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This tweeting business is for the birds some nights
You can’t win on the Tweetasphere. Even when you’re trying to say something nice about somebody, somebody takes a rip at you. I happened to think Ales Hemsky had a pretty good game against the...
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Dubnyk earns another start
Edmonton Oilers’ coach Tom Renney will break from his normal routine and give Devan Dubnyk another shot, on back-to-back nights. Dubnyk has started consecutive games three times this season but never...
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Jagr admits he almost signed with Oilers
Jaromir Jagr, in town with the Philadelphia Flyers, says he was “very close” to signing with the Oilers in 2008 after his days with the New York Rangers ended and he was thinking of giving Russia a...
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Are Oilers really in the mix for Dustin Brown?
If the Oilers are interested in LA captain Dustin Brown, the line forms to the right. Brown is having the worst season of his NHL career and suddenly everybody wants him. Go figure. He’s on pace for 18...
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Hemsky agrees to two-year deal
In the end, Ales Hemsky has decided he’d rather spend the next two years playing with the Edmonton Oilers rather than watching the team from a distance. The winger has agreed to a two-year, $10-million...
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Whitney doesn’t like his plus-minus
Hockey players always say they don’t read newspapers, but blogs? Let’s hope so, for the page views. NHL stats? I bet 75 percent of players grab for the game sheets at the end of every night’s work to...
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Only Hemsky has real affinity for being in Panthers home rink
Edmonton Oilers’ winger Ales Hemsky has a warm spot for the BankAtlantic Center, which used to be the Office Depot Center, which used to be the National Car Rental Center, so his heart might skip a...
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Gagner is off to Austria
Sam Gagner is the first North American Edmonton Oilers’ forward to head overseas with the lockout a month old and no end in sight and the very real possibility the NHL will cancel three to four more...
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Pretty much no offence outside the Oil kids
The tell-tale sign of who’s playing well and who’s not is almost always what players are on the ice in the dying seconds with the goalie pulled and the team pressing to tie the game or get one and make...
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Did Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini think to call Washington on Ales Hemsky?
So if the Washington Capitals wanted Martin Erat, who was crushed into boards by Florida Panthers’ Erik Gudbranson Saturday, injuring his left leg, and were willing to take his contract ($4.5 million...
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Hemsky will likely play vs Wild
Ales Hemsky had a heart-to-heart chat with coach Tom Renney during practice Thursday morning in Minnesota, more about the state of his sinuses than the state of his statistics. “Hemmer wants to play,”...
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Edmonton Oilers set to roll out for final dress rehearsal
Oklahoma City – There will be some refining and polishing required between now and October 1 but when the Edmonton Oilers step onto the ice tonight at the Cox Convention Center, for a neutral site...
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Tencer: What does the future hold for Ales Hemsky?
The reason that the Edmonton Oilers were interested in trading Ales Hemsky prior to the season didn’t have anything to do with his ability to contribute to the team, earn significant minutes or play...
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