Edmonton Oilers

Warren Foegele wants to make the Edmonton Oilers. No surprise as virtually every player entering a teams training camp has that same goal in mind.

So the dates that you need to block off for this trip are January 12th to 15th. Scoring five goals and 22 points, the 2016 7th round pick was looking like a guy who could contend for the seventh spot on the Oilers backend. An imposing figure at 6’6, 216 lbs., he drew in for 65 games last year with the Bakersfield Condors in his first season of pro hockey. He's in good spirits, but not the start to season he wanted. Foegele’s looking to reinvent himself in Edmonton and that’s a great sign. For Foegele, however, he’s a player whose name has swirled in the rumour mill all summer.

The Oilers were unable to solve the Flames goaltending as they fell 4-0 to their Alberta rivals at the Saddledome on Wednesday night.

He showed a lot ofleadership, second of two games in a row on the road. "It's exactly what I want in the preseason, coming in and playing against the big guys. The goal came with just 3:24 remaining in the second frame, doubling the Flames advantage and giving them a lead they would not relinquish. "There were some good signs in our team game, the penalty kill was really good. Veteran defenceman Michael Stone, who is in Calgary's Main Camp on a PTO, had the type of showing that could earn him a full-time roster spot on Wednesday night. You never know what happens in a season, but to have that type of depth I think it's very good and he should feel very good about his game tonight." "I think that's a really good sign," Woodcroft said about the play of his goaltender. After Ryan McLeod was sent to the box for tripping, the Flames were able to find some space on the powerplay. The Flames sniper fired a shot which was turned aside by a sprawling Calvin Pickard. On the other bench, the Flames started a veteran-aden lineup including starting netminder Jacob Markstrom and off-season pickups in Nazem Kadri and Mackenzie Weegar. Sutter joined the Flames new American Hockey League affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers after a seven year stint with the Ontario Reign. The goal came one second after McLeod stepped out of the box and the penalty expired.

Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Evander, Kane, Zach Hyman, Darnell Nurse, Cody Ceci, and Jack Campbell have yet to play a preseason game, and none will play ...

I’d also assume Petrov plays tonight and then, like the previous junior players in camp, he will be reassigned to North Bay. I ran into him at the rink today and he is in good spirits, but this is not the start to the season he wanted. So the dates that you need to block off for this trip are January 12th to 15th. The Flames have three of their top four lines going and four of their D. - The Oilers penalty killers will get a good test tonight as the Flames have their top PP dressed. But the former is the main reason he’s playing again. Jason Demers played better than Ryan Murray on Sunday, and with so many young D-men poised to start in Bakersfield, I wonder if Demers would be interested in a two-way deal that gives the Oilers some depth on the right side. The Flames went 3-for-7 in their first home preseason game v. Edmonton has really liked his progress, but this is two years in a row he missed preseason games due to injuries. Desharnais hurt his wrist/hand in the Captain skates, and he was skating on his own last week, but after more tests they opted to have surgery. The Oilers need to see if he can help their organization, even in the AHL. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Kailer Yamamoto, Jesse Puljujarvi, Brett Kulak, and Evan Bouchard are also expected to remain in Edmonton.

Veterans Michael Stone and Brett Sutter each recorded a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames earned a 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday ...

1 power play with Huberdeau and the new-look unit hemmed the puck in the Oilers end for nearly the entire two minutes. Kadri made his presence felt in the first period when he got out on the Flames' No. MacKenzie Weegar and Jonathan Huberdeau, with an empty netter, also scored for Calgary, which improved to 3-1-0 through the halfway point of its pre-season schedule.

CALGARY — It doesn't exactly make up for being humiliated in the playoffs last spring, but the Calgary Flames will settle for anything they can get against ...

“When I met with him in the summer I explained that and said get ready because you’re going to get your chance in training camp,” said Woodcroft. “The hardest thing is finding a role when you’re in the bottom six and you aren’t on a special team. “It would be fair to say it was a bit of a roller coaster year, a bit of an adjustment,” said the 26-year-old winger, who is determined to take a step forward this year. Warren Foegele was one of the few Oilers veterans who made the trip. “You’re seeing who rises to the occasion and who keeps on getting better on a daily basis,” he said. The fact it was still a close game — the Flames needed two goals late in the third period to finally pull away — is a good sign.

The preseason marches on. 2022 first rounder Reid Schaefer and 2021 late round selection Jake Chiasson have been cut from the main roster, but there are plenty ...

- HOLLYWOOD: Dylan Holloway will start on a line with Ryan McLeod and Warren Foegele tonight. - The Oilers will likely see a split between Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard in goal tonight. A sixth round selection in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, Petrov put up a boatload of points last season in North Bay.

There are two trades in particular made by Oilers GM Ken Holland that are worthy of further examination.

Has the Ken Holland management group found a way to success via the trade market? There was enormous pressure to get better in a hurry, and the new management team dealt a lot of future for immediate help. What about the trade market?

Every off-season it seems we in Oil Country micro-analyze each new signing and prospect in the system, and every training camp we obsess about players on ...

Beneath all those guys are a trio of marginal but NHL-experienced depth players capable of filling in at the centre position, and a further quartet bubbling under of four promising youngsters who are natural pivots. Each has already spent time at wing as they have developed and that may serve them well in terms of getting a foot in the door at some future point. I’ve listed him 8th here because he has slightly less NHL experience, average ice time, and per-82 scoring rates than Shore or McKegg, though there’s a non-zero chance he’ll start the season with the big club. That faceoff ability is also a useful skill on the penalty kill, where opposing teams get their choice of circle to start the powerplay and often choose what turns out to be Ryan’s strong side. Of the three, Nugent-Hopkins contributes by far the most to the penalty kill unit, with excellent on-ice goals rates on both special teams. Of course the trio has played together and with deadly effect on Edmonton’s high-ranking powerplay. During the McDavid Era, the several Oilers’ coaches have adopted a consistent policy that the best player on a given line plays centre. The biggest question surrounding Edmonton pivots these days is whether they are playing centre or another forward position. And rarely enough anywhere else in the NHL over the intervening years. In spades. So what say we declare a vacation on (most of) that for a day, take a step back to survey the big picture, and enjoy the core strength of the organization. Article content

Stone and Brett Sutter each recorded a goal and an assist to lead Calgary to a 4-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. In camp on a professional ...

“We're great players and we're going to make sharp plays but I think it takes a little bit of time to find that chemistry.” Kadri made his presence felt in the first period when he got out on the Flames' No. At 16:36, Stone showed off his heavy shot, ripping a slapper past Stewart Skinner to double the lead. The Oilers fell to 1-2-0. Weegar and Jonathan Huberdeau, with an empty netter, also scored for Calgary, which improved to 3-1-0 through the halfway point of its pre-season schedule. “This is not a new position for me, so I'm just here, playing like I know how I can play,” said the 32-year-old.

Three pre-season games down, five more to go. Final Score: 4-0 Flames. After struggling to find where the game was actually being shown — only on the Oilers ...

I ended up finding the game on the NHL app — it was streaming for free — but the struggle to get there took way longer than it should for a night when the points don’t matter. - Why did I have to watch this game on the Oilers’ website? - I’m really trying to keep an open mind about this Jake Virtanen experiment but this is the third straight game from him where I haven’t really noticed much of anything at all. As expected, he wasn’t able to fly by the Calgary defenders quite as easily but I did appreciate the flashes of speed that I saw through the neutral zone. - As much as I liked Dylan Holloway against the Jets on Sunday, he was much quieter against a more veteran-heavy Calgary lineup. [low snipe on the glove side](https://twitter.com/jsbmbaggedmilk/status/1575297250217295873) to win the series in [five games](https://oilersnation.com/2022/05/30/the-real-life-podcast-ep-383-edmonton-oilers-wrap-up-the-boa-head-to-colorado-for-the-western-conference-final/).

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The Oilers have officially played three preseason games. That means there are only five left. Thank god for that. As for the game, it was a tough one to get ...

So the dates that you need to block off for this trip are January 12th to 15th. These are the game where Warren Foegele needs a goal and an assist. That being said, the Flames were still able to get a goal from a depth line on Sutter’s goal. None of Benson, Virtanen nor Brad Malone were able to either take the body or strip the puck along the wall, and it allowed Nazem Kadri to find an all-alone MacKenzie Weegar on the other side of the ice. He played just xxxx and is likely to be among the next set or two of cuts. The trust of the matter is that I don’t think there’s any player that’s really able to do a whole lot in terms of separating off of last night’s game.

I'd expect Friday night, when the Oilers host the Calgary Flames, to be the start of that. Over the next few days we'll likely see some more cuts to the bottom ...

Demers, meanwhile, is another player who is likely to find himself on the outside looking in. He’s spent zero time on the penalty kill and in his 30:06 of even-strength time, he’s taken one shot on goal and laid only three hits. He registered just one shot on goal, and couldn’t help break up the Flames’ cycle on their third goal of the game. Last night, he drew in for his third game of the preseason playing 15:29 in all situations that included 3:11 on the powerplay. He wanted to prove his ability as a power forward as someone who once looked like he could become the premier player at the position. I’d expect Friday night, when the Oilers host the Calgary Flames, to be the start of that.

The Edmonton Oilers have returned another prospect to major junior. The team announced on Thursday morning that Matvey Petrov has been assigned to the North ...

Since Petrov was drafted out of Russia and not the CHL, the Oilers had the option to send him to the AHL for his 19-year-old season. He came overseas to join North Bay in 2021-22 and put together a huge season, scoring 40 goals and 90 points over the course of 63 games for the Batallion. The team announced on Thursday morning that Matvey Petrov has been assigned to the North Bay Battalion of the OHL.

Jake Virtanen was given an opportunity to play well in preseason and earn a spot on the Oilers roster. He hasn't done so yet.

He’s not stood out as good and he’s not stood out as bad: he’s simply been invisible and that’s not going to lead him to a spot on this Oilers roster. If Virtanen was going to crack the roster, he was going to need to give Edmonton something useful beyond just a top-nine option on offense. Some fans looked at Virtanen coming in and the rumors of a pending trade and said this was a player the Oilers might be seriously looking at. Five games in eight days were far too many and Virtanen was more likely a roster filler than a real threat to crack the lineup. This contest against the Calgary Flames was an opportunity to show the Oilers organization that he had the goods to play a depth role for the team and to give GM Ken Holland a reason to seriously look at extending him a contract out of camp. [Jake Virtanen](https://thehockeywriters.com/docs/jake-virtanen/) drew in for his third game of the preseason, playing 15:29 on a team that didn’t have many NHL regulars on the game sheet for Edmonton.

Oilers 0, Flames 4 The Edmonton Oilers were the second best team on paper and proved it on the ice, falling 4-0 to Calgary Flames.

A couple of strong saves (theoretically) kept the Oilers in the game at 0-2 down early in the third, but was eventually beaten by MacKenzie Weegar’s uncontested shot from the slot in the dying minutes. Beaten soon thereafter when Michael Stone beat him short side on a screened blast from the side wall. Stuart Skinner came on at the midway point and quickly made a fine stop on a 2-on-1. Made a fine stop of a Michael Stone blast through a screen, and another off Tyler Toffoli after a cross-seam pass through the slot. He was credited with nearly half of Edmonton’s hits (6 of 13) on the night, but was vulnerable to quick puck movement. Largely played a quiet, efficient game, though he skated himself into trouble in the defensive slot late in the third. He’s a solid AHL grinder who was in tough against the NHL-heavy Calgary line-up. He did have one strong defensive sequence with some heavy board work along his own end wall. A team-high 3 shots on net, though his best chance from the high slot produced something of a muffin. He had a good chance early when he jumped on a loose puck and nearly beat Jacob Markstrom under the arm. Most of the bottom six forwards did play and largely held their own but with no offence to show for it. Article content

Forgive us for blushing a bit here in Edmonton, but having players coming from around the hockey world to sign long-term deals and raise families is not ...

Seeing Colorado, it’s not like you go from the bottom of the hill to the top. You’ve got to build to it.” Stuart Skinner grew up on Edmonton’s southside, but he rented a house in the west end to be closer to the guys. “The core group wanted to be here, wanted to stay here, and I feel like when I signed here I joined that group. “But I think it’s also fair to say that you’ve got to earn it every day. “We welcome them in, and he’s just he's been just another normal guy on the team Like yesterday: My wife went over to Tyson (Barrie’s) with the Nurses, and the three boys went and played around together and right. Go to the coffee shop, go to the rink. “It’s a fun town, a fun arena. “That’s the reason that I signed here,” began Hyman on Thursday, before a Friday night game that is expected to be his pre-season debut. “So the girls (wives and girlfriends) are hanging out all the time the kids play together. A lawyer and a hockey player/author, you can appreciate it wasn’t just about the money.

The Edmonton Oilers play a second preseaon Battle of Alberta at 7:00 p.m. on Friday night, this time at Rogers Place. You can watch the game on ...

Calgary is looking to replicate their Wedensday performance against the Oilers, this time on the road at Rogers Place. "Pretty much the older guys have played at home, we're very cautious about that," Sutter said. The Oilers goaltending tandem of Calvin Pickard and Stuart Skinner held their own against an offensively loaded Flames roster, turning aside 30 of 33 shots. Edmonton is coming off a 4-0 defeat to their provincial rivals on Wednesday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome. "Obviously there's room for improvement when you didn't score a goal on the road. Wasn't for a lack of chances, we did have some chances in both games," Woodcroft said.

EDMONTON, AB - Training Camp Stage Two: Activate. Head Coach Jay Woodcroft, his coaching staff and management began their evaluations of the 52 players ...

They've put a lot of work in during practice and I think they're probably sick of practicing and are ready to get going, and that's a good thing too -- when you really have the desire to play in preseason. Some people want a little bit more, some might only need a few, so it's about talking through that and also balancing their wants with the need of the team as well. With five total pre-season games still left on the docket, the Oilers Coach pointed to the remaining exhibition schedule as the place where their biggest mark on coaching and management can be made. "There might be some people here or there that get announced over the next couple of days, but that's how we look at it," he said. "We had the first three days of practice, then the first three games, and then there was an off day. So every day counts and the competition is really heating up here."

First, that eight preseason games is a lot. Three games in, Oil fans have yet to enjoy a single sighting of forwards Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent ...

Lots of scenarios both up front and on the blue, and too early to do anything more than make educated guesses. The PuckPedia Model features a margin so thin that it would fit Murray at $750,000 but neither of the others. - Philip Broberg is in a similar situation as Holloway in that he must be on the season opening roster to vest his bonuses, even as it remains possible that he might be subsequently sent out. He seems a strong bet to land somewhere in the top seven; Demers is more a candidate for a two-way pact that would land him in Bakersfield as injury depth, if indeed he is offered a contract at all. Given a second chance by the Oilers to reestablish himself as an NHLer, the 26-year-old has played in all three preseason games to this point but has struggled to make his case. He’s looked OK in his two games filling in at centre between Janmark and Ryan, a limited player who understands his role. Among the more NHL-proven players, Ceci missed a few days at the beginning of camp and is now back practicing on the first pairing. On the back end, Vincent Desharnais was banged up in the Captain’s Skates and will be out a few weeks, tough luck for him. The seventh was winger Matvey Petrov, who was also the last of the four junior-age players to get a preseason game when he dressed in Calgary on Wednesday. Of them, Fanti and Tullio have NHL-class two-way contracts. That’s north of $54 million worth of hockey players, literally two-thirds of the salary cap ceiling, who have yet to play a lick of hockey in a game situation. Article content