Latest Oilershockey Podcast Episodes
Ya know, defence (and maybe an NHL trade deadline deal) wins championships
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - November 26, 2019 23:54 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOscar Klefbom is leading the NHL in average time-on-ice and looking more and more like a true No. 1 defenceman, while Ethan Bear has been the surprise of the season on the blue line and has fit right in among the Oilers’ top-four blue-liners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
What to make of Taylor Hall-to-Oilers trade rumours
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - November 20, 2019 00:23 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe rumour has been persistent since early in this NHL season, that Taylor Hall — former Edmonton Oilers star — would welcome a trade away from the New Jersey Devils, who have faltered on the ice thus far. And his rumoured preferred destination? The Oilers. Host Craig Ellingson talks to hockey b...
Oilers turn focus to Western rivals
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - November 12, 2019 23:06 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAfter playing Eastern Conference teams for more than half of their games through the first third of November, the Edmonton Oilers will face their fellow Western NHL squads exclusively for 10 straight games through the start of December. The stretch includes six road games and seven clashes with ...
What to make of the Oilers' blip
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - November 06, 2019 20:14 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWin some, lose some. Recent games are suggesting the Connor McDavid- and Leon Draisaitl-led Edmonton Oilers are human after all. After a torrid start to the 2019-20 NHL campaign, the Oilers have lost games they probably should have been in on — and have won games they likely should have lost. C...
Oilers' bottom-six shooters firing blanks
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 29, 2019 17:54 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Edmonton Oilers' so-called 'bottom six' forwards have yet to score a goal — and most have yet to notch even an assist — almost a month into the 2019-20 NHL season. Hockey beat writers Jim Matheson and Rob Tychkowski talk to host Craig Ellingson about the team's secondary-scoring woes. Learn ...
McDavid and Draisaitl can’t do it all for the Oilers
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 22, 2019 06:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Edmonton Oilers are flying high to start the 2019-20 NHL season, but even teams that touch the top of the standings can see their star players fall off a bit as seen in recent games. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl didn’t crowd the scoresheet in a win over Detroit and in a shutout shootout...
It's early, but Oilers' signs are looking positive
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 15, 2019 23:11 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Edmonton Oilers' strong start to the 2019-20 NHL season is certainly a pleasant surprise to the team's fans. Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson talks to host Craig Ellingson about how the Oilers can keep producing at this level, barring setbacks due to injury. Learn more about your ad ...
Whatever % Connor McDavid is at looks mighty fine
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 08, 2019 19:04 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe’ll take Connor McDavid at less than 100 per cent if that’s what it looks like given his performance in the Edmonton Oilers’ first two games of the NHL regular season. McDavid and linemates Leon Draisaitl and Zack Kassian were in fine scoring form against the Vancouver Canucks and the Los Ange...
Now we’ll see if Oilers’ gambles at forward will pay off
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 02, 2019 17:41 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA new season, a whole lot of new faces at forward to play alongside Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins et al. And as usual when new players are added to the Edmonton Oilers’ mix, it remains to be seen if the moves and gambles made by the general manager and the coaching staf...
Connor McDavid returns to Oilers game action
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - September 25, 2019 22:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsConnor McDavid was rusty handling the puck but his knee, injured at the end of last season, looked fine in preseason action against the Arizona Coyotes as the NHL star saw his first action since he tore the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Hockey beat writers Jim Matheson and Derek ...
Joel Persson the latest Oilers It Boy, and carnage if Connor McDavid misses a few games
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - September 18, 2019 21:55 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJoel Persson has some definite offensive skills the Edmonton Oilers could use on the blueline. The Swedish defenceman is one of the brightest of the new faces at training camp this year. Host Craig Ellingson talks to hockey beat writers Rob Tychkowski and Derek Van Diest about the blueline corp...
Mike Smith adds different dimensions to Oilers’ goaltending
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - September 03, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGoalie Mike Smith will bring a puck-handling savvy, veteran presence and a strong second-half showing with the Calgary Flames last season to the Edmonton Oilers in 2019-20 to split duties with Mikko Koskinen, who was shaky down the stretch. Hockey beat writer Derek Van Diest and host Craig Elli...
Why one-time Oilers star Bill Guerin is now a general manager
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - August 29, 2019 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Minnesota Wild chose another rookie in Bill Guerin to fill their general manager’s chair less than a month after firing Paul Fenton, who lasted in the job just 14 months as a first-time GM. Guerin ticked off many boxes for Wild owner Craig Leipold, whose team plays in the rabid U.S. ‘State ...
Oilers face a pivotal move
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - August 27, 2019 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Edmonton Oilers don't have a bonafide No. 3 centre heading into September's training camp. Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson and host Craig Ellingson talk about what the Oilers could do to address the issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the Oilers' potentially perfect pickup of James Neal
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - August 21, 2019 18:18 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsYes, James Neal had a forgettable 2018-19 campaign for the Calgary Flames. But in swapping Milan Lucic for him in a July trade, the Edmonton Oilers may have made a masterful move. Host Craig Ellingson and hockey beat writer Derek Van Diest talk about the possibilities of Neal as an Oiler, partic...
The confusing Oilers-Puljujarvi trade-me-now stance
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - August 13, 2019 19:22 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat’s with the ongoing drama between the Edmonton Oilers and Jesse Puljujarvi's camp? Hockey beat writer Derek van Diest talks to host Craig Ellingson about the Finnish winger and his trade demands. The fourth-overall pick from the 2016 NHL Draft requires a new contract, but given his paltry pr...
Specific with the Pacific
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - July 16, 2019 07:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson and host Craig Ellingson talk about the Edmonton Oilers’ rivals in the Pacific Division and the moves they’ve made early in the summer and what to expect from them before the start of the 2019-20 NHL season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
Oilers and forward thinking
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - July 10, 2019 20:45 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson and host Craig Ellingson talk about what the Edmonton Oilers could do this summer to acquire a winger to play among the NHL team's Top 6 forwards, particularly someone who could pair up on the second line with centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Learn more about yo...
The Ghost of Thomas Vanek and other Oilers tales of free agency
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - July 03, 2019 19:46 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson and host Craig Ellingson talk about the challenges Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland faces this summer in his quest to find a winger who can play among the NHL team’s top six forwards for this coming season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Oilers' needs obvious as NHL free agency approaches
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - June 26, 2019 03:14 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsAn NHL goalie and a forward with some scoring prowess are high on Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland’s shopping list as this summer’s NHL free agency comes closer. Hockey beat writers Jim Matheson and Rob Tychkowski talk to host Craig Ellingson about this and about its bounty from the ...
Call it a convention: Oilers and the NHL trade market at the draft
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - June 19, 2019 18:13 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIt’s NHL Draft Week — but let's call it NHL Convention week, with general managers gathering from across North America for the two-day event June 21-22 this year in Vancouver. Not that GMs have waited to see their colleagues in person to make a whole lot of signings ahead of free agency, which ...
Looking for an Oilers bright side in potential Lucic-for-Eriksson deal
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - June 11, 2019 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson talks to host Craig Ellingson about the potential of a Milan Lucic-for-Loui Eriksson deal between the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks, about where forward Jesse Puljujarvi stands with the Oilers as the NHL Draft — a.k.a. NHL GMs trading convention...
New Oilers head coach will make only so much of a difference
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - May 29, 2019 22:11 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey beat writer Rob Tychkowski joins host Craig Ellingson to talk about the Edmonton Oilers hiring Dave Tippett as the NHL team's head coach. Specifically: Tippett will be Ryan Nugent-Hopkins's eighth head coach in nine years. RNH, the Oilers' longest-serving player, was taken first overall...
On Oilers coaches old, Oilers coaches new
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - May 22, 2019 18:48 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey beat writer Jim Matheson and host Craig Ellingson talk about coaches and the Edmonton Oilers — old ones such as Craig MacTavish, Ralph Krueger and Duane Sutter. MacT, bench boss in Edmonton from 2000-09, and Sutter, the team's head of pro scouting who once coached Florida, both left the Oi...
Decisions on coach, personnel dead ahead for new Oilers GM
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - May 14, 2019 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey writers Jim Matheson and Derek Van Diest talk to host Craig Ellingson about what lies immediately ahead for new Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland: Hiring a new head coach and assessing his team’s player assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oilers make right move now hiring Holland as GM
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - May 09, 2019 18:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey beat writers Jim Matheson, Rob Tychkowski and Derek Van Diest talk to host Craig Ellingson about the Edmonton Oilers' hiring of Ken Holland as general manager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oilers' GM hunt remains in focus
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - April 30, 2019 18:17 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHost Craig Ellingson talks to hockey beat writers Rob Tychkowski and Derek Van Diest about the ongoing Edmonton Oilers' search for a new general manager, which is rumoured to have been whittled down to a handful of candidates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oilers and NHL playoffs coulda/shoulda/wouldas
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - April 23, 2019 22:38 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson talks to host Craig Ellingson about the playoff picture in the NHL’s Western Conference, which has seen three of the top four seeds eliminated — No. 3 seed San Jose Sharks will play a seventh game against the sixth-seeded Vegas Golden Knights — and about ‘w...
Oilers need to start with a POHO
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - April 15, 2019 23:33 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey beat writers Rob Tychkowski and Jim Matheson join host Craig Ellingson to talk about why the Edmonton Oilers should really start the process of hiring a new general manager by first putting in place a new president of hockey operations. Also: - Former Oilers star Jordan Eberle has three ...
Oilers need a hockey executive overhaul, Part 2
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - April 11, 2019 22:22 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson defends his column in which he says the Edmonton Oilers should simply lift the ‘interim’ general manager tag from Keith Gretzky — brother of the Great One, Wayne, who is also an Oilers executive — arguing he knows the players in the organization better than...
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