Ales Hemsky News

Only one Ales lives here anymore. Oilers winger Ales Hemsky isn't going anywhere, but his good friend and teammate Ales Kotalik signed with the New York Rangers on Thursday.

Sounds silly, but the Oilers were better when they were worse. Less skill, more will.

The Dany Heatley sweepstakes just got a little interesting. Reports first surfaced that the Ottawa Senators have traded the disgruntled Heatley to the Edmonton Oilers for Andrew Cogliano, Dustin ... by Tom 1 50 reads Opinion The Dany Heatley sweepstakes just got a little interesting.

On a night of firsts, the increasingly frustrated Edmonton Oilers had to settle for a point in shootout No.

Over dinner in Newport Beach one night in March, Itan Chavira sat across from a Reebok product manager to make his pitch.

Two days away from free agent season, Steve Tambellini and the Edmonton Oilers coaching staff are getting ready to make the big deals.

Boy, oh, boy oh Dany boy, is this a double whammy of Pronger proportions to the well-bruised Edmonton ego.

Bob McKenzie of TSN writes that the Oilers are offering Shawn Horcoff for Dany Heatley but that the Senators want Ales Hemsky.

Today, Darryl Sutter will likely be in Edmonton to talk to Jay Bouwmeester and his Edmonton-based agent Bryon Baltimore.

Vancouver's first round pick is blasted by writer Gare Joyce at Hockey's Future.

The trouble with getting all enthused and excited about this Edmonton Eskimos season is how everybody got all lathered up about last year's Edmonton Oilers.

Hemsky and Penner led the way: Final numbers for Oiler powerplay production. This year I kept track of all the Oilers who made a positive contribution to each goal scored.

Dany Heatley of the Ottawa Senators awaits a faceoff during a game against the Boston Bruins on April 7. Photograph by: Jean Levac, Ottawa Citizen, Canwest News Service, File Ottawa Senators' general manager Bryan Murray says he only has one pitch on the table for Dany Heatley he would consider past the tire-kicking stage as he heads to the NHL ...

Some fans wonder if Oiler head coach Craig MacTavish could or should survive another early tee time.

Will the Edmonton Oilers make a play to sign Florida Panthers defenceman Jay Bouwmeester or trade for his negotiating rights just before the free-agent market opens on July 1? Sources say the Oilers would rather, for now, spend the $6 million US or so a year it would take to sign the 25-year-old unrestricted free agent on somebody to play with ...

OK Steve Tambellini, you failed in your pitch to bring Marian Hossa to Edmonton.

Hard work is not its own reward in a playoff chase. Eighty-six points and a dead heat with the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators, now that's a reward for hard work.

Dany Heatly is proposed to be on the market. Dwayne Roloson and the Oilers are not really talking.

Sure, many people look at disgruntled Ottawa Senators winger Dany Heatley and see a one-dimensional player, but, as former Oilers assistant coach Rob Daum once said, "It's the most important dimension in the game." Heatley scores goals, lots of them -- exactly 180 in 317 games over the past four seasons in Ottawa.

Would the real Joffrey Lupul please stand up. Is the six-foot-one, 200-pounder truly a sniper, or did the Edmonton Oilers guess wrong when they made him the focal point of the trade package for star defenceman Chris Pronger last summer? Right now, everyone is still waiting for the incandescent shooter to show up.