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Pick Up The Pieces
Pick Up The Pieces
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There is a right way and a wrong way for the Oilers to deploy Jason Dickinson. www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
Lowetide: How can the Oilers get the best out of Jason Dickinson in 2026-27?
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Not everyone can make math dance. lowetide.ca/2026/08/04/w...
What new fresh hell is this?
One of the things I value in life is smart people gifting the normals valuable information and calculations. Not everyone can make math dance, not everyone can see the math perfectly. It takes a villa...
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Oilers midsummer roster check-in: Waiver worries and waiting for the impact addition www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Lowetide: Waiver worries, waiting for impact adds and a midsummer Oilers roster check
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Stan Bowman, Mike Babcock, Ike Howard and the path forward. lowetide.ca/2026/08/03/s...
Signature Deal
Stan Bowman made his signature deal in August of 2024. We didn't know it at the time, as (in typical Oilers fashion) the sky was falling due to the St. Louis Blues offer sheets. Please read this. Bowm...
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Max Jones delivered a solid run after being recalled by the Edmonton Oilers last year. Can he parlay that into a roster spot and regular playing time this coming season? www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Why Oilers winger Max Jones could finally seize an NHL role this season
With a new coach behind the bench and impressive performance late last season, Max Jones is in position to contend for a regular role.
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Why Oilers winger Max Jones could finally seize an NHL role this season www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Why Oilers winger Max Jones could finally seize an NHL role this season
With a new coach behind the bench and impressive performance late last season, Max Jones is in position to contend for a regular role.
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Five years from now, Oilers fans are SO going to be talking about the draft. www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Lowetide: What might the Oilers roster look like 5 years from now?
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Stan Bowman has walking around money but is keeping his powder dry. Wise. lowetide.ca/2026/08/02/t...
The Big Fly
The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired LHP Tarik Skubal last night, and the world of baseball reached madness shortly afterward. Los Angeles has won the past two World Series and is a strong bet to win a th...
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Five questions, five answers about Mike Babcock and how he will deploy the Edmonton Oilers. www.nytimes.com/athletic/745...
Five Mike Babcock questions as he prepares to coach the Edmonton Oilers
Babcock will bring discipline, intensity, structure and plenty of newsworthy stories throughout the season.
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The Edmonton Oilers are blessed with hundreds of thousands of concerned citizens, who also take it upon themselves to general manage the team from afar. SO lucky they are. lowetide.ca/2026/08/01/d...
Do You Believe In Magic?
Do You Believe In Magic?
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Five years from now, what should Oilers fans expect? It's very likely the Edmonton Oilers best players will still be Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard. Finding another impact player is a most difficult goal. www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
What might the Edmonton Oilers roster look like 5 years from now?
For the Oilers, the bottom will be closer than the top by the early 2030.
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Talk of Josh Brown making the Oilers, playing McDavid-Draisaitl at five-on-five and Colton Dach at center tells us Mike Babcock isn't familiar with the roster and early season losses are likely. lowetide.ca/2026/07/31/t...
The Haranguing Conversation
Don't you usually start these with 'please read this'? Please read this.
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What might the Edmonton Oilers roster look like 5 years from now? www.nytimes.com/athletic/748...
Lowetide: What might the Oilers roster look like 5 years from now?
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The Oilers have some interesting new players heading to camp this fall. The group who will make up this season's Condors include some names you may not know yet. lowetide.ca/2026/07/30/w...
What to Take, What to Leave
What to Take, What to Leave
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Stan Bowman and Michael Parkatti are working on finding a productive marriage of math, the eye test and a measured approach in an effort to win the Stanley Cup in the Connor McDavid era. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
Were the Edmonton Oilers’ offseason moves aided by analytics?
We're looking for transactions that could have been aided by analytics, not defining them as analytics transactions.
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Oilers didn't go all-in analytics this summer, but there is some Nerdvana evidence. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
In my continuing efforts to write things no one is interested in, I look back at the fantastic eight-year existence of the Cape Breton Oilers. Coloring book at Peter Mahovlich reference inside!! lowetide.ca/2026/07/29/c...
Cape Breton Oilers
So, I wrote a book during the pandemic and had another one planned but never got around to it. My book is called "On the Clock" and it's about the Edmonton Oilers and the entry draft. My second book w...
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Were the Edmonton Oilers’ offseason moves aided by analytics? www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
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A long look, in an unreadable colour, at Oilers 20-year old forwards in the AHL this century. I know. Pretty hot. lowetide.ca/2026/07/28/t...
The Circle Game
I like to do this every once in a long time. It's a look at Oilers prospects, age 20, in the AHL. I look at forwards, in search of clues about predicting future success. For skill forwards, games play...
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There is one more roster move needed to secure the re-imagined Mike Babcock lineup. Expensive. In the words of hockey observer Ringo Starr, It don't come easy. www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
Lowetide: A roster tweak that could help the Oilers' Stanley Cup chances
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An Edmonton Oilers roster tweak that could help their Stanley Cup chances www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
Lowetide: A roster tweak that could help the Oilers' Stanley Cup chances
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All we can hope for is to recognize the best times as they happen. These are the good old days. lowetide.ca/2026/07/27/l...
LONG MAY YOU RUN
For a franchise that joined the league 50 years after the Boston Bruins, the Edmonton Oilers have an exceptional lore about them.
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There is still time for one more defensive tweak this summer. lowetide.ca/2026/07/26/t...
Tie Your Mother Down
I think old Glen Sather would look at the current Oilers roster and try to make a small tweak on defense.
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Identifying 3 obscure Edmonton Oilers prospects who may be NHL-ready www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
Identifying 3 obscure Edmonton Oilers prospects who may be NHL-ready
The opportunity for these three players comes via the Oilers depth chart.
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What we believe to be true, what we think will be true, and what we do not know. lowetide.ca/2026/07/25/d...
Don’t Touch Me, I’m A Real Live Wire
As we join together today, two things are rolling around in my mind. First, the Oilers did a good job this summer. Offloading the Darnell Nurse contract allowed for all manner of moves and the team's ...
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The Oilers shopped the good aisles at the goalie store and made two solid summer bets. Who wins the starting job? www.nytimes.com/athletic/746...
Will the Edmonton Oilers’ 3-goalie system work?
It's quite the change in course for the Oilers to embrace a three-goalie system entering next season.
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Sail on Matvey Petrov, and a look back at recent Oilers drafts. lowetide.ca/2026/07/24/h...
Hail! Hail!
Matvei Petrov has reportedly signed with Moscow Spartak of the KHL for the 2026-27 season. Drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 draft, he showed impressive shootout and PK skills with the Bakersfiel...
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Lowetide: Will a 3-goalie system work for the Oilers?
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