The Edmonton Oilers chose small forward Toni Rajala No. 101 overall in 2009, over a decade ago. I was aware of …
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May 2020
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A reader emailed me on the weekend, asking me about my draft posts and final rankings. I’ve done the rankings for …
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Dave Tippett made a big difference to the Edmonton Oilers in 2019-20. Special teams is the obvious area but there are …
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Linus Omark was a pretty good comparable for Robert Nilsson who was a pretty good (and faster) comparable for Rob Schremp. …
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The Edmonton Oilers 2015 draft was a wild affair, with picks being sent away every hour on the hour on both …
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The great baseball writer Bill James wrote about the importance of large sample sizes to project the future in his Abstracts. …
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What if the Oilers organization, and the key free agents currently on the club, decided to come back for 2020-21 and …
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During the 2010’s, the Oilers found NHL talent off off Broadway three times. Martin Marincin (Slovakia), Jujhar Khaira (BCHL) and John …
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Jari Kurri was a fantastic player, brilliant in all important areas of the game. He could pass the puck with a …
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I was convinced the Edmonton Oilers and new general manager Ken Holland would harvest two or three USHL players at the …