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The Oilers Are Already Playing Salary-Cap Jenga

We’re just getting started, but the Edmonton Oilers are already dealing with a serious injury situation. Three players are now dealing with significant injuries, with Matt Savoie and Alec Regula landing on LTIR and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins going on injured reserve.

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Oilers injury update: Nugent-Hopkins placed on IR, Josh Samanski recalled ahead of Canucks rematch

The Edmonton Oilers have made several roster moves ahead of Thursday night’s rematch with the Vancouver Canucks. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who did not play in the season opener, was officially placed on injured reserve.

Edmonton Oilers News / Oilersnation / October 1

The Oilers need to eliminate the mistakes

A great part of the NHL is that you typically don’t have much time to worry about what happened in the last game. You’re back in the saddle and straight back into battle.

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How many of the players to grace the cover of each EA NHL video game going back to 'NHL 2000?"

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Tristan Jarry News / The Hockey Writers / October 1

Oilers’ Goaltending Decision Requires a Deeper Look

The Edmonton Oilers enter tonight’s rematch against the Vancouver Canucks with a decision to make in goal: does Tristan Jarry get another opportunity, or do they change starters after Tuesday’s 6–5 overtime loss?

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The best and worst NHL free agency deals since 2000

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.

Edmonton Oilers News / Oilersnation / October 1

Will Devon Levi get the Oilers net after Jarry’s shaky start?

Well, that didn’t go well. Tristan Jarry had a less-than-stellar performance in the season opener against the Vancouver Canucks. He let in six goals on 23 shots, finishing with a -3.51 goals-saved below expected.

Edmonton Oilers News / Daily Faceoff / October 1

Oilers place Savoie, Regula on LTIR; Nugent-Hopkins on IR

Some more bad news in Edmonton. On Thursday, the Edmonton Oilers announced that forward Matthew Savoie and defenseman Alec Regula have both been placed on long-term injured reserve, while center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has been put on injured reserve.

Edmonton Oilers News / The Oil Rig / October 1

Will this finally be the year for the Edmonton Oilers?

I have good news and bad news. The Bad News is that the baseball season is over, and the Toronto Blue Jays unfortunately missed the playoffs. The good news is that the NHL is back!

Edmonton Oilers News / Pro Hockey Rumors / October 1

Oilers Place Ryan Nugent-Hopkins On IR, Matt Savoie On LTIR

The Edmonton Oilers announced a series of transactions this morning involving four players. The team placed veteran forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on injured

NHL News / Oilersnation / October 1

Pre-Scout: Short memories, renewed focus important for Oilers in Canucks rematch

Optimism met by immediate crashing doubt, cursing replaced with cheering, then cursing again, a resting heartbeat sent racing for the first time in months

Mike Babcock News / Oilersnation / October 1

Three takeaways from Mike Babcock’s first game behind the Oilers bench

For all the talk about change, Mike Babcock’s first game behind the Edmonton Oilers’ bench looked awfully familiar. The Oilers still turned the game into a track meet, still needed their offence to rescue them, and still left their coach talking about structure and poor decisions post-game.

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The defining figure for every NHL franchise

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.

Edmonton Oilers News / Oilersnation / October 1

How the Oilers should deploy their centres amidst injuries

After the Edmonton Oilers wasted a season-opening, record-setting performance from Evan Bouchard in the unmitigated disaster against the Vancouver Canucks, it’s already time to make changes.

Tommy Lafreniere News / Oil on Whyte / October 1

Oilers 2026-27 top 10 prospects, No. 3: Tommy Lafreniere looks to impress in freshman year

We are finally into the final three of our Oil on Whyte prospects ranking, one that has taken longer than expected to complete. Following David Lewandowski at No.

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Owen Michaels News / Oilersnation / September 30

Why did Owen Michaels make the Oilers’ opening-night roster?

This past summer could largely be summed up by a phrase I’m planning to carve into my tombstone: HERE LIES KELVIN HE READ THE COMMENTS That or HE NEVER SAW TITANIC — I haven’t decided.

Edmonton Oilers News / Oilersnation / September 30

‘He’s a mainstay in Edmonton’: Gretzky doesn’t see McDavid leaving Oilers

The greatest player to ever lace up his skates believes the game’s current No. 1 star won’t be leaving his current team. During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, Hockey Hall of Famer and former Edmonton Oilers captain Wayne Gretzky was asked about current Oilers captain Connor McDavid’s future with the club.

NHL News / Oilersnation / October 1

Former Oilers GM MacTavish recalls failed Yakupov for Larsson trade: ‘I never made a manager angrier’

Could Adam Larsson have been an Edmonton Oiler sooner? If former general manager Craig MacTavish had his way, the answer would be yes, but his offer to

Edmonton Oilers News / Oil on Whyte / September 30

Breakaways and early-period woes hurt the Oilers in season-opening contest

The Edmonton Oilers kicked off their 2026-27 campaign with a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Rogers Place, which opened on September 8, 2016. Generally speaking, the play on the ice was not worthy of any kind of celebration, as the Oilers lost 6-5 in overtime to the Vancouver Canucks.

Edmonton Oilers News / Oilersnation / September 30

Oilers trade rumours: Why Shane Wright fits as a second-line centre

The Edmonton Oilers need a centre. Tuesday’s season opener didn’t go great, and it surely didn’t help that both Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jason Dickinson were out of the lineup.

Evan Bouchard News / Daily Faceoff / September 30

Oilers’ Evan Bouchard is destined for a massive 2026-27

The opening night of the NHL season is in the books, and no game brought more thrills than the Vancouver Canucks’ 6-5 overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers News / Oilersnation / September 30

Oilers open 2026-27 season with a reality check

The Edmonton Oilers lost their season opener for the fourth consecutive season Tuesday night. They lost 8-1 in Vancouver in October 2023, and were pumped 6-0 at home to Winnipeg in 2024, blew a 3-0 lead and lost 4-3 in a home shootout to Calgary last year, and lost 6-5 in OT to Vancouver last night.

Edmonton Oilers News / Daily Faceoff / September 30

Goaltending – again – lets the Oilers down in season debut

While some things might be different in the provincial capital of Alberta, others remain the same. In the Edmonton Oilers’ season opener on Tuesday night, goaltender Tristan Jarry laid an egg, giving up six goals on 23 shots in an overtime loss to the Vancouver Canucks.

Mike Babcock News / The Hockey Writers / September 30

Oilers’ Babcock Has His Work Cut Out for Him

I was recently in Austin, Texas, for the Eric Clapton Crossroads Festival where Pete Townshend was slated to appear. I wanted to hear him perform “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” That song seems appropriate after the Edmonton Oilers lay a dud in their opening game of the 2026-27 NHL season, losing 6-5 to the Vancouver Canucks in OT on Tuesday night.

Edmonton Oilers News / Oilersnation / September 30

Another Oilers season opener, Tristan Jarry’s rough night, and Evan Bouchard puts on a show

After the longest off-season we’ve had in years, the Edmonton Oilers were finally back on Rogers Place ice for the season opener against the lowly Vancouver Canucks.

Connor McDavid News / Athlon Sports / September 30

'It sucks, obviously': Connor McDavid reacts to Oilers forward injury as Edmonton loses season opener

The Edmonton Oilers opened their season without forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, leaving team captain and teammate Connor McDavid adjusting to an early injury.

Edmonton Oilers News / The Hockey Writers / September 29

4 Oilers Forwards Who Need to Step Up with Savoie Out

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.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins News / Pro Hockey Rumors / September 29

Oilers’ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Out Two Weeks

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.

Owen Michaels News / The Hockey Writers / September 29

Owen Michaels is Biggest Surprise on Oilers’ Season-Opening Roster

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.