Edmonton oilers
The Edmonton oilers are my favourite hockey team. They are my favourite because I live extremely close and i have cheered for them since I was really young.
Oilers history
Click here to visit their site. The Edmonton Oilers have won 5 stanley cups, 7 conference championships, 2 presidents trophies and 9 division championships. Their last stanley cup being in 1989-1990. Their last appearance in the stanley cup final was in the 2005-2006 season. They finished 8th place in their conference and had a tough first round ahead of them. They ended up beating the Detroit Red wings in 7 games. Detroit being the president trophie winners. Edmonton the underdog team knew (or thought) this was the year they could win it all. They went all the way to game 7 of the stanley cup finals against the Carolina Hurricanes. They ended up losing that game, the city was distraught. The oilers haven't made the playoffs since.
Draft picks and players
They have been in the bottom ten teams in the league for quite a few years. The oilers have had alot of good draft picks including, Justin Shultz, Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nail Yakupov, and their last pick in the 2013 draft Darnell Nurse. From all of those draft picks they still haven't been able to make the playoffs. The oilers got 3 consecutive first overall picks. Last year having the 7th overall pick. This coming year they have the 3rd overall pick. They are projected to pick a right wing from the Kootenay Ice named Sam Reinhart. I want the oilers to pick a defencemen from the Ontario hockey league named Aaron Ekblad. If he gets taken before they get a chance to pick i think they should take a big centerman from the Prince Albert Raiders named Leon Draisatl.
Here is the oilers in action
Click here to visit their site. The Edmonton Oilers have won 5 stanley cups, 7 conference championships, 2 presidents trophies and 9 division championships. Their last stanley cup being in 1989-1990. Their last appearance in the stanley cup final was in the 2005-2006 season. They finished 8th place in their conference and had a tough first round ahead of them. They ended up beating the Detroit Red wings in 7 games. Detroit being the president trophie winners. Edmonton the underdog team knew (or thought) this was the year they could win it all. They went all the way to game 7 of the stanley cup finals against the Carolina Hurricanes. They ended up losing that game, the city was distraught. The oilers haven't made the playoffs since.
Draft picks and players
They have been in the bottom ten teams in the league for quite a few years. The oilers have had alot of good draft picks including, Justin Shultz, Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nail Yakupov, and their last pick in the 2013 draft Darnell Nurse. From all of those draft picks they still haven't been able to make the playoffs. The oilers got 3 consecutive first overall picks. Last year having the 7th overall pick. This coming year they have the 3rd overall pick. They are projected to pick a right wing from the Kootenay Ice named Sam Reinhart. I want the oilers to pick a defencemen from the Ontario hockey league named Aaron Ekblad. If he gets taken before they get a chance to pick i think they should take a big centerman from the Prince Albert Raiders named Leon Draisatl.
Here is the oilers in action