The Edmonton Oilers got the player they wanted at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft when they selected local lad Reid Schaefer from the Seattle Thunderbirds with the 32n/a pick Thursday, but they returned from Montreal with more than the big winger from Spruce Grove. While Schaefer might prove to be a valuable addition up front … Read more
As I fly back to Edmonton from Montreal, I can’t help but feel like we got more questions than answers regarding the Oilers over the last 48 hours. I’ll get to that in a second. First, the experience of covering my first NHL Draft was awesome. Canadians fans brought the noise on night one and … Read more
With the 32nd overall pick, the Edmonton Oilers used the last pick in the first round to select power forward, Reid Schaefer, from the Seattle Thunderbirds of the WHL. After coming into the 2022 entry draft without much of an idea who the Edmonton Oilers were targeting with their first round pick, we finally got … Read more
The NHL Draft was back to being in person for the first time since 2019 and boy, did this thing ever live up to the hype. Before I get to the absolute madness that occurred during the first four picks, I want to talk a little about how fired up the city was for this. … Read more
The trade winds in Montreal have reached such a level that even my sparse follicles can feel their tastes. I can’t recall a time when so many highly productive players could be changing teams in one off-season. Johnny Gaudreau (115 points), JT Miller (99), Nazem Kadri (87), Filip Forsberg (84), Vladimir Tarasenko (82), Alex DeBrincat … Read more
Montreal hosts the NHL starting today as draft-eligible players, scouts, managers, coaches, media and fans converge for the 2022 NHL entry draft. Teams will conduct some final interviews with players, talk to opposing GMs about trades today, tomorrow and Wednesday and then the first round of the draft begins Thursday evening at 5 pm MT. … Read more
Owen Powerthe No. 1 pick of the 2021 NHL Draft, signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabers on Friday. The 19-year-old defenseman will join the Sabers in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, ahead of Buffalo’s game at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday, and he is expected to make his NHL debut at the … Read more
