Oilers blow 5-0 lead ... get SO victory over Wings

This is Dave Gagner with his son. In the fall of 2007 the Oilers kept Sam at the NHL level and this is year three of his career in the big leagues.If we use Sam Gagner's first NHL season as the start of a brand new day for the Edmonton Oilers, then this season is looking pretty good.I think that's the only way we as fans can view the current edition of the team. Much like the 79...

In this photo, Dave Schultz is saying hello to Wayne Cashman and Bobby Orr will get the puck. I think this is a SCF photo which makes it 1974.We could use a Cashman. He was rugged, skilled, a master corner man, had an ability to take and make a pass and he was durable. A nice modern comparable would be Ryan Smyth.Dustin Penner was already the best left winger on the club before...

He was the center of the Brian Burke-Kevin Lowe feud two seasons ago. He was the main resident in Craig MacTavish's doghouse last season. Fans taunted him with "overpaid" chants and were lining up to purchase his ticket out of town. This season? Dustin Penner(notes) is beginning to prove why he's worth the high price that Lowe paid for him two summers ago when he...

Doug MacLean is most famous for trying to kill hockey in Columbus. Lately he's back in the news as one of the latest hires for hockey's inferior network, Rogers. MacLean can be seen most nights using the words "Shawn Horcoff" and "7 million" in the same sentence and framing the issue in the most negative possible way without shining a light on the situation.For the record, the number...

I'm at the early stages of preparing the top 20 prospects list (it'll start November 29) and there are two related questions that keep coming up.First, I'm back to openly wondering about the value of SP when tracking AHL goalies. It's definitely a strong tell, but I think we need to factor in things like the experience level of the team in front of said player (specifically...

Patrick O'Sullivan beat Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot in the third round of a shootout, and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped Henrik Zetterberg on Detroit's final attempt to give the Edmonton Oilers a 6-5 victory Thursday.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -Patrick O'Sullivan beat Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot in the third round of a shootout, and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped Henrik Zetterberg on Detroit's final attempt to give the Edmonton Oilers a 6-5 victory Thursday night.

They got away with spotting the Canucks a 2-0 lead in Vancouver Tuesday, but spotting the Edmonton Oilers two four-goal leads?

Disjointed. Indecisive. Panicked. Young. These are all words to describe the Oilers blue line in games when both Sheldon Souray and Lubomir Visnovsky are out. Hell, when Steve Staios is on the shelf it's even worse...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

Keeping the opposition off the scoreboard has been the Detroit Red Wings' biggest issue during their surprisingly mediocre start. The Edmonton Oilers, meanwhile, are suddenly wondering why they can't put the puck in the net.

Going into the Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings game, I would have been excited if the Oilers had escaped with one point...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...