The Edmonton Oilers have been scandalously poor at getting value in trade for many years. The stories are legend and painful. Steve Tambellini with a chance to acquire Ben Bishop, balking at including ...

Noah Philp is eligible for waivers this fall. So is Alec Regula. Every year we talk about waiver worries and are (I believe) about evenly split about how much harm/good it can do for a team. I think ...

The estimated icetime comes via friend of the blog Eric Rodgers, who used an innovative tool involving goals-for and against laid against total even-strength minutes. Among players who dressed for 40+ ...

Every new general manager is in a helluva hurry to turn over the 50-man list upon arrival. It's the old George Carlin line ...

This is a look at Noah Philp's early run last season with the Bakersfield Condors. A nice resume to be sure, he played in all game states and delivered. Philp is older for a prospect (27 next month) ...

Welcome to the 'training camp hopeful' series the 2025 summer. Over the next few weeks I'll look at players who are not clearly on the roster, but could find the NHL through various means this fall.

Welcome to the ‘training camp hopeful’ series the 2025 summer. Over the next few weeks I’ll look at players who are … ...

I wrote this in 2017 and it still applies today. Only the names change year over year. We track young players, discuss their strengths and possible futures, while also acknowledging the things that ...

These are NHL equivalency numbers from 12 to 15 years ago, followed by the points-game totals in rookie seasons for some of Edmonton's bright young talents during that era. As you can see, all of ...