EDMONTON — Things We (Think We) Know. Series V, Volume II. Things We Know In all of our years, we’ve never met a three-goalie system that anybody inside a hockey team liked. Coaches, goalies, skaters, training and equipment staff… Everyone is happier with... See more
EDMONTON — By gawd, the Edmonton Oilers have found a goalie. Call the kids, Martha. They’ve gotta see this too. On the day that Connor McDavid began what could be his final contract as an Edmonton Oiler, general manager Stan Bowman finally found the pedig... See more
EDMONTON — The Doctor is out. Darnell “Doc” Nurse never found the antidote to making people forget about the eight-year, $74 million deal that then-GM Ken Holland signed him to back in 2021. So on Wednesday, after 798 regular-season games and another 100 ... See more
EDMONTON — We’ve learned a few things about goaltending here in Edmonton, ironically, through years of observing a series of general managers careen ham-handedly through the market. The first lesson is, if your plan is to wait around until an established ... See more
EDMONTON — It’s a lot easier to make Team Latvia than it is to find a spot on Team Canada, at every level of the hockey world. So international play won’t be the only tool to help Rudolfs Berzkalns develop into a National Hockey Leaguer, but it should be ... See more