It’s finally here! If it feels like forever since we last watched meaningful Edmonton Oilers hockey, that’s because it has been – 152 days, to be exact.
The Edmonton Oilers aren’t heading into the 2026-27 season the way they would have liked. This team is already ravaged by injuries, the most recent of which involves Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who is expected to miss roughly two weeks with a lower-body injury.
A lot can happen over the course of the year. That’s easily seen when you look at the Edmonton Oilers lineup to start last season compared to their roster ahead of tonight’s season opener against the Vancouver Canucks.
On August 18th, 2024, just months after he signed a two-year contract extension with the club that drafted him, Vasily Podkolzin was traded to the Edmonton Oilers for a fourth round pick at the 2025 NHL Draft.
Mike Babcock’s injury update didn’t make for optimistic listening as the Edmonton Oilers begin the 2026-27 regular season. In the morning scrum before the home opener, he surprised reporters by saying that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would not play tonight versus the Vancouver Canucks.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The Edmonton Oilers have a very favourable schedule to start the season, and they plan on taking advantage of it. They’ve been slow out of the gate the past three seasons, starting 4-5-1, 4-5-1 and 2-7-1, but in the fall of 2021, they were 9-1 out of the gate and 7-3 the following season.
The preseason injury woes surrounding the Edmonton Oilers will haunt the team heading into the regular season. Speaking to reporters after morning skate on Tuesday, head coach Mike Babcock said a few players are expected to be out long-term.
The Edmonton Oilers will begin the season with a shorthanded lineup. Forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins sustained an injury in practice that will force him out for roughly two weeks, head coach Mike Babcock told Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
The Edmonton Oilers are getting set to kick off a new era under new head coach Mike Babcock with their season opener on Tuesday night, but they’ll do it without their longest-tenured player.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
For a number of Edmonton Oilers, their game just isn’t NHL-ready. Whether they’re prospects or journeymen, they’re all working on their game, and this season will be no different.
The Edmonton Oilers enter the season with a new bench boss in Mike Babcock, fresh additions throughout the lineup, and the same annual mantra echoing through the room: start strong.
Some coaching changes make you wonder what the new guy will bring. And then there is Mike Babcock arriving in Edmonton. The Oilers don't exactly need somebody to teach Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl how to play offence.
The 2026-27 NHL season begins Tuesday night, and several teams hope to hoist the Stanley Cup in June. However, no team is facing as much pressure as the Edmonton Oilers, who are entering a Stanley Cup or bust season.
On the morning of the season opener, Edmonton Oilers fans got some disappointing news. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will not be available to play against the Vancouver Canucks tonight due to a lower-body injury, according to coach Mike Babcock.
Have you ever been attracted to someone who just wasn’t right for you? Maybe they had a radiant smile or a charming personality, but under the surface, the two of you just weren’t compatible.
Zach Hyman was clear about one thing after practice on Monday. Mike Babcock is back behind an NHL bench, but the players are the ones who have to go out and prove it.
The marathon begins tonight. An even longer marathon called the 2026-27 NHL season, a journey of 84 regular season games, must start with a single game tonight for the Edmonton Oilers.
Tristan Jarry will start versus the Vancouver Canucks, according to Edmonton Oilers Head Coach Mike Babcock. Even if one could argue Devon Levi won the job with his play Saturday evening versus the Calgary Flames, it’s not always about a single performance, and a decision isn’t always based on the numbers.
Though the season is just getting underway, speculation about future moves is always afoot. There is still much for the Oilers to sort out, as is the case around the league.
Every year, there are a handful of players that unexpectedly make the cut with an NHL team. This fall, the Edmonton Oilers might have the most surprising one of them all.
Training camp has wrapped up, all the pre-season games have been played, and the Edmonton Oilers finished with a perfect 4-0 record in the exhibition games.
The new season is upon us as teams will play their opening game or two throughout this week. All eyes will be on the stars on the ice, and fans will be paying close attention to how their team comes out of the gate.
Sportsnet insider Frank Seravalli, in his first column for the network, predicted Connor McDavid will not sign an extension with the Edmonton Oilers next summer and will instead play out 2027-28 elsewhere.
The Edmonton Oilers entered training camp with plenty of questions surrounding their forward group, and one of them involved where Kasperi Kapanen would fit into the lineup.
As part of their desperate desire to win a Stanley Cup with Connor McDavid, the Edmonton Oilers have made a lot of controversial decisions over the past few years.