This is NHL rookie scoring in January of 2013. The Oilers had a couple of freshmen tearing up the blacktop, and there were a few fast starts that did not turn in to NHL careers. The best Oilers rookie ...

One of the important aspects of evaluating young players in the AHL is correctly projecting them to specific roles. Projecting David Pastrnak was easy a decade ago (what the hell was he doing in the ...

This is Ziggy, not using her pineapple bed. When she's asleep, the world's most spoiled dog is at rest, cute as a button, and easy to love. Awake, she prowls the house in search of any dropped morsel ...

This is me in the summer of 1971, the Montreal Canadiens having ripped my heart out just a few weeks earlier. This is 17 ...

This is a list of 'certain' Oilers in September 2015. We were waiting for the backup goaltender, the fourth-line RW and one ...

We return to the scene of the crime, Oilers defense 2014-15. Mark Fayne and Martin Marincin saw tough minutes and started from their own five-yard line. The coaching staff gave Justin Schultz a ...

I’ve always believed (and Earl Weaver taught me) that when a young player is ready to compete at a certain level the best thing to do is elevate him to that level immediately. Don’t put him in a ...