This is your TL/DR (too long, didn’t read) summary post where excerpts are taken from the best of the best when it comes to Edmonton Oilers blogs. BLH gives you his two cents on the latest posts being published in the Oilogosphere! Including those from Lowetide.ca, The Athletic, Oilersnation, The Cult of Hockey, Copper N Blue, Oil on Whyte, and more!
The latest NHL news, rumors, and speculation comes from all of the internet’s top sites like Spector’s Hockey, The Fourth Period, NHL Trade Talk, The Hockey Writers, Sportsnet, and TSN just to name a few!
If you’re short on time but want to keep up with the day’s Oilers news, you’ve come to the right place!
Give us a follow on the socials!
- Youtube: Beer League Heroes Channel
- Twitter: @beerleagueheroe
- Instagram: @beerleagueheroes
- Facebook: Beer League Heroes
Sportsnet: 32 Thoughts
- The Oilers have considered upgrades in goal (depending on Mike Smith’s health), left defence and third-line centre.
- Four out of seven Canadian teams (Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver) have had jerseys thrown on the ice this season.
- Arizona GM Bill Armstrong refused to comment when asked, but it now sounds like the Coyotes are gauging the market on Jakob Chychrun. I’ve heard the ask is massive, but that doesn’t mean opponents are running away.
BLH’s Thoughts: Would you trade Tyson Barrie, Philip Broberg, Kailer Yamamoto and two firsts for Chychrun? Seems like an overpayment, right? Maybe, maybe not. Consider he’s only making a tad over $4M for the next three years and he’s already a top-pair defender. Could you run a Nurse/Chychrun pairing even though they’re both lefties?
What kind of jersey got tossed on the ice in Edmonton because it surely wasn’t an Oilers one. Looked like some Walmart or Canadian Tire knockoff… Either way, who gives a shit. It says a lot more about the person who shelled out a couple hundred bucks to go to the game to look like an asshole than it does the team. The worst part about that is, the person who did the deed represents the entire fanbase whether they (or the rest of the fanbase) like it or not…
Lowetide.ca
THERE’S THAT FIRST GOAL AGAIN
- Giving up the first goal in a game is damned inconvenient but shouldn’t be a death sentence for the game’s result. The Oilers attention to detail is miserable, and coach Tippett isn’t using the pressbox as punishment. I would, especially with culprits who constantly put the team behind the 8-ball.
- Edmonton’s starts have been alarming, I think this is something a young team (and the leaders are still young) has to learn.
- Because the first goal against is obvious, fans hold on to that thing and say ‘if they could just get that first goal’ but the truth is that the team’s attention to detail is not strong.
- I’m old fashioned. I think players are going to need some time in the pressbox to drive home the point, and the coach is not yet there. That should be a concern to you.
BLH’s Thoughts: This was written BEFORE the Toronto game… Shitty thing about last night’s game is the team looked good again, the bottom-six especially were working their butts off, but the night was set in stone once Leon missed that sitter…
The Daily Goal Horn
- Per multiple reports, the Hurricanes will be one of the more aggressive teams leading up to the NHL Trade Deadline on March 21, 2022.
- Aside from going for Eichel, the Canes are attached to eventual trade deadline rental defenseman, John Klingberg of the Dallas Stars.
- The Hurricanes are also probably looking at other top rentals to help them up front. Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers immediately jumps out to me, with Tomas Hertl as another possibility should the Sharks opt to make him available.
- The Athletic confirmed that the Montreal Canadiens GM search has at least three women to be interviewed for the position.
- Gina Kingsbury: Hockey Canada’s director of women’s national teams.
- Emilie Castonguay: First female NHLPA Certified Agent in Canada
- Danielle Goyette: Director of Player Development for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the AHL affiliate Marlies
