Steve Staios News

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.

Sacco lands Avs post Joe Sacco, seen here fighting Steve Staios of the Edmonton Oilers during a 2--2 NHL game, is the new head coach of the Colorado Avalanche.

Mathieu Roy should remember this Edmonton Oilers training camp as a nasty fight for survival.

Thousands of kids from Edmonton schools went outdoors to run and play games as part of the Edmonton Journal's third-annual Little Big Run weekend of events at Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park on Friday.

One sure response the new coaching staff will get from the Edmonton Oilers is discomfort, or so concluded veteran Jason Strudwick after it was announced that Pat Quinn, Tom Renney and Kelly Buchberger will lead the club into the 2009-10 campaign.

Former New York Rangers head coach Tom Renney jumped at the chance to be Pat Quinn's right-hand man with the Edmonton Oilers.

The question comes up constantly when Kyle Brodziak is out and about. "Who's the new coach?" "What are you hearing?" "What do you know?" Brodziak offers up the same answer time and again.

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 ...

The players don't know who the new head coach is going to be, either. So until the Edmonton Oilers name a successor to Craig MacTavish, all they can do is worry about is preparing for next season.

Scratch one more must-win game from the to-be-sure-to-do list that will accompany the Edmonton Oilers from now until the end of the regular season.

We have questions, Craig MacTavish has tee times. We want answers, he wants distance.

But Roloson, Grebeshkov, Gagner and Stortini all came through big time It's time for the Oilers fourth quarter report card, grades for the final 21 games of the year.

Change was inevitable, given that the Edmonton Oilers are playing spectator for the third straight post-season, so when Steve Staios heard head coach Craig MacTavish was leaving, he was not startled by the news.

An in-depth look at how Oilers coach Craig MacTavish h andled each of his players.

Ales Hemsky, Ales Kotalik and Steve Staios celebrate Kotalik's goal during first-period action last night at Rexall Place.

They dug a hole, dove in head first, then spent the rest of the game trying to climb out of it.

EDMONTON a ' Wayne Simmonds had a goal and an assist as the Los Angeles Kings effectively removed the Edmonton Oilers from the playoff picture with a 2-1 victory on Tuesday night.

Patrick O'Sullivan has struggled to get on the scoresheet since coming to Edmonton at the trade deadline.

Gene Principe Clock ticking : Edmonton has nearly reached the top of the desperation ladder.

NHL: NYR @ BOS EDMONTON -- So "MacT isn't going anywhere." Maybe, Daryl Katz, you could text message somebody in the media to answer some other questions.