By definition, Oilers’ style hockey is something of a reputation rather than how the game has been played of late. The Oilers had a style of hockey in the 80’s and early 90’s that was fast, furious, skilled and most of all entertaining. Patented by greats such as Wayne Gretzky, Kevin Lowe, and [...]

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DON’T! Never in 44½ years have I been this excited for, of all things HOCKEY SEASON!
There is no way in a million years that CFL, NFL, NBA or any other sport could come close to drawing out the kid in me like Oilers hockey does. For most of my life I have been [...]

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Now there’s a title with several possible connotations!

How ’bout that. The first battle of Alberta, albeit pre-season has resulted in an overtime win for the Edmonton Oilers! Let’s hope, for our sake that this season isn’t going to look like last season where Calgary is concerned. We beat them in their barn, [...]

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Yup, that’s right. Big Brother 8 is winding down and NHL HOCKEY is BACK!
I spent all day today at Rexall Place. It was the end of training camp, Joey Moss Cup game. The new jersey was unveiled, officially that is, and I got MINE! Once again a home jersey with, none [...]

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Thank goodness for leaks!
The Oilers’ are accepting orders for their new 2007 season jerseys. Who would want to order a jersey without ever having seen it? I know, die hard collectors. Of course there aren’t too many of those among us.
Fortuntely for us, Reebok wasn’t able to keep the new jersey a [...]

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Far be it from me to attempt to figure out exactly what Oilers GM and head coach are up to… BUT…. Even though I held out a slim hope that the Oil would sign Ryan Smyth when free agency opened up on July 1st, I wasn’y surprised to hear the news that [...]

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The Oilers:

Well, the season from Hell is finally over. Fortunately the boys went out with a bang, defeating the Flames 3-2 in regulation time. I know it is too little too late, but it is nice to still be the Kings of Alberta.
Now MacT and Kevin Lowe have some time to build the [...]

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At its regular spring meeting in Miami, Florida, NHL governors passed a motion ruling that the Canadian team finishing lowest in the regular season standings each year is relegated to playing in the minor leagues for one season.

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You may have noticed that the “Place” has been closed for a few days. Well, for the first few days it was closed because I had forgotten to re-open it after making some changes last weekend.
Here I was getting all pissed off because no one was responding to my Oilers’ post. Me, the [...]

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[tag]Kevin Lowe[/tag] did it again. Who’s payroll is he on anyway?
More to come on the Ryan Smyth trade! I have to get my head around it before I can write about it!
Did Lowe say this, or did the Sun misprint?
Asked about the possibility of signing Smyth to return to Edmonton when he becomes [...]

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