The comparable for Savoie is Yamamoto. I think people have soured on him, injuries have had an impact and that’s a worry for Savoie, too. As an AHL player, Yamamoto was a screaming success. He carried ...

The Condors who will be Oilers one day are Max Wanner, Jayden Grubbe, Matthew Savoie and maybe Olivier Rodrigue. The Oilers probably waive Lavoie and Rodrigue today and then make a decision on Philp.

Nurse has passed into the “don’t talk about religion and sex” region of Oilers discussions, which is too bad. If I say “Nurse was poor last year” there’s applause, it I say “but the Oilers badly need ...

Lots of chatter yesterday about preseason not being important, but the depth chart for the season is seeing some subtle changes. … ...

Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet has the Edmonton Oilers number. Coach Kris Knoblauch is attempting to ease his veterans into the preseason, like he’s handling the third imperial Fabergé egg.

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 ...

I wish he was a little bigger, but he makes great use of the gifts God gave him. I like Emberson. I think he was a worthy acquisition. Emberson with Brett Kulak was the NHL pairing last night, 3-3 ...

THOUGHTS ON GAME ONE, PRESEASON. I always like to divide prospects into two categories. First, those we expect to do well in these games, due to age and or draft pedigree. The mor ...

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 ...

If Max Wanner was entering his third pro season, I believe we would be hearing voices loud as thunder suggesting an NHL opportunity had arrived. Alas, he has a single season as a resume and I do think ...