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Is it time for a Stanley Cup slogan yet? How about Ya Gotta Believe, with apologies to Tug McGraw? How about Why not the Oilers? How about Stanley, Cup Home? Too lame, too corny? Fine.

Bob McKenzie of TSN reports: "Edmonton is abuzz with rumors the deal is close and it's becoming obvious now there is a deal to be made between the Oilers and Senators.

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

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.

Kyle Brodziak gets dumped . That's got to hurt. For two years Kyle Brodziak has been working to become a useful member of the Edmonton Oilers, but he's apparently not impressed many folks, certainly not his hockey bosses in Edmonton.

The preamble, the pre-season, the predictions are done with. Finally, the Edmonton Oilers will get a real gauge of where they sit heading into the 89th NHL season.

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

This year, the Oilers have a seven-game, 14-day road trip that begins today against the Nashville Predators.

Ethan Moreau of the Edmonton Oilers accepts the King Clancy Memorial Trophy during the 2009 NHL Awards at The Pearl concert theater at the Palms Casino Resort June 18, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada Photograph by: Getty Images, Edmonton Journal Ethan Moreau's leadership, which was questioned by discontented Oiler fans last season, was honoured by the ...

Ethan Moreau's leadership, which was questioned by discontented Edmonton Oiler fans last season, was honoured by the National Hockey League on Thursday.

Either the rumour is true or Ethan Moreau is wasting a plane ticket. The Edmonton Oilers captain is scheduled on a flight to Las Vegas today - site of tomorrow's National Hockey League awards.

It was the kill that breathed life into the Oilers. Enough for a momentum shift, an unlikely goal and a decisive 6-3 win.

Ethan Moreau, friendly and helpful fellow that he is, offers a financial tip for anyone interested.

New research confirms what many NHL hockey fans have long suspected, that referees consistently call more penalties on visiting teams.

Final numbers on scoring chances for the Oilers on a per minute basis. Who was the most effective Edmonton Oiler this year? Lubomir Visnovsky, and it wasn't even close.

Hockey's about wins and losses, but it's also about dollars and sense. How much do the Edmonton Oilers pay rookie Tom Gilbert, who's now seeing important ice time against the other team's big guns? Right now, Gilbert is only costing the Oilers $907,000 US as a salary cap hit, but his two-year contract runs out July 1. With the crazy money being ...

It's not just faceoffs where Cogs is falling down at the center position. He can't get it done defensively.

He was well on his way to perhaps his best season in the NHL last year, when injury cost him about 30 games.

Report card 2008-09, Dustin Penner. I'm sure it was just my over-active imagination, but it seemed to me that if there was one thing Oilers coach Craig MacTavish was going to do this year, it was to take Dustin Penner off the team's top line, away from Ales Hemsky and Shawn Horcoff, and to keep him off.

Final report card for 2008-09, Ethan Moreau. The most controversial player on the Edmonton Oilers this year was Dustin Penner, at least if you go by mainstream media reports, where the Oilers coach and various columnists and reporters all took shots at the player.