The schedule favors them, and getting wins in October paves the way for a strong season contending for the top of the Pacific division. That’s where they should be, but based on last night that’s a ...

The #LetsGoOilers called up Savoie & signed Cameron Wright for $952K. When Wright is registered tmrw, will have $53 of Cap Space. Will then put Kane on LTIR and have a capture $53 from optimal Can ...

Nurse has passed into the “don’t talk about religion and sex” region of Oilers discussions, which is too bad. If I say “Nurse was poor last year” there’s applause, it I say “but the Oilers badly need ...

The Condors who will be Oilers one day are Max Wanner, Jayden Grubbe, Matthew Savoie and maybe Olivier Rodrigue. The Oilers probably waive Lavoie and Rodrigue today and then make a decision on Philp.

The comparable for Savoie is Yamamoto. I think people have soured on him, injuries have had an impact and that’s a worry for Savoie, too. As an AHL player, Yamamoto was a screaming success. He carried ...

Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet has the Edmonton Oilers number. Coach Kris Knoblauch is attempting to ease his veterans into the preseason, like he’s handling the third imperial Fabergé egg.

Lots of chatter yesterday about preseason not being important, but the depth chart for the season is seeing some subtle changes. … ...

THOUGHTS ON GAME ONE, PRESEASON. I always like to divide prospects into two categories. First, those we expect to do well in these games, due to age and or draft pedigree. The mor ...

My article at The Athletic today focuses on 36 men who I consider prospects and their possible future. I think this year’s group most resembles the summer 2003 talent pool. Sam O’Reilly may become ...