Zach Laing

Canada

News Director and Senior Columnist at Oilersnation

news director for @oilersnation, @thejaysnation and the nation network. nhl dfs and the dfo dfs report for @dfofantasy. never had a bad take.

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Oilers among teams with fewest cap overages for next season

6 days ago | oilersnation.com | Zach Laing

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Oilers among teams with fewest cap overages for next season

6 days ago | yardbarker.com | Zach Laing

After the Edmonton Oilers carried the largest cap overage into this season, it won’t be the same heading into next season. This, according to salary cap resource website PuckPedia, who on late Thursday night reported overages for all 32 teams. The Oilers are projected to have the second fewest of 11 teams with just $150,000 carrying over into next season, a far cry from the $3.45-million they carried into this.
Hyman skates on Oilers top line alongside McDavid as Draisaitl, Kane, Frederic, Walman practice with team

6 days ago | yardbarker.com | Zach Laing

The Oilers top line will see Hyman re-join McDavid for the first time in a while, as with him out of the lineup, Jeff Skinner held that spot. It’s curious to see Brown remain there, but he’s found some offence as of late with five goals in the Oilers eight final regular season games. The second line spent a bunch of time this season together, the second most common line the Oilers ran at five-on-five this season, and had success, outscoring the opposition 11-9.
Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl laps the field to capture first career Rocket Richard Trophy

6 days ago | yardbarker.com | Zach Laing

He, however, found just the right blend, as his 36 even-strength goals and 16 power-play markers combined for the most in the league. He fell one even-strength goal behind Tage Thompson and one power play goal behind Jake Guentzel. Draisaitl truly ran away with the award this season, sitting seven goals up on the second-placed William Nylander, and leading the league in goals every day since Dec. 5th, sitting outright in first place since Dec. 16th.
Jack Michaels, Louie DeBrusk to call Oilers-Kings games on Sportsnet broadcast

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Zach Laing

This, however, will mark the first time Michaels has called an Oilers first-round series. In 2020, Scott Oake called the Oilers’ Qualifying round games alongside DeBrusk, but in each of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Harnarayan Singh called the games with DeBrusk at his side. Last season, Chris Cuthbert and Craig Simpson took over the call from the second round through the Finals.
What would the Oilers’ path to the Stanley Cup Finals look like?

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Zach Laing

In the Western Conference, the first team the Oilers would need to be concerned with are the Kings, whom they meet in the first round for the fourth consecutive season. Then, it’s the winner of the Vegas Golden Knights and Minnesota Wild. Vegas earned top spot in the Pacific Division, while the Wild slid into the first Wild Card spot. The other side of the bracket in the West will see the Winnipeg Jets face host the St. Louis Blues and the Dallas Stars host the Colorado Avalanche.
Oilers first round series against Kings officially starts Monday night

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Zach Laing

The Oilers and Kings will be the final teams to meet in the first round of the playoffs, with the only other first round matchup starting on Monday being the Washington Capitals hosting the Montreal Canadiens. It’ll afford both teams some extra time to get healthy. Edmonton’s well documented infirmary list is long, though all signs are pointing towards the majority of the injured players being ready to go for Game 1.
Has fatigue finally caught up to the Oilers?

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Zach Laing

The Edmonton Oilers have played a lot of hockey over the last few years. In fact, since the start of the 2022-23 season — the last two full seasons and through Saturday night’s games — they’ve played 280 combined regular season and post-season games. That’s the third most in the entire league. That’s 25 more games than the league average over that time, and 37 more games than any team who hasn’t made the playoffs.
Oilers sign record-breaking Finnish defenceman Atro Leppänen to one-year entry-level contract

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Zach Laing

The Edmonton Oilers continue to add to their ranks with their latest move signing high-scoring Finnish defenceman Atro Leppänen to a one-year, entry-level contract. The 26-year-old left-shot blue liner is coming off a tremendous season for Vaasan Sport in Finland’s Liiga, where he put up 21 goals and 63 points in 60 games. That point total set a Liiga record for most points by a defenceman in a single year, while also leading all players.
Report: Oilers set to sign NCAA free agent forward Quinn Hutson to two-year entry-level contract

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Zach Laing

The 23-year-old is in his third year playing at Boston University and is coming off an electric season in which he scored 23 goals and 50 points in 37 games. Over his college career, Hutson has racked up 56 goals and 114 points in 116 games played. Hutson is the eldest of four brothers, all playing hockey at various levels. His next youngest brother, Lane, 21, is a defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens in the midst of an excellent rookie campaign and in contention for the Calder Trophy.