Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Wayne Fleming Decision was a surprise to most!

Good Morning. I want to start this blog off by saying that the Wayne Fleming hiring was strictly made by Pat Quinn, Tom Renney, Kevin Lowe and Tambellini. No one else was told he was getting hired. The oil brass DID have some names they were thinking but noone knew when the announcement would be made.

Also I am told Jagr will NOT be coming to the Oilers this season. Next season is possible.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Not Much New in the OIlers News!

I returned from my holiday last night and worked the phones this morning. There is not much new with the Oilers. Brule and Smid are locked up for the year so now only Rob Schremp is left to sign. My source believes he will be signed within the week. Pat Quinn is going to give Schremp all the chances he needs to make the club. Its really up to Robbie if he wants it.

The Oilers, as also confirmed by Bob Stauffer, are in continued pursuit of shipping out a defenseman for a winger with some size.

The Oilers, according to my source would LOVE to rid themselves of Steve Staios and his contract. They might be willing to make a trade like staios and a 4th for a 5th rounder at this point. Oilers would be satisfied with a D-core of this to start the year

Souray-Gilbert
Visnovsky-Grebeshkov
Smid-Peckham


Thats it for now. I will post if anything new comes up

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Oilers treading water waiting for an opportunity.

The Oilers are still on the prowl for a top line winger but instead of pursuing the big names, they are waiting for teams to "shop" their players around. The name they are really hoping comes around on the block is the Flyers' Simon Gagne. The Oilers really like this guys all around play and believe he is a perfect fit with the Oilers.

Other names that interest the Oilers are Boston's Phil Kessel, LA's Alexander Frolov, and the Panthers Nathan Horton.



I am off on Holidays for the next week so I will be back later.