Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers

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Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers episodes

November 14, 2017 A turnaround?
Edmonton Journal and Edmonton Sun hockey writers Jim Matheson, Robert Tychkowski and Derek Van Diest talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson on Nov. 16, 2017, about the better play by the Edmonton Oilers following a four-game road trip.

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32 min
November 06, 2017 Gimme 2
Hockey writer Jim Matheson talks about the Edmonton Oilers' struggles at the beginning of the 2017-18 NHL season.

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23 min
July 05, 2017 Crunching Connor's contract
Hockey writers Jim Matheson and Robert Tychkowski, and sports columnist Dan Barnes, join host Craig Ellingson to talk about Connor McDavid's $100-million contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers, its effect on the team, and how it could impact contract negotiations with Leon Draisaitl.

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34 min
June 26, 2017 McDavid pay day
Hockey writers Jim Matheson and Robert Tychkowski join host Craig Ellingson to talk about the contract extension being negotiated between the Edmonton Oilers and star Connor McDavid, what moves the team might make during free agency and the prognosis of its 2017 NHL Draft crop of prospects.

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26 min
June 17, 2017 The road to Vegas
Hockey writers Jim Matheson and Robert Tychkowski join host Craig Ellingson to talk about the NHL's Vegas expansion draft, the process of stocking the Golden Knights team and what it means for the Edmonton Oilers.

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22 min
March 21, 2017 Bumps on the road in back-to-back games
Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the Edmonton Oilers' play over back-to-back games on the road in Anaheim and Denver, where the Oilers lost one in a playoff-style clash (in Anaheim against the Ducks) and where they rebounded from a poor first two periods against the last-place Colorado Avalanche to win. Cam Talbot was pulled in both games and spelled off by a steady Laurent Brossoit in goal, and Connor McDavid put more distance between himself and those ch

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16 min
March 14, 2017 Cue excitement as NHL playoffs really come into view
Hockey Hall of Fame columnist Terry Jones joins Edmonton Sun and Journal sports editor Craig Ellingson to talk about the Edmonton Oilers' recent dominant offensive performances, how the prospect of the team making the NHL playoffs is becoming a very real thing and how changes to the Alberta clock could have a negative effect on the Oilers and the provincial rival Calgary Flames.

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24 min
March 06, 2017 All-Canadiens affair
Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson and Montreal Gazette sports columnist Stu Cowan join Edmonton Journal and Sun sports editor Craig Ellingson to talk about the Edmonton Oilers, the Montreal Canadiens, the NHL playoff picture in both the Western and Eastern Conferences, the recent trade between the two teams that saw centre David Desharnais come to Edmonton and defenceman Brandon Davidson head to Montreal, the on-going and forever present phenomenon of Canadiens fans (and their Toronto Maple Leafs coun

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43 min
March 01, 2017 Navigating March to the NHL playoffs
Postmedia hockey writers Robert Tychkowski and Derek Van Diest talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the Edmonton Oilers' heavy home schedule through the remainder of the 2016-17 NHL season.

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24 min
February 21, 2017 Targets at the NHL trade deadline
Hockey writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about who the Edmonton Oilers might and might not target by the NHL trade deadline on March 1, 2017.

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14 min