The Edmonton Oilers can finally exhale. After a grueling first half of the season that saw them travel to the Eastern Conference an absurd number of times, they

The Minnesota Wild, the hottest team in the NHL, finish off a back-to-back Sunday afternoon against the Colorado Avalanche.

Let's do this! The Cult of Hockey podcast by the Faithful and for the Faithful! Tonight David Staples of the Edmonton Journal digs into the Edmonton Oilers' 5-2 loss to the Wild of Minnesota. In this episode of the Cult of Hockey podcast,

While the Tristan Jarry acquisition got much of the headline, the Edmonton Oilers made another gamble to improve their team last week. While the potential upgrade in net is important, the Oilers added Spencer Stastney to help offset the loss of Brett Kulak.

Andrew Mangiapane hasn't been scoring goals. That much is obvious. His last one came November 3 against Nashville, and when he finally ended the drought Saturday afternoon in Minnesota—tipping an Evan Bouchard shot past Filip Gustavsson at 13:35 of the first period—it had been 21 games and 47 days since he'd seen one cross the line.

The recent goaltender trade that saw Stuart Skinner exit the Edmonton Oilers organization represents one of the final touches of the roster remake/remodel for general manager Stan Bowman. His version of the team involves several new feature players added over the last 16 months.

Prior to Saturday’s game against the Oilers, the Wild activated defensemen Jonas Brodin and Jacob Middleton as well as forwards Mats Zuccarello and Vinnie Hinostroza. Bringing back those four players clearly gave the Wild more depth and strength, and they had no problems against Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the Oilers.