Stef Barnes

If Skinner cost the Oilers a point in the home opener, he stole two tonight. +1 Skinner

NL checking in. You either become a night owl or someone who watches sports through highlights

I became the night owl. Then I moved to WPG for awhile and I didn't know what to do with my evenings.

Who put Vladdy on Slo-Pirch mode? 7 for 10, 3HRs. 🤣

Oilers load management plan for this season ... Keep 97, 29 & 2 really fresh for the playoffs.

Many of them previously posted on the Oilfans.com and Hockey Futures message boards. I was writing blogs on Oilfans as "Hibernia" previous to that and many of those guys would critique my "By the Numbers" section that I included for humor. I jokingly call myself the Grandfather of Analytics.

The Flames have a better winning percentage yet you see this as the Oilers dominating them? What am I missing here? Explain it to me like I'm a Canucks fan.

That was underwhelming.

For two seasons I watched almost every Oilers game with Dennis. He saw the game in a way I could only dream of. Can't think of a better job in the biz for him.

Jeff Skinner got a taste of the Stanley Cup playoffs this spring and realized he had grown used to having his springs free.

Isaac Howard would like a word.

That's a very good deal for the Oilers! Might be an even better deal for Bouchard if he can keep producing.

There will be deals that will make the Frederic extension look very reasonable by comparison.

You know who loves former Soo Greyhounds? Pens GM, Kyle Dubas.

I still want to see what the timeline where MacT stays on a GM looks like. He was let go because of the McDavid pick, but what would he have done differently than Chiarelli?

You never heard of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"?

I'm a little shocked by this, but Spector wrote an article that I completely agree with. What is this world coming to?

Captain Draisaitl

The Oilers are still undefeated in Game 4s in which Skinner starts.

Bennett and Rooney collide. Did the hockey gods just check in on this series?

I've talked about this way too much this past couple of post-seasons.

If any Oilers are in the building, can they please report to the dressing room for the third period?

Oilers fans officially join the "We Hate Brad Marchand Club".

Craig Simpson did not watch the opening of tonight's game. He is roasting the officiating on several of these suspect calls.

What if the best refs get the playoffs off and the worst one make it all the way to the final? Would there be a difference?

Someone has pointed out that my memory is bad. MAB wore #47. Close enough! 😜

Shot 46! Game 1 OT WINNER!

Did he just exorcise the ghost of MAB?

#LetsGoOilers

OT. OK. I pre-napped for this!

#LetsGoOilers starting to takeover the game. Just gotta avoid "the blunder".

Score didn't favour them, but that was a good period of hockey from the Oilers. Should've learned from the Kings and not challenged that first goal. At least it was early.

#LetsGoOilers

Wait. An exclusive scoring club in the NHL, and McDavid is the first Oiler?

(Gretzky had 19 in 1986 and more than 20 in the three seasons on either side.)

Three shutouts in the past four games may say otherwise.