey’s most venerable publication, The Hockey News, lists the Oilers signing of Nikolai Khabibulin as the worst unrestricted free agent signing of the summer of 2009, just...
View ArticleThe Hockey News takes yet another shot at the Oilers
Writer blasts team for salary cap “mismanagement.” There’s an old saying: When the cow is down, but butchers are many. Right now, it applies to the Edmonton Oilers. The Oilers are taking a beating from...
View ArticleHow good are hockey gurus at guessing the point totals of Taylor Hall, Ales...
Rating Lowetide, McKeen’s, Dobber, Sports Forecaster, Hockey News and Puck Prospectus on how well they made predictions for Oilers point totals in 2010-11. It’s time for some optimism! That’s what is...
View ArticlePeople Keep Passing Alex Plante
Even as they listed him ninth among the Edmonton Oilers’ top-10 prospects, The Hockey News Fantasy Pool Guide made a point of bolding Alex Plante’s name, indicating that he, along with Ryan...
View ArticleThe Man Who Would Certainly Keep Daryl Katz’s Oilers Out of Quebec
In the most recent issue of The Hockey News, the respected journal once again put together a list of 100 People of Power and Influence in Hockey. As is usually the case, there are some interesting...
View ArticleHockey News columnist says Gagner’s record “should never have happened,” as...
Ken Campbell, a columnist at The Hockey News, is calling into question the validity of Sam Gagner’s record-tieing eight point night. “Go ahead, accuse us of being nitpickers and killjoys here, but this...
View ArticleRyan Nugent-Hopkins Vs. Gabriel Landeskog For The Calder Trophy As The NHL’s...
It’s been a good year, on the whole, for the players selected early at the NHL’s 2011 Entry Draft, and perhaps it isn’t a surprise to see the first two picks from that draft – the Oilers’ Ryan...
View ArticleThe Hockey News predicts the Oilers will finish 13th in the West in 2012-13
Will the additions of Nail Yakupov and Justin Schultz push the Edmonton Oilers into a playoff spot in 2012-13? According to The Hockey News, the answer to that question is no: they released their...
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