The Edmonton Oilers will have a major salary cap crunch coming in the next few seasons with new contracts for Evan Bouchard, Connor McDavid, Stuart Skinner, and Draisaitl's raise - but that may get help from an increasing salary cap.
The difference in the game was great goaltending from Washington’s Logan Thompson — who was strangely left off of the Team Canada roster — and the fact that the Edmonton power play without McDavid was anemic, with not one Grade A shot in three opportunities.
The Edmonton Oilers went 3-1 in four games last week, including two come-from-behind wins, and almost pulled off another against the Vancouver Canucks on Jan.
THROUGH GAMES OF SUNDAY, JAN. 19, 2025
Dallas needs Klingberg more than the Oilers. Their other three right-shot D — Matt Dumba, Ilya Lyubushkin and Nils Lundkvist — haven’t scored a goal all season long. He wants to play on a Cup contender and wherever he signs, he’s in audition mode for next season.
Leon Draisaitl's scouting report had some downbeat verbal. The man worked hard after draft day to iron those issues out of his game, and to add things that were not abundantly clear on the day Craig MacTavish called his name (the shot is a monster,
The Edmonton Oilers potentially bolstered their defense Friday by signing free agent John Klingberg, a low-risk move that could amount to adding a top-four blueliner.
The Edmonton Oilers simply didn’t have it in this one, as they lost to the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night (Jan. 18) by a score of 3-2. The theme of the past few games was falling behind early and battling back.
The expectations for the Chicago Blackhawks this year were low. Now in year two of the Connor Bedard era, there was a thought they could take a slight step forward and become a more competitive team.
Evan Bouchard spoke about the Edmonton Oilers’ ability to come back after trailing by multiple goals. After their 4-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche, Bouchard shared his thoughts on the Oilers ...
Bouchard scored a goal on five shots, dished an assist and went plus-2 in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Avalanche. Bouchard got embarrassed on the Avalanche's third goal of the game. In the end, the ...
Evan Bouchard scored with 6:55 left and the surging Edmonton Oilers overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Thursday night. “We didn’t quit,” Bouchard said ...