Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers

Joel Persson has some definite offensive skills the Edmonton Oilers could use on the blueline.

The Swedish defenceman is one of the brightest of the new faces at training camp this year.

Host Craig Ellingson talks to hockey beat writers Rob Tychkowski and Derek Van Diest about the blueline corps, plus they wonder aloud what it would mean to the Oilers if star Connor McDavid missed any time — even a measly half-dozen games, let's say.

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Goalie Mike Smith will bring a puck-handling savvy, veteran presence and a strong second-half showing with the Calgary Flames last season to the Edmonton Oilers in 2019-20 to split duties with Mikko Koskinen, who was shaky down the stretch. 

Hockey beat writer Derek Van Diest and host Craig Ellingson discuss how things could play out in Edmonton’s net this year.

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The Minnesota Wild chose another rookie in Bill Guerin to fill their general manager’s chair less than a month after firing Paul Fenton, who lasted in the job just 14 months as a first-time GM.

Guerin ticked off many boxes for Wild owner Craig Leipold, whose team plays in the rabid U.S. ‘State of Hockey.’

But Guerin apparently wasn’t even a finalist, if he really interviewed at all, for the Edmonton Oilers job that went to Ken Holland in early May.

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The Edmonton Oilers don't have a bonafide No. 3 centre heading into September's training camp.

Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson and host Craig Ellingson talk about what the Oilers could do to address the issue.

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Yes, James Neal had a forgettable 2018-19 campaign for the Calgary Flames. But in swapping Milan Lucic for him in a July trade, the Edmonton Oilers may have made a masterful move.

Host Craig Ellingson and hockey beat writer Derek Van Diest talk about the possibilities of Neal as an Oiler, particularly if the perennial 20-something goal-scorer regains his scoring touch alongside the likes of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins this coming NHL season.

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What’s with the ongoing drama between the Edmonton Oilers and Jesse Puljujarvi's camp?

Hockey beat writer Derek van Diest talks to host Craig Ellingson about the Finnish winger and his trade demands. The fourth-overall pick from the 2016 NHL Draft requires a new contract, but given his paltry pro performance thus far in his career, his market value is relatively low.

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Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson and host Craig Ellingson talk about the Edmonton Oilers’ rivals in the Pacific Division and the moves they’ve made early in the summer and what to expect from them before the start of the 2019-20 NHL season.

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Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson and host Craig Ellingson talk about what the Edmonton Oilers could do this summer to acquire a winger to play among the NHL team's Top 6 forwards, particularly someone who could pair up on the second line with centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.

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Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson and host Craig Ellingson talk about the challenges Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland faces this summer in his quest to find a winger who can play among the NHL team’s top six forwards for this coming season.

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An NHL goalie and a forward with some scoring prowess are high on Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland’s shopping list as this summer’s NHL free agency comes closer.

Hockey beat writers Jim Matheson and Rob Tychkowski talk to host Craig Ellingson about this and about its bounty from the recent NHL Draft, which saw the Oilers take defenceman Philip Broberg in the first round.

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