Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Journal hockey writers Jim Matheson and Joanne Ireland, and sports columnist John MacKinnon, talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the impending return of Taylor Hall from injury to the Edmonton Oilers lineup; about the improvement of the Oilers' power play to the point where it's been the NHL's best since the all-star break; and about the deficiencies facing the Oilers on defence.

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Edmonton Journal hockey writers Jim Matheson and Joanne Ireland, and sports columnist John MacKinnon, talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the impending return of Taylor Hall from injury to the Edmonton Oilers lineup; about the improvement of the Oilers' power play to the point where it's been the NHL's best since the all-star break; and about the deficiencies facing the Oilers on defence.

Edmonton Journal hockey writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the Edmonton Oilers' fruitless road trip through the eastern U.S., the shoddy defensive play by the team in stops at Carolina and Pittsburgh, the landscape for bringing in one or two veteran defenceman next season, the 'race' to the bottom of the NHL standings -- which include the 29th-place Oilers -- with touted generational stars Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel available to be taken at the beginning of June's NHL draft

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Edmonton Journal hockey writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the Edmonton Oilers' fruitless road trip through the eastern U.S., the shoddy defensive play by the team in stops at Carolina and Pittsburgh, the landscape for bringing in one or two veteran defenceman next season, the 'race' to the bottom of the NHL standings -- which include the 29th-place Oilers -- with touted generational stars Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel available to be taken at the beginning of June's NHL draft

Edmonton Journal hockey writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the play of the Edmonton Oilers' call-ups from the American Hockey League farm and how the remainder of the 2014-15 NHL season is mostly an audition for them, and about the team's need to secure a future No. 1 goaltender.

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Edmonton Journal hockey writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the play of the Edmonton Oilers' call-ups from the American Hockey League farm and how the remainder of the 2014-15 NHL season is mostly an audition for them, and about the team's need to secure a future No. 1 goaltender.

Edmonton Journal hockey writers Jim Matheson and Joanne Ireland, and sports columnist John MacKinnon, talk with sports editor Craig Ellingson about the upcoming NHL trade deadline; what sorts of moves the Oilers might make in the near future on defence with Jeff Petry likely to be traded; the play of goalie Ben Scrivens, who is 'the man' in net for the Oilers down the stretch with Viktor Fasth out of the lineup due to a knee injury; and on the performance of interim head coach Todd Nelson and where he stand

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Edmonton Journal hockey writers Jim Matheson and Joanne Ireland, and sports columnist John MacKinnon, talk with sports editor Craig Ellingson about the upcoming NHL trade deadline; what sorts of moves the Oilers might make in the near future on defence with Jeff Petry likely to be traded; the play of goalie Ben Scrivens, who is 'the man' in net for the Oilers down the stretch with Viktor Fasth out of the lineup due to a knee injury; and on the performance of interim head coach Todd Nelson and where he stand

Edmonton Journal hockey writers Jim Matheson and Joanne Ireland, and sports columnist John MacKinnon, join sports editor Craig Ellingson to talk about how the Edmonton Oilers are dealing with a rash of injuries, about the sale-ability of soon-to-be unrestricted free agent defenceman Jeff Petry, the better play of forward Nail Yakupov and the labelling of Edmonton as the least-favourite NHL free agent destination.

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Edmonton Journal hockey writers Jim Matheson and Joanne Ireland, and sports columnist John MacKinnon, join sports editor Craig Ellingson to talk about how the Edmonton Oilers are dealing with a rash of injuries, about the sale-ability of soon-to-be unrestricted free agent defenceman Jeff Petry, the better play of forward Nail Yakupov and the labelling of Edmonton as the least-favourite NHL free agent destination.