Jeff Skinner is quickly becoming my favourite new winger, and that’s a tough chore because Viktor Arvidsson is golden. Both veterans are so damn good at the hockey, in different ways, and it’s clear ...

This is the ‘rolling top 20’ Oilers prospects from the winter of 2016. All of Taylor Hall, Nuge, Nail Yakupov, Darnell Nurse, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid had already graduated (50 NHL games for ...

Alas, the gales of November did not come early. Kris Knoblauch and his coaching staff managed to hoist up the John B’s sail, and to see how the mainsail set. Not the powerful start all hoped for, but ...

One September years ago there were several articles about KHL signee Bogdan Yakimov and his impressive physique. He was faster than thought, capable of impacting at a high level. Some articles implied ...

There is no point in hammering each other senseless about the impact of Connor McDavid’s injury. This team is bleeding goals through 10 games, and nine of those included the best player in the world.

Leon Draisaitl belongs to a family of players I regard as one of the most valuable in the game. Jean Beliveau is part of that family, he’s at the top end. Peter Mahovlich is on the list a little lower ...

I wrote about Leon Draisaitl yesterday and about his importance to the Oilers organization. The big man marched in to Nashville and flattened the Predators again. One never knows why these things ...