14+ hour, 33+ min ago   (271+ words) The boys are back on the bus. The Captain’s Skates are underway as is Rookie Camp. The first pre-season games are not far away. Based on some early looks, how may Mike Babcock deploy his troops? That and more in…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (392+ words) I’ve often heard that hockey is a man’s game. Well, on Mike Babcock’s Edmonton Oilers, that’s going to be a fact of life. And if a player wants to succeed under Babcock, he’d better man up. Then came Babcock himself…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (447+ words) This in from Connor Ingram, the starting goalie for the Edmonton Oilers during the 2025-26 season, news that he’s retiring from hockey. On his Instagram account, Ingram said, “Don’t be sad it’s over, be happy it happened. Thanks hockey, I owe…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1020+ words) Leon Draisaitl’s praise for new Edmonton Oilers coach Mike Babcock ignited a round of negative criticism on the TSN sports radio show Overdrive. After the team’s skate on Wednesday, Draisaitl made abundantly clear how happy he was to play for…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (563+ words) "Today, this is a thriving community that comes alive not only during hockey playoffs but throughout the year." Ten years ago, Downtown Edmonton looked very different. City leaders remarked Thursday how almost everything surrounding the Ice District plaza, from the…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1132+ words) Love him or hate him, Darnell Nurse leaves behind a bit of a void after getting traded over the off-season. Oh, sure. Edmonton Oilers fans love the fact their team is no longer on the hook for the 31-year-old defenceman’s…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (936+ words) Some fans of the Edmonton Oilers are cutting ties with the organization after the team signed former Ottawa Senators forward Alex Formenton on Wednesday. Formenton was one of five members of the 2018 Canadian world junior team found not guilty of…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (794+ words) Olds College is turning the page on a difficult spring for its rodeo program, rebuilding with new administrative oversight, spurred on by multiple coaches and a closer connection to its own agriculture programs. The reload comes after the cancellation of…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (841+ words) If Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl were penning back-to-school reports on how they spent their summer vacation, they’d start by stealing a classic opening line from Charles Dickens: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (947+ words) Seek and you will find. It’s one of those fascinating truisms about life, as the Edmonton Oilers have just now discovered. Edmonton has long been in desperate need of help for the team’s Bottom 6, which was undeniably awful last year....