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One of two things has happened here in Edmonton. Either the Oilers have continued to rack up miles with the flu bug or coaching and management have said enough is enough when it comes to allowing opponents to dictate play night in and night out. On Saturday, and likely just in time to make the trip to Colorado for Sunday's game against the Avalanche, the Oilers haveárecalledáforwards Ryan Potulny and Liam ...

Edmonton Oilers fans were hard on former coach Craig MacTavish. Under his tenure, it was a constant mix-match of players, trying to find combinations that would bring the Oilers past a point where the team was a .500 hockey club. Eventually it cost him his job. Not 15 games into the season, Pat Quinn is starting to understand what it can feel like to be the coach of the Edmonton Oilers. Off ...

Rumors have circulated that Anaheim might be looking for a bit more scoring punch to help kick-start the struggling Ducks. The player who's been rumored as trade material is veteran centre Todd Marchant. Whether there is truth to this or not, I do not know, but it would be an interesting conversation in the Oilers management meetings to say the least. Robert Nilsson isn't doing the Oilers any good. What he brings ...

Taylor Chorney wasn't expected to play for the Oilers this season. Thanks to some untimely injuries and illnesses, he's been called upon to do a lot more than just play. He's been expected to play a lot. With the Edmonton Oilers, Chorneyáhas beenáaveraging over 14 minutes per game since his arrival.áBefore joining the club,áhis less than stellar plus/minus in the minors gave reason for strong concern; but he plugged himself right ...

It's something all NHL teams will have to deal with. The H1N1 virus is bound to hit teams harder and harder as the season passes, the Oilers being no exception. On Tuesday, the Oilers released confirmation that Ladislav Smid had been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus after a number of other players had missed significant ice time due to flu symptoms. Gilbert Brule, Mike Comrie, Dustin Penner, Tom Gilbert, Smid, and ...

Some good news for Oiler fans came down today as some key missing ingredients are ready, or almost ready to make their return to the Oilers active roster. Mike Comrie, who had his turn with the flu, skated with the team as they got ready for their contest versus the Colorado Avalanche, and it looks like he'll play along side Shawn Horcoff and Patrick O'Sullivan. With a healthy Mike Comrie, the Oilers ...

With rumors swirling that Assistant GMáKevin Prendergast has been spotted at a few Montrealágames, speculation quickly grew about Edmonton making a trade with the Canadiens and that Prendergast had his eyes on something. Immediately the rumor gained a bit more street credibility when Brian Wilde, over at a CTV affiliateáin Montreal posted the storyáand fans jumped on board as if something was bound to happen. Here's what we've heard. The ...

Every year without fail, the start of the season looks the same for the Edmonton Oilers. Most "hockey experts" choose not to include the Oilers in any of the contending 16 teams that will make the playoffs. Reasons vary, including a lack of size, skill, superstars or just the lack of being able to size up against the stronger division teams; but there is never a shortage of opinions ...

Within every Cinderella story, there is usually a wicked step-sister. With every up, their is a down. With every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Unfortunately for the Edmonton Oilers, the downside of Dustin Penner, Ales Hemsky, Gilbert Brule, Sam Gagner, Nikolai Khabibulin, and Mike Comrie having tremendous starts to the 2009/2010 season, is that Shawn Horcoff seems to be the part of the equation that hasn't fit. Not good ...

The Oilers have a history of trade transactions and signings that come under fire. In the past few years, Edmonton has been at the forefront of the hockey world, thanks to players like Dany Heatley, Michael Nylander, and Chris Pronger...all of whom have all painted Edmonton with a negative brush. First, Chris Pronger came within one game of winning the Stanley Cup with the Oilers in 2006áonly to demand a trade ...