Mark Spector

EDMONTON — We've reached the point in this series when we're spending more time spent in the air and airports than inside hockey rinks, as we navigate

ANAHEIM — With their team's season on the line again, Edmonton Oilers fans will watch nervously Thursday night. More so than the players, actually, who have been in more of these games over the years than you can count.

Like their captain, the beat up and aging Oilers simply looked like a team that's played too much hockey in the last two springs, the fatigue exacerbated by a compressed Olympic schedule during which they never seemed to catch their collective breath.

On Saturday, Leon Draisaitl performed a clinical, critical autopsy on an Edmonton Oilers organization that’s prepped and ready for a summer on the operating table. Mark Spector was there to take it all in.

EDMONTON — Things We (Think We) Know. Series V, Volume I. Things We Know I've covered 35 years of the National Hockey League, give or take.

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EDMONTON — It's a fair debate, which job presents a more difficult task for a National Hockey League general manager:

EDMONTON — Well, this is awkward. As hockey insider Frank Seravalli broke the news on Tuesday that the Vegas Golden Knights were withholding

EDMONTON — For good reason, the go-to question at a time like this has always been, “So, that's how many coaches for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins…?”

There's no denying that after nearly a decade of contention, the culture in Edmonton has been cemented. Some good, some not so good.Mark Spector dives into the decision now awaiting Oilers GM Stan Bowman, and what'll be required to find the right coach.