Edmonton Oilers Tickets

The Edmonton Oilers have a new coach, a young, hungry team including one of the best rookies of ‘11-‘12, and everything to prove this season. The team that once played so well they were called a dynasty in the Wayne Gretzky years has struggled of late to make headway in the regular season, and they have used their position near the bottom of the National Hockey League in points to bolster the Edmonton Oilers roster with some of the best young talent in the entire world. Things might turn around this season, so now is the best time to buy Edmonton Oilers tickets.

Last season started out rather miraculously for aging goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, who put up staggeringly good numbers through all of October. For a moment, it seemed that the so-called “Oil Change” of the last few years had been hugely successful, as the Edmonton Oilers schedule showed them smashing through highly favored teams including the Penguins, Rangers, Predators, and Blues. The season began to shake immediately after a 3-0 shutout of future Stanley Cup champs the LA Kings, when the Phoenix Coyotes broke a six game win streak. For the rest of the season, the Oilers struggled to keep up in the points, though a late season tendency to rely on rising goalie Devan Dubnyk saw them begin to right their ship. Despite an overall disappointing season, the Oilers new crop of players shone brightly, with Taylor Hall putting up 54 points and rookie Hopkins shelling out 52, including five assists in one game verse the Blackhawks, making him the only 18-year-old and only the fourth player of any age to ever do so. You can see him in action with Edmonton Oilers hockey tickets.

Jordan Eberle also had a great season with the Oilers (76 points), and in a torrid two game stretch, Sam Gagner scored 11 points, breaking the Oilers record previously held by none other than Wayne Gretzky. The young team that plays at Rexall Place was bolstered by another first overall draft pick (Nail Yakupov) this year, making Edmonton Oilers tickets the item to have for those looking to see a team attempt to return to former glory. With things settling in at Edmonton, this year is their best chance yet to do just that.