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.

MAX WANNER. You are a dog with a bone with some prospects. I think Max Wanner is going to play in the NHL, possibly for a long time. Would you prefer I talk about a favourite pros ...

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 ...

Evander Kane has one season out of 13 seasons with more than 9 points on the PP. I think your numbers are off here. Kane has seasons of 18 and 11 PP points, though it’s true he hasn’t been terribly ...

Evander Kane played 30 percent of his time versus elites, and owned a 3-3 goal share with the captain and 8-16 without versus elites. He was hurt much of last season but was a drag versus elites even ...

My article at The Athletic today focuses on 36 men who I consider prospects and their possible future. I think this year’s group most resembles the summer 2003 talent pool. Sam O’Reilly may become ...