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Oilers need a hockey executive overhaul
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - April 02, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal and the Edmonton Sun talks to host Craig Ellingson about the Edmonton Oilers’ search for a general manager and perhaps a president of hockey operations, too. Also: - The Oilers’ goaltending situation as the season draws to a clos...
Nicholson a lightning rod for frustrated Oilers fans
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - March 26, 2019 00:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsOilers Entertainment Group chief executive officer Bob Nicholson’s recent comments about Edmonton Oilers forward Tobias Rieder — Nicholson blamed Rieder, who hasn’t scored a goal all season, for the team’s failure to secure a playoff spot — turned Nicholson into a lightning rod among many Oilers ...
Bright spots among Oilers' fading playoff hopes
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - March 19, 2019 00:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHost Craig Ellingson and hockey beat writer Derek Van Diest focus on the ever-slimmer playoff hopes of the team. They’re pretty much hopeless, practically, but because the NHL’s Western Conference has a lot of mediocre teams this season — the Oilers among them — Edmonton still has hope this late ...
Oilers chase playoff spot. So you're saying there's a chance?
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - March 12, 2019 21:56 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPostmedia reporter Trevor Robb speaks with hockey writers Derek Van Diest and Rob Tychkowski on the possibility of the Edmonton Oilers making the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs this spring. The Oilers are within five points of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference with 13 games left to play....
Leon Draisaitl exceeds expectations for Edmonton Oilers
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - March 04, 2019 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsForwards Leon Draisaitl and Zack Kassian have been playing well for the Edmonton Oilers of late, scoring regularly as the team tries to claw its way back into the NHL wild-card playoff spot convsersation as the regular season ticks down. What have they done to elevate their games? Host Craig El...
Oilers play it safe at trade deadline
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - February 28, 2019 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Oilers made no deals on trade deadline. Derek Van Diest and Jim Matheson discuss why that may be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trade deadline approaches with Edmonton Oilers in sell mode
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - February 19, 2019 00:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Edmonton Oilers are indeed sellers for the 2019 NHL trade deadline coming up on Feb. 25. They dealt goalie Cam Talbot to the Philadelphia Flyers for Anthony Stolarz in order to clear salary cap room for defenceman Andrej Sekera, who returned to the Oilers lineup from injury. But can the Oile...
Head-scratching over Edmonton Oilers' home woes
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - February 12, 2019 00:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Edmonton Oilers can win games away from home, but over the last bunch of games, they can’t seem to win at their own arena, Rogers Place. The question, of course, is why? Just another thing that’s in the water? Hockey beat writers Jim Matheson and Rob Tychkowski talk to host Craig Ellingso...
To trade or not to trade: Edmonton Oilers face tough decisions soon
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - February 05, 2019 00:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe’ve been watching this dance in slow motion for weeks now, with the Edmonton Oilers on the edge of it — both before and after their extended break during and after the NHL all-star game. It’s the great turtle derby being contested by half the Western Conference. One thing is for sure — at some...
Playoffs or bust for the Edmonton Oilers?
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - January 29, 2019 00:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWith Peter Chiarelli out and Keith Gretzky in, for the interim, as general manager, the Edmonton Oilers have an existential question to ask of themselves: Are they really all in on making the 2019 NHL playoffs — which would surely mean trading away future prospects in the form of young players or...
Oilers stall as chorus calling for GM to be fired grows louder
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - January 22, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Edmonton Oilers are losing ground in the multi-team race for the wild-card playoff spots in the Western Conference as the NHL heads for the all-star break. A pair of weekend home losses — to the Calgary Flames and the Carolina Hurricanes — saw the Oilers slip a few points behind the pack wh...
Edmonton Oilers search for traction in NHL playoff chase
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - January 15, 2019 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsInconsistency has dogged the Edmonton Oilers for the last month — indeed, since the team lost both Oscar Klefbom and Kris Russell to injury from its defensive corps a month go, with Klefbom yet to return — resulting in them sitting on the cusp of a wildcard playoff berth in the Western Conference...
Jekyll & Hyde Edmonton Oilers looking less like an NHL playoff team
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - January 08, 2019 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsSo, what’s it going to be — the bad Edmonton Oilers we saw play the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night, or the Oilers that shut down the Anaheim Ducks the very next night? Saturday’s wretched shutout loss to the Kings showed the Oilers’ definite lack of motivation — not a playoff attitude, head...
Good times, bad times: Edmonton Oilers at mid-season, Part 2
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - January 01, 2019 00:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPart 2 (of 2) of our mid-season look at the ongoing hot-button topics surrounding the Edmonton Oilers. Jim Matheson, Derek Van Diest and Craig Ellingson talk about: - the surprising Alex Chiasson - the impact of injuries to defensemen Oscar Klefbom and Kris Russell - the play of forward Jesse Pu...
Win some, lose some: Edmonton Oilers at mid-season, Part 1
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - December 24, 2018 00:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPart 1 of a look back at the Edmonton Oilers’ season so far — a mid-season report of sorts as NHL teams near the halfway mark of the 2018-19 schedule. Jim Matheson, Derek Van Diest and Craig Ellingson talk about three simmering, ongoing subjects surrounding the Oilers, including: - the rise of...
Edmonton Oilers need to keep the lulls to a minimum
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - December 18, 2018 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson talks to Oil Spills host Craig Ellingson about the Edmonton Oilers’ successful stretch of games under head coach Ken Hitchcock, taking points in 10 of 13 games — eight of them wins — since he replaced Todd McLellan on Nov. 20, 2018. The team finally looked...
Edmonton Oilers click under Hitchcock as past 'atomic bomb' hits
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - December 11, 2018 00:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Edmonton Oilers have enjoyed a successful start to the Ken Hitchcock era, with the adjustments brought in by the legendary NHL coach tightening things up defensively and creating more scoring opportunities. Their play is also being bolstered by the solid goaltending by the tandem of Mikko Ko...
Oilers minus Connor McDavid equals trouble
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - December 04, 2018 00:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe found out what a superstar-less Edmonton Oilers team is like, and it wasn’t pretty when Connor McDavid sat out his team’s game on the road against the Dallas Stars when he fell ill. While it was just one game, short of expecting McDavid to be the ultimate iron-man, illness and injuries do ha...
Clear view of Oilers challenges for Ken Hitchcock
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - November 26, 2018 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsKen Hitchcock has had a good glimpse at what ails his new team, what works and what doesn’t early in his tenure behind the Edmonton Oilers bench. With other teams who had gone through a ‘rebuild’ phase at the same time as these Oilers finally realizing success — like the Toronto Maple Leafs and ...
Ken Hitchcock in as Oilers head coach
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - November 20, 2018 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTodd McLellan is out, Ken Hitchcock is in as the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers. The move comes after the team lost six of its last seven games heading into a road trip to California, sitting a game below .500 and sitting outside the NHL playoff picture. Host Craig Ellingson talks to hockey...
Oilers' backslide a throwback to last season's disappointing performance
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - November 13, 2018 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Edmonton Oilers have come crashing back to earth after a good showing in October, when they posted a 6-4-1 record while beating strong teams such as the Winnipeg Jets, the Nashville Predators and the Washington Capitals, the defending Stanley Cup champions no less, along the way. Heading int...
Oilers now have options on right wing
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - November 05, 2018 00:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe carousel at right-wing keeps turning for the Edmonton Oilers, with Drake Caggiula catching fire in back-to-back games and hanging onto a spot on the top line alongside star Connor McDavid, even though Ty Rattie — the regular on McDavid’s right-hand flank — was ready to return to the lineup. ...
Goaltending gives Oilers chances to win
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 30, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe goaltending’s been the big thing lately for the Edmonton Oilers. While many things have gone right for the Oilers, particularly in their last four games, to go 6-3-1 in their first 10 games of the season, the play of starting goalie Cam Talbot as well as backup Mikko Koskinen in his single ...
'Heart of the order' will push Oilers
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 23, 2018 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIt’s the heart of the order for the Edmonton Oilers in October — three games in a row against some of the NHL’s heavyweight teams — and the big question is how they will do against them. If last Saturday’s game against the Nashville Predators, a shutout loss, is any indication, the games against...
Oilers desperately seeking beast-mode Draisaitl
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 15, 2018 00:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsLeon Draisaitl, the centre of the Oilers’ second line that includes wingers Milan Lucic and Kailer Yamamoto, has failed to muster offence with his even-strength linemates to start the new NHL season. So it comes as little surprise the idea of once again moving Draisaitl onto Connor McDavid’s wi...
Pressure already on Oilers in return to North America
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 10, 2018 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNHL beat writer Jim Matheson has been on the road with the Edmonton Oilers for the last week and a half, starting in Germany, where the team played an exhibition game in centre Leon Draisaitl’s home town of Cologne, followed by their regular-season debut in Gothenburg, Sweden, against the New Jer...
Oilers finalize roster as they hit Europe
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - October 02, 2018 19:41 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThey’ve made the big jump across the pond, and now the Edmonton Oilers are preparing for a big challenge to start the N-H-L season — four games on the road, with the first one in Sweden, all against what should prove to be stiff competition. That’s this backdrop for the Oilers as they continue t...
Yamamoto making Oilers’ forward decisions tough again
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - September 25, 2018 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDecisions, decisions. The Edmonton Oilers are about halfway through training camp, and while the NHL team has made a number of roster cuts already — sending players in bunches back to junior clubs and to the minor league in Bakersfield for the AHL team camp — the hard work deciding who stays an...
Sizing up the Oilers defence
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - September 18, 2018 00:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDarnell Nurse has finally signed a new contract with the Edmonton Oilers. It’ll be a big boost for the N-H-L team’s blue-line as Nurse played some important minutes for the club last season. He’ll slot into the team’s top four and take some pressure off prospects such as Ethan Bear, Caleb Jon...
Oilers prospects in first for training camp
Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers - September 11, 2018 00:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe gang’s almost all here! Edmonton Oilers prospects have reported to rookie camp ahead of the opening of main camp later this week. It features the likes of Evan Bouchard, the Oilers’ first-round draft pick this past June, as well as other hopefuls who have an opportunity to make an impact and ...
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