All summer, Josh Brown has been discussed as an “extra” who would land as the No. 7 defenceman on the Oilers roster. No one suggested they knew this to be a fact, but logic and reason dictated as much ...

Devan Dubnyk: Big man played well in his rookie season and has earned the chance to be the starter. Coach Renney has stated that Khabibulin enters TC as the starter, but it’s a matter of DD’s ...

Max Wanner was one of the bright lights for the Oilers Young Stars last night. I’d run the three stars as Wanner, Nathan Day, and William Nicholl. Here are my thoughts on what I noticed in the game.

This is the Oilers 2016-17 defense, idling in the driveway via Puck IQ (Woodmoney is what I was calling it then) in July 2017. We were learning the dance steps of Puck IQ, a site I have come to love ...

If you are looking for comments on the young players scheduled to play one or more of the three games scheduled in Penticton, yesterday’s article here at Lowetide will fill you in. The names I’ll be ...

People forget about a PTO about one hour after it happens. In theory, it’s a grand idea but it’s important to remember that most of them fail, and those who do hit are all about the fringes of the ...

There’s no use pussyfooting around the large number of impact veterans who are 100 percent going to make the roster. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl lead the way among forwards, but the list of high ...

The Edmonton Oilers are finally at rest for the summer. This period of Oilers history has been explosive and thrilling, but the moments of inactivity give us a chance to ponder the days ahead. What ...

A week ago on the Lowdown and on this blog (here) I mentioned Mark Giordano as a possible PTO invite. The idea was met with the appropriate amount of disdain, but the name is back again and ...