Oilers v. Ducks Game 1: A Tactical Review While I am certain the Oilers coaching staff would have preferred a less dramatic outcome, from a tactical perspective, game one of the first round series was as predicted.

The neutral zone was a battle all night. The cycle won the game.

Jake Walman might not have been mentioned much, but I thought he was sublime.

Ducks v. Oilers. Game 1 Tactical Review.

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Oilers v. Ducks: A Tactical Preview There is nothing better than playoff hockey.

The Anaheim Ducks v. The Edmonton Oilers.

A tactical preview.

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Edmonton Oiler Prospect Report: April 9, 2026 The slow spiral into season’s end has begun for hockey teams.

You want skilled forwards with size? How about these two Oiler prospects who made the news this week.

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Meet The New Guy(s) And Remember The Old (Young) Guys While there are areas where fans may critique the Edmonton Oilers, amateur player acquisition is definitely not one of them.

More European and collegiate UFAs for the Oilers. Plus Wild Bill, Iceman and another German shooter.

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Condors Watch: Whose Next? With the announcement of Leon Draisaitl missing the remainder of the regular season, the Oilers were left with 12 healthy forwards and 6 healthy defencmen.

Condors watch. Whose next?

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Edmonton Oilers Prospect Watch: March 14, 2026 The winds of hockey seasons ending are starting to blow as the calendar turns to March.

Sign Paul Fischer please. The weekly Oiler prospect report.

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The Oilers Defensive Zone: Trust and Patience Required We don’t need to recite the statistics.

I wrote about the Oilers defensive zone and how it can be fixed. They've played well in their own zone before. They can do it again.

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Meet The New Guy: Colton Dach Ever since the Oilers sent off Pat Maroon in a trade, the Oilers have been looking for Pat Maroon.

Everyone who watches the last clip of this article, will love it. That's my money back guarantee to you.

Colton Dach.

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Edmonton Oilers Prospect Watch: February 19, 2026 I get the down arrows on Roby Jarventie sometimes.

The Edmonton Oilers have a history of high quality Finns on the team. Why not another. Also, the collegiate UFAs keep producing. More in my Oilers Prospect Report.

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Oilers Prospect Report: February 12, 2026 The start of February begins the final run of the regular season for teams in all leagues.

Need more than just Olympic hockey. Look here.⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Get To Know Them Quick! This post may end up being a somber one for some, but sometimes it is the harsh reality of the NHL.

Don't kid yourself, you are not working through lunch. Click the link and read about Oiler prospects in Bakersfield, Saskatoon and Kamloops.
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Meet The New Guy: Josh Samanski In a healthy NHL organization, teams should be able to pull up young players from the AHL to cover for injuries or to fill holes on the roster.

Some words on Josh Samanski and a wild stat about the Condors play recently.

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Edmonton Oilers Prospect Report: January 22, 2026 It has been written here and in many other publications that the transformation of the Edmonton Oilers prospect pool has been nothing short of stunning.

Marjala. The next one from Bakersfield. Also, an under the radar collegiate D. This week's Oilers Prospect Report.

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The Return of The OHL Prospect The OHL is the single best junior league in the world in terms of producing NHL players.

Wild Bill, another right shot D and Roby Jarventie all in this week's Edmonton Oilers Prospect Report.

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Oilers Weekly Prospect Report: Meet The New Guy Quinn Hutson was a highly sought after collegiate UFA in the Spring of 2025.

The Oilers bring another young guy up and he scores. More on him and who might be next.

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Oilers Prospect Weekly Report: Baby Leftorium The running joke about the Oilers defensive group for more than a decade had been the team couldn’t find right shot defenders and relied upon a plethora of left shooting defencemen.

Baby Leftorium

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Oilers Prospect Weekly Report: December 4, 2025 You want prospects to kick down doors.

Kicking down doors in Central California.

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Connor Clattenburg: NHL Real-Time Development When Connor Clattenburg was called up for his NHL debut, some dummy (insert my picture here) had written literally the day before that Clattenburg had a NHL future, but it was a ways off.

The NHL development of Connor Clattenburg, shift by shift.

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Oilers Prospect Weekly Report: November 20, 2025 The 2019/20 Bakersfield Condors were not a murders’ row of future NHL stars.

Condors are everywhere! And it is a good thing!

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Oilers Prospect Weekly Report: November 13, 2025 Come the middle of November, rookie professional prospects are pretty well settled.

Other brothers and other Germans as well as Finns everywhere.

All in this edition of the Oilers Prospect Weekly Report.

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The Inverse is the Opposite: A Review of the Edmonton Oilers Tactical Game in October Just about a month ago, I wrote a post regarding what I predicted the tactics would be for the Edmonton Oilers this season.

The Oilers aren't winning a lot. That's ok, it is early. The offence however is a five alarm fire.

My early season tactical review below on what's going on is below.

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Oilers Prospect Weekly Report: November 6, 2025 I have often written about the creative ways in which the current Edmonton Oilers management team have tried to reconstitute a very depleted prospect pool.

Here comes the Clattenburg Express.

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Bakersfield Condors October Prospect Review For me, the Bakersfield Condors were the most interesting part coming out of training camp in Edmonton.

Some thoughts on every Bakersfield Condor prospect from their play in October.

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Oilers Prospect Weekly Report: October 30, 2025 As the calendar turns to November later this week, development programs for NHL teams are now in full swing.

The Oilers may have a 40 goal scorer in junior. They also added another rookie D in Bakersfield. My off-season pick for surprise Oiler this season continues his hot start.

The Halloween edition of the Oilers Weekly Prospect Report is here.

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Oilers Prospect Weekly Report: October 23, 2025 Most people who follow me know I have a hang-up.

An RHD on an AHL contract, a California kid in Michigan and all the news and notes in this week's Oilers Prospect Report.

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Oilers Prospect Weekly Report: October 16, 2025 When Oilers training camp opened last month, the player I was most interested in watching wasn’t one of the Oilers from last season.

Five prospects who starred last week. 15 video clips. Lots of words.

This week's Oilers Prospect Weekly Report.

Enjoy.

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Since 1979

Oilers Prospect Weekly Report: October 9, 2025 The Edmonton Oilers have a history with European players.

The Oilers Prospect Report for the week of October 9th, 2025.

It's been a good week for Germans in the Oiler organization.

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Tactics and The Edmonton Oilers: A Regular Season Preview For those new to my writing, I do not only right on prospects and their development.

Here is the premiere edition of the Edmonton Oilers and their tactical play. This will be a regular feature during the season and will be done on a game by game basis in the playoffs. Hope you like.

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