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Caprice St. Pierre

Columnist for Edmonton Hockey Today.

“What noise?” Oilers bounce back, play complete game

Last week the Edmonton Oilers could proudly wear the "yah, we can't keep pucks out, be we can sure put em in" label. And it...

Oilers game sheet: Skinner’s redemption overlooked by new lines

Things perhaps needed to be freshened up. A little rearranging, so to say. The team that rolled into Las Vegas on May 6, stole home ice,...

Oilers looked like Oilers again, but not in a good a way

Except for Corey Perry. That's what's missing from the title. The almost 40-year-old, now almost 20-plus goal scorer, hammered home two first-period goals for what was...

Oilers game sheet: fallout, the live action game

Since we're not in team elimination territory just yet, let's talk about the potential headlines for tonight's game. As of 10:30 this morning, you could...

Better late than not at all: McDavid, Draisaitl show up with OT winner

The Oilers are a two-man team, their goaltending can't take them far, the injuries have been too much. The vast majority of the hockey world...

Oilers game sheet: don’t sleep on the third

There's a kill switch somewhere on the Edmonton Oilers bench. Right next to where the Savvy meter would be if the Oilers' coaching staff was...

Golden Bears’ Tapia Ruiz wins gold with the Mexican National team

Capitalism, you could say, has won again. I don't mean the political, theoretical, economical, or whatever-cal sense, but an old-fashioned Mexico verus North Korea 9-2...

Oilers almost get “Stoned” in Vegas

Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel will forever be connected. Wether they want to or not. And that is probably not. But the 2015 NHL draft stuck...

Oilers game sheet: bet the over

Unless it's obvious, coaches never really name names in regards to goaltending. It's too easy for us writers to figure it out, post about it,...

“Slipped out of our hands:” Oilers redemption over Vegas

It may not have been one of those season defining moments we all went on to describe as something "you just had to be...

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Golden Bears Win Says More About Depth Than the Score

Last week, the University of Alberta Golden Bears were white-knuckling their way through the final two minutes against Trinity Western. Last night, they beat Grant MacEwan 7-1, and the scoreboard isn't even the most important part of the story. Let's be clear about something: a 7-1 win...

McDavid goes team friendly, in a way

Connor McDavid just signed a two-year extension at $12.5 million per season, and if you're not immediately recognizing what that means, let me spell it out: the best player in the world just gave the Edmonton Oilers another massive hometown discount. Two years. Same AAV as his current...

Bears rely on veteran experience during home opener win

The Golden Bears had varying degrees of expectations placed on them ahead of their home opener this past Friday night. On the one hand, they were playing Trinity Western University, the last-ranked team in the Canada West preseason coaches poll. On the other hand, they added 13 new players...

Draisaitl, McDavid, Frederic: not so bad after all

"If you look at the stat line, (it) doesn’t look very good," said Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch of his newly-formed top line a few nights ago. Minus-three in a 4-1 game? Yeah, that's not great. But plus-two, four goals, and five assists in a 4-1 game against...

The rookie showcase continues with Oilers win over Jets

And so the tryouts continue, if you could even call it that. The Edmonton Oilers have a promising, albeit small, group of prospects to keep an eye on as they carry out the remainder of their training camp (only three preseason games left—yikes). And unsurprisingly, you shouldn't be surprised. The...

Oilers leave first real preseason game underwhelmed

It was at the Edmonton Oilers morning skate that Leon Draisaitl rolled his eyes when asked about playing with Connor McDavid on the first line... again. "Guys, we've done this 10 years. 11 years, it's going to switch. It's going to go back and forth," began Draisaitl. "I...

Bears’ Davidson aims to get ‘back on top’ this season

Despite recent rule changes and another loaded recruitment year, the University of Alberta Golden Bears have kept to their ultimate goal—winning. Sure, that is the goal of any program wishing to maintain its reputation as not just one of, but the best in Canada West from here on...

Questions asked and answered at the Oilers training camp

From contracts to goaltending and young rookies, Edmonton Oilers General Manager Stan Bowman, head coach Kris Knoblauch, and two players, Jake Walman and Zach Hyman, met with the Oilers media today to dive into what all fans have been wanting to know, and a little more. Below are...

Rookie goals, rookie calls, and a promising preseason for Edmonton

Changes behind the bench is nothing new for the Edmonton Oil Kings. Over the past 15 years, the organization has seen five waves of coaching shifts, and this fall marks the beginning of another new chapter under Jason Smith. The former Edmonton Oilers captain took the reins of...

Positive takeaways from the Oilers rookie game, and some not

There were two names every Edmonton Oilers fan was paying attention to as the Oilers' rookie game approached—Isaac "Ike" Howard and Matt Savoie. All rightfully so. The two first-line wingers showed up to Rogers Place ready and able to prove that not only did they expect a roster...

Oilers need locker room youth from Savoie, Howard

The Edmonton Oilers are going to look a little younger next season, and boy, did they need it. There's no denying the collective impact that the older players had on the Oilers' lineup—something like Corey Perry throwing hits at 40 as if he were 20 years younger. But...

Are the Oilers the new core four?

$104 million in cap space is a lot, until it isn't. It's enough to add a skilled player here and there, fill some of the support roles, and fix areas that were perhaps glaringly obvious in the Stanley Cup final against the Florida Panthers. Cough, cough, the Edmonton Oilers. So...