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We’re in the home stretch of Trade Wars. Travis Yost and I have 11 completed deals, not counting my reaction to his three latest offers. So let’s start there…I’ll give a big list of all completed deals after I figure out which deals of Yost’s I like, and which I don’t. Here goes: 1...
Hi ya. Long time no speak. It's the Pow Wow Days festival here in Lac La Biche County, so I've been extremely tied up by my "day" job covering parades, strongman competitions, fish derbies and rodeos. Sorry if I've been ignoring the hockey blog situation but there isn't much to say right now with re...
I mentioned it was Pow Wow Days here in Lac La Biche. Country music is traditional at these sort of events in Alberta. Last year, they organizing committee brought in rising country superstar Brett Kissel, and washed-up Canadian country legend Charlie Major. Kissel's performance went incredibly well...
I hope you folks log into Nextsportstar.com tomorrow morning at 9:30am Toronto time (7:30am Edmonton), as I'll be on talking Oilers with Billy Hayes. It's been a while, my friend. I can't wait. The question is, what will we talk about? Bill, whenever he asks me to be on, doesn't send me questions...
I hate blogs like this and I have no idea why I'm writing one. The Oilers traded Wayne Gretzky, or something, 25 years ago. Why people get excited about 25th anniversaries more than, let's say, the 24th or 26th anniversary is something I'll never understand. Actually, the whole concept of recogni...
Recently, I've been doing a fair amount of interviews on various podcasts not coming from Edmonton. Thank you so much goes out to the people who are willing to include me...It's flattering and I always enjoy talking hockey. I am noticing some patterns in the discussion. First, everyone asks about...
I started writing a blog the other day, ranking NHL teams from most to least interesting. It's become so large of a blog, that I'm breaking it into three sections. Today, we start with teams 1 - 10. The top 10 most interesting teams in the NHL (in order). 1. Edmonton Oilers - The Oilers are, wi...
We're off to a great start! How have you liked the list so far? I'm back with Part 2. These are the "blah" teams. Not super interesting, but not dull either. They're somewhere in the middle. Enjoy. 11.Winnipeg Jets - The Jets might be #11 on this list, for now, but they'll continue dropping do...
Someone sent me a Facebook message the other day claiming the Oilers are the fifth oldest team in the league, with average player age somewhere around 29. I don't believe it, and I'm bored, so let's look at the roster (as it sits now) to start the 2013/2014 season. I'll figure this out based on 23 p...
Follow me on Twitter if you don't already: @rdcloutier I am sorry if this blog is completely inadequate. I was at the Gogol Bordello show in Edmonton, and the place was hot, packed, and noisy. That was, perhaps, the best live show I've ever witnessed, and the crowd beat itself black and blue. I'v...
Are you ready? I'm looking forward to 500 angry replies MINIMUM to this blog. I was at the Gogol Bordello concert last night in Edmonton, and lemme tell ya, if you haven't seen one of their shows before, it is complete and utter chaos and insanity. The crowd lost it. I've been to maybe 100 concer...
Whatever you do, don't follow me on Twitter: @rdcloutier Today, I would like to talk to all of you about the least interesting team in the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers. Some people would say the Oilers didn't have a very productive summer, but they are wrong. There was some bad news, most notably...
A few Oilers-specific random comments now: - Still no official word as to what Linus Omark was doing in Edmonton the other day, and if he's been able to negotiate a deal for himself. As much as many doubt his ability to play NHL-caliber hockey, if I was a GM with scoring issues, I'd be willin...
You might have noticed decent blog topics are hard to find in August. One kind person (thanks Oildrum!) suggested I write a blog comparing the Oilers Top 5 players to the top five groups from other teams. I can do that. This is the first part of a two-part blog where we look at Top 5 groups f...
It's been a hell of a last four years, hasn't it? I've truly enjoyed being a blogger on here. This blog, in case you are wondering, comes from the "real" me. For those who haven't figured it out, Richard Cloutier, Hockeybuzz Blogger was a persona. I very intentionally did what I could to appear t...
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