I actually had doubts about posting this because it seems insane to think that the Oilers won’t just do the obvious smart play and take the guy they think will be the best forward. As the day has progressed, and guys like Bob Stauffer and Dan Tencer keep hinting it’s going to be Ryan...

Nichols’ Law of Catcher Defence: “A catcher’s defensive reputation moves in inverse proportion to the quality of his hitting.” From Lowetide’s thread at Oilersnation about the likelihood that Omark is gone at the end of this season: Linus Omark is woefully terrible defensively While we are all excited about his ability to play in...

As we roll towards the conclusion of another utterly awful year of Oilers hockey, it becomes more and more difficult to care about anything associated with the team. The terrible hockey and terrible decision making just starts to numb you after a while. The impact on your fandom is like freezing to death; after...

The occasional leaking of NHL financial data to the Toronto Star is always a fun reminder of the extent to which the NHL exists to rip off Canadians and hockey fans. The confidential document shows that the six Canadian NHL clubs last season accounted for about 33 per cent of the $1.2 billion (U.S.)...

There were a couple of stories in the newspapers last week about a fellow named Garrett Burnett, who played briefly in the NHL in 2003-04, appearing 39 times for the Ducks and accumulating a goal, a pair of assists and an astonishing 184 PIM. I’m not much of a goon aficionado so Burnett kind...