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General Manager Steve Tambellini stood outside the Edmonton Oilers offices in north Edmonton on Friday, with the wind blowing his hair around in one of the worst locations for a press conference... by Jonathan Williams 39 reads Opinion General Manager Steve Tambellini stood outside the Edmonton Oilers offices in north Edmonton on Friday, with the ...

Edmonton Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini isn't happy with details of a potential trade for Dany Heatley going public.

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

By some coincidence the NHL free-agent market opens annually on Canada Day, which for many fans in the Great White North seems like a perfect fit for the national holiday.

On character alone, it probably would have been a good idea to bring back defenceman Jason Strudwick for another season.

Fans are left carrying a mixed bag of emotions as the Edmonton Oilers say goodbye to one veteran goalie while welcoming another.

The Dany Heatley situation could get a lot messier. The Ottawa Senators have paid a $4 million bonus to the disgruntled winger, as per the July 1 deadline, but find themselves flummoxed by Heatley's request to be traded and his reluctance to waive his no-trade clause.

Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin is pumped to come to Edmonton in a deal he says is more about the timeline than the bottom line.

While Oilers management spent the better part of 48 hours begging a guy who doesn't want to come here to change his mind, three guys who were already here were left to twist in the uncomfortable July 1 wind.

The Senators were reduced to spectators on Day 1 of NHL free agency. GM Bryan Murray spent the day working the phones, but it's tough to make a deal while handcuffed by having $51 million committed in salaries for next season and Dany Heatley holding the franchise hostage after nixing a trade to Edmonton at the 11th hour on Tuesday.

Jason Strudwick comes from a hockey family, his cousins are actually professional hockey players, Rob and Scott Niedermayer of the Anaheim Ducks.

The Edmonton Oilers came to terms with defenseman Jason Strudwick on a one-year contract.

If veteran Dwayne Roloson is going to return to the Edmonton Oilers net, it looks like he's going to make a detour through free agency beforehand.

Dany Heatley posted 72 points last season, his lowest in four seasons with the Senators.

Oilers goalie Dwayne Roloson loads sticks into his truck after the team cleaned out their lockers in April.

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

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

Brian Burke and Steve Tambellini were a study of complete contrasts in style and personality on their way to and at the NHL Entry Draft.

The Edmonton Oilers shelves have been getting a little bare lately, so Kevin Prendergast can't wait to run a shopping cart through the aisles of this weekend's NHL draft.

The 10th pick in this year's NHL draft is good, not great, so general manager Steve Tambellini, whose self-declared mandate is to lift the Edmonton Oilers' development system into the NHL's upper echelon, will spend the next three days trying to butt in line for the podium.