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With the Vancouver Canucks the victims of an early playoff exit for the second consecutive year, it's become clear the franchise needs a summer of change.The impending shake-up will almost certainly begin behind the bench, where head coach Alain Vigneault, despite being the team's most successful coach in history - compiling a 313-170-57 regular-season record and a 33-35 playoff record - will likely take the brunt of the blame for his team's inability to deliver come playoff time.But while axing Vigneault is certainly the easiest and most predictable move, it can't be the only one for general manager Mike Gillis as he tries to figure out how his team - one that came into the season with expectations to make a run at the Stanley Cup - has been bounced from the opening round of the postseason for the second year in a row.Vigneault certainly deserves his fair share of the blame for taking a team that was the best in the league in both offense and defense during the 2010-11 season - the se...
Taylor Hall scored the winning goal in a shootout and the Edmonton Oilers snapped a three-game skid with a 2-1 victory over the Pacific Division-leading San Jose Sha...
A loss a week ago knocked the Colorado Avalanche out of the game home point streak in this series.The Avalanche entered the All-Star break off consecutive 3-2 losses...
Taylor Hall scored in the third period to give Edmonton a two-goal cushion and the Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Tuesday night.Jordan Eberle and Eric Bel...
Phil Kessel scored twice and Mikhail Grabovski assisted on Toronto's first two goals to lead the surging Maple Leafs past the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 on Monday night.The...
Wayne Gretzky , Paul Coffey and ... Sam Gagner ?The Edmonton Oilers forward matched a franchise record held by two of the NHL's all-time greats Thursday night when h...
Sam Gagner had four goals and four assists in the NHL's first eight-point game in 23 years, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8-4 on Thursday night...
Even with the Kings seemingly on the verge of becoming consistent contenders in the Western Conference, the lure of returning home was just too much for Ryan Smyth t...
San Gagner joined the likes of Wayne Gretzky 4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks .Gagner, who came into the game with just five goals and 17 assists, totaled four goal...
The Minnesota Wild re-signed backup goaltender Josh Harding to a one-year, $750,000 contract Friday.The team made the announcement on the first day of NHL free agenc...
Some players already have begun their offseason training in preparation for the 2011-12 season, and the city of Boston still is celebrating its first hockey champion...
Tim Connolly's overtime goal gave Toronto a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night and snapped the Maple Leafs' four-game losing streak.After the Oilers...
A club-record point streak at home has helped the luck Oilers coming to town.St. Louis, 11-0-2 in its past 13 games at home, looks for a fifth straight victory at Sc...
Cam Barker scored 46 seconds into overtime after Pierre-Marc Bouchard tied it with 26 seconds left in regulation in the Minnesota Wild's 6-5 victory over the Phoenix...
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have traded defenseman Cam Barker to the Minnesota Wild for defensemen Kim Johnsson and Nick Leddy .The 23-year-old Barker, the...
The Edmonton Oilers opened free agency by signing forward Ben Eager .Shortly after the start of the NHL's signing period on Friday, Edmonton agreed with Eager on a t...
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday night to give them 16 straight games with at least one point, matching the NHL record to ...
The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenseman Cam Barker to a one-year deal.Barker was originally selected by the Chicago Blackhawks third overall in the 2004 draft, ...
The Vancouver Canucks signed defenseman Cam Barker to a one-year contract on Sunday.Barker played in 23 games for the Texas Stars of the AHL this season, recording t...
Andy McDonald scored twice and Kevin Shattenkirk had a goal and two assists as the St. Louis Blues defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Wednesday night.St. Louis move...