Category: Mark Spector
Edmonton Oilers Recall Calvin Pickard
Lake Erie MonstersThe Edmonton Oilers will be without Stuart Skinner for a couple of days, as Mark Spector of Sportsnet reports that he is flying home to be with his expecting wife. In his place, the team has recalled Calvin Pickard from the minor leagues under emergency conditions. Given the team was already at the...
Read moreNHL Injuries: Sabres, Flames, Stars, Oilers, Canadiens, Senators, Flyers, Maple Leafs and Capitals
Brett RitchieYamamoto not traveling. Campbell takes a puck to the face. Rielly to have pictures. Samsonov not traveling.
Read moreNHL Injuries: Sabres, Flames, Stars, Oilers, Canadiens, Senators, Flyers, Maple Leafs and Capitals
Joel ArmiaYamamoto not traveling. Campbell takes a puck to the face. Rielly to have pictures. Samsonov not traveling.
Read moreNHL Rumors: Blackhawks, Canucks, Red Wings and Maple Leafs
Betway BlackhawksWelcome to our daily rumours article brought to you by site Betway Blackhawks won’t deviate from the plan. They made Miller a priority over after it’s believed Horvat rejected a low-ball offer from the Canucks. If the Canucks start listening to offers on Horvat, the Detroit Red Wings could come...
Read moreKK- Back To Work
Mark SpectorIt has been a much longer day/night than expected, but I am home and ready to get to work. Enough doctors, time to think about our game again. Thanks to the Fischler Report at The Hockey News for this and make sure to read the whole article, a lot of bits and pieces around the hockey world....
Read moreOilers sign former Canucks forward Jake Virtanen to PTO
Jason DemersFormer Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen has signed a professional try-out with the Edmonton Oilers.
Read moreNHL Rumors: Edmonton Oilers Send PTO Offer to Forward
Washington CapitalsThe Edmonton Oilers have been linked to Jake Virtanen. Rumors have been swirling that Edmonton is interested in signing the 2014 first-round pick to a professional tryout (PTO) contract and according to Mark Spector, they have offered Virtanen just that.Yet, Spector also noted that the "feeling is...
Read moreDefenceman Jason Demers signs PTO with Oilers
Mark SpectorDemers, 34, suited up for five games in the KHL last season with Kazan and also played for Canada at the Beijing Olympics, registering two assists in five games.
Read moreNewest Maple Leaf Forward Turned Down Another Canadian Team
Maple LeafsThe Toronto Maple Leafs announced forward Zach Aston-Reese has been signed to a professional tryout with an invitation to training camp. Turns out the Maple Leafs were not the only team trying to get ZAR into camp.According to Mark Spector of Sportsnet, the Edmonton Oilers were also interested in A...
Read moreToronto Maple Leafs Sign Zach Aston-Reese To PTO
Toronto Maple LeafsFrom the very beginning of the offseason, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been linked to Zach Aston-Reese as a potential bottom-six addition. They’ll get a chance to see him up close now, as he has been signed to a professional tryout and invited to training camp. Aston-Reese, 28, was also being chased...
Read moreNHL Rumors: Jesse Puljujarvi Looking to get out of Edmonton … Again
Leon DraisailtJesse Puljujarvi is looking for a change of scenery and the Oilers may have spoken with at least four teams.
Read moreConnor McDavid’s Time
Sidney Crosbyfrom Mark Spector of Sportsnet, If Connor McDavid has come in waves at opposing defencemen, he has washed over the hockey populace in layers during his ascent to the title of hockey’s best player. Unlike Sidney Crosby, there have been no Olympic moments, no skating through snowflakes to win...
Read moreA Lot On The Line For The Edmonton Oilers Tonight
Mark Spectorfrom Mark Spector of Sportsnet, “You look at any team that’s won, and it starts with a disappointment. We’ll be back.” — Connor McDavid, in 2017 EDMONTON — The irony of that quote is, five years later, the Edmonton Oilers have not yet found their way out of the disappointment business. But...
Read moreChoke Is A Difficult Word To Use
Sportsnetfrom Mark Spector of Sportsnet, • With the series in their grasp — tied 2-2 and at home in Game 5 — Edmonton came up small. They started slow, had a burst early in the second period, but had just 14 shots on goal after 40 minutes. Then, after a third-period flourish that forced overtime, Edmont...
Read moreThe Edmonton Oilers Must Win The Next Two Games To Move On To Round 2
Sportsnetfrom Mark Spector of Sportsnet, Hockey’s most staunch cliché decrees that you’ve got to play the whole 60 to win in the playoffs. The Edmonton Oilers tried to win a playoff game on about 15 minutes of hockey that you — that they — would consider adequate for the occasion, and in the end the...
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