Darren Bruhjell

Oilers 2012 Trade Deadline

The 2012 Oilers deadline can be summarized by two moves. Number one, the signing of Ales Hemsky and number two, the trading of Tom Gilbert for Nick Schultz.The signing of Ales signifies that the Oilers are no longer in...

An open letter to the Edmonton Oilers

Dear Mr. Katz,When you took over the Edmonton Oilers, most fans were filled with excitement and enthusiasm. No longer were we going to let our best players walk away for nothing.Unfortunately Mr. Lowe, who most Edmontonians love and...

Why Tambellini why?

It’s hard to ignore the comments from past and current Oilers regarding the lack of communication above. This is one of the reasons why every Oiler fan should question if Tambellini and Lowe are best for this team...

UPDATE Oilers/Blackhawks game

Yeah, ignore the the entire article below! Eight points by Gagner....wow! Shares the record with Coffee and the great one.......UNBELIEVABLE!!!! He was also named 1st, 2nd and 3rd star...first for me.Wow, what a great game...

Oilers/Blackhawks, a blast from the past

Wow, what a great game to watch. Must eat crow and admit Dubnyk has been bringing it the last four games. The odd bad goal is ok as long as it is followed by a big save (aka Fuhr).While...

Do or die time for Mr. Tambellini

Thirty-one days until trade deadline. It seems inevitable that Tambellini will be back for another two seasons. Ignoring the twitterverse, I also think that Renney will be back for at least one season. Sorry Mr. Nelson but one good...

Hall, Hemsky and Dubnyk oh my!

Great to see the mighty Oil playing better going into the All-Star break. After limping by during a horrible stretch of hockey, the ability to get 3 points out of 4 against the second (Canucks) and third (Sharks) best...

What the Hall is happening?

Wow, has this ever been a hard week for Taylor Hall. Not only did he just barely escape a career ending injury but following the 6th and final goal for the Calgary Flames, Hall was shown clearly mouthing what can...

The curious case of Devan Dubnyk

Finally, someone from the local Edmonton media has acknowledged what I have thought for some time. Thanks Dustin Nielson, Devan Dubnyk is not capable of being a starting goalie.Now this opinion didn’t develop overnight. It evolved after...

Holy Khabibulin and Taylor Hall update

Pathetic when you can name the three stars with a few minutes left in the game! Even worse when most viewers knew that the game was over when Pietrangelo scored with less than five minutes left in the third. Thirty...

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