Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers

By Edmonton JournalSports Hockey

Oil Spills: A podcast on the Edmonton Oilers episodes

February 02, 2018 Usual suspects continue to smother Oliers' slim hopes
Hockey writer Robert Tychkowski talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the ailments that have been plaguing the Edmonton Oilers this season: their substandard special teams, both the power play and their weak penalty-killing efforts on home ice. Also: Goal-review glitches and the aftermath of backup goalie Al Montoya's refusal to speak to media before a game.
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33 min
January 22, 2018 Are the Oilers at a tipping point?
Hockey writers Jim Matheson and Robert Tychkowski talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the struggles the Edmonton Oilers have on home ice and whether their poor performance against a lowly Buffalo Sabres squad could segue to immediate staff changes.
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34 min
January 17, 2018 Oilers' bye-week boon or blues?
Hockey writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the Edmonton Oilers coming out of their NHL bye week and how the club can try to build off momentum of their previous trio of games.
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21 min
January 10, 2018 Is the Edmonton Oilers' spotty play just plain shoddy or is it necessary?
Hockey writer Robert Tychkowski talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the on-again, off-again performance of the Edmonton Oilers as they continue to show signs of improvement one game only to play horribly the next.
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23 min
January 01, 2018 Oilers' playoff hopes barely flickering
Hockey writers Jim Matheson, Robert Tychkowski and Derek Van Diest talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the faint playoff hopes left for the Edmonton Oilers and where the blame should be cast for the failure of the team many were calling probable Stanley Cup contenders this year.
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39 min
December 20, 2017 West-heavy schedule should make or break Oilers' playoff hopes
Hockey writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the playoff hopes of the Edmonton Oilers being very much pinned to pivotal games against Western Conference opponents between now and mid-January.
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21 min
December 13, 2017 Playing better but Oilers' crisis mounting
Hockey writers Jim Matheson and Robert Tychkowski talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the better play by the Edmonton Oilers, who face a strong lineup of teams after a promising three-game road trip, in which they collected four of a possible six points.
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33 min
December 06, 2017 Sputtering Oilers broken-record edition
Hockey writer Jim Matheson talks to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the continuing inconsistencies of the Edmonton Oilers, who can't gain enough traction to win enough games to claw back into the 2017-18 NHL playoff race.
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35 min
November 28, 2017 Situation more critical as Talbot goes down
Hockey writers Jim Matheson, Robert Tychkowski and Derek Van Diest talk to sports editor Craig Ellingson about the injury to Edmonton Oilers goalie Cam Talbot and how the team needs to rally behind backup Laurent Brossoit and win games in early December to stay relevant in the NHL playoff chase.
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39 min
November 21, 2017 Sputtering at the point of unlikely return
Hockey Hall of Fame writer Jim Matheson talks to Craig Ellingson about the sputtering ways of the Edmonton Oilers a quarter of the way through the 2017-18 NHL season, which finds them five points out of a playoff spot at U.S. Thanksgiving.
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24 min