Oilers' Bowman must find right coach to get most out of players
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Mark Spector
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Senior columnist Mark Spector is one of Canada’s leading voices on the NHL. Based in Edmonton, Spector gives Canadian hockey fans exclusive insight into the goings-on in NHL franchises while offering opinion and analysis of the Oilers.
Knoblauch's firing a reminder it 'starts with the coaches' in Edmonton
Mark Spector
So, that's how many coaches for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins? The Oilers' coaching carousel took another spin on Thursday after Edmonton fired Kris Knoblauch, and Mark Spector takes a closer look at the ever-changing position in Northern Alberta.
Spector: Everyone looks bad as Oilers, Golden Knights haggle over Cassidy
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Four key areas of improvement for Oilers' Stan Bowman in off-season
Mark Spector
It's fair to debate which GM in the NHL faces the most difficult task, but among them is Stan Bowman. Mark Spector breaks down four areas of improvement that Edmonton's GM needs to nail this off-season.
Things we think we know: McDavid, Draisaitl want more out of Oilers
Mark Spector
When Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl came out as a united front about the Oilers' need for change at the team's end-of-season availability, it showed a necessary passion, but underlined just how do-or-die next season will be. Mark Spector look at things we (think we) know.
'We have to be better': Oilers' Leon Draisaitl brutally honest on season
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'Not good enough': Playoff-fatigued Oilers overwhelmed by upstart Ducks
Mark Spector
The beat up and aging Oilers simply looked like a team that's played too much hockey the last two springs, the fatigue exacerbated by a schedule during which they never seemed to catch their collective breath.
Oilers notebook: Veterans not sweating the pressure of Game 6
Mark Spector
With their team’s season on the line again, Edmonton Oilers fans will watch nervously Thursday night. More so than the players, actually, writes Mark Spector.
Hot and not so much: Oilers' mid-series report cards
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Oilers' experience pays off in Game 5 win to save season
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