Oilers Have Two of the Worst Skating Goaltenders in the NHL
It is often said that in hockey, a goalie has to be the best skater on their team. That isn’t in the sense of straightforward speed or crossovers, but more…
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Oilers: 2 Trade Targets From Predators After Slow Start to 2024-25 Season
While it isn’t a start worth panicking over, the Edmonton Oilers haven’t been at their best to start out the 2024-25 season. The 7-3 shellacking over the Vancouver Canucks on…
3 Takeaways From Flames’ 3-1 Loss to the Canucks
The Calgary Flames solid start to the 2024-25 season hasn’t been without its speedbumps, and a speedbump was exactly what they hit in last night’s game versus the Vancouver Canucks.…
3 Flames Players Who Could Earn Opportunity With Mantha’s Injury
The Calgary Flames received some awful news on Monday, as they announced that forward Anthony Mantha will miss the remainder of the season to undergo ACL surgery. He suffered the…
3 Takeaways from Flames’ 3-1 Win Over Kings
The Calgary Flames were able to pick up a 3-1 victory over the LA Kings last night. There was almost nothing you could look at in a negative light as…
Flames’ Kuzmenko Proving He’s Not Worth Extending
When the Calgary Flames first acquired Andrei Kuzmenko partway through the 2023-24 season, the expectation was that he would be flipped sometime between then and the 2025 Trade Deadline. The…
Skinner Visibly Frustrated Despite Oilers’ Big Win Over Canucks
The Edmonton Oilers picked up a massive win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night, but you wouldn’t know it based on Stuart Skinner’s reaction. The Oilers netminder smashed his…
3 Takeaways From Flames’ 3-2 Shootout Loss to the Sabres
The Calgary Flames, as they often do, made things interesting on Saturday afternoon versus the Buffalo Sabres. While they fought hard over the second half of the game, it wasn’t…
4 Flames Exceeding Expectations So Far This Season
If you had polled Calgary Flames fans before the season had started, they would have gladly accepted a 7-5-2 record through the first 14 games. After all, this was a…
Oilers’ Struggles Are Coming at the Best Possible Time
Considering they were picked by a substantial amount of media members to win the Stanley Cup, the Edmonton Oilers’ slow start to the 2024-25 season has caught many by surprise.…