Confirmed with Link: Oilers Schedule Released

[Spawn]

are those televised games listed only the national broadcasts, or are there significantly less games on TV this year?

The Oilers site just has the national broadcasts listed so far I believe (Wednesdays and Saturdays).

 

[T-Funk]

Don't forget that after game 5 or 6 they and the media will start talking about how it will be good for the team to get out of town, get away from the pressures of the home city fans and media.

Seattle

 

[UglyStupidAds]

Tampa Bay Oct 20 Edmonton Oct 21 Calgary
Carolina Oct 23 Calgary Oct 24 Edmonton
Montreal Oct 27 Edmonton Oct 28 Calgary
New Jersey Nov 21 Edmonton Nov 22 Calgary
Arizona Dec 1 Edmonton Dec 2 Calgary
San Jose Dec 6 Calgary Dec 7 Edmonton
Los Angeles Dec 29 Calgary Dec 30 Edmonton
Detroit Jan 6 Edmonton Jan 7 Calgary
Anaheim Feb 20 Calgary Feb 21 Edmonton

5 times EDM-CGY, 4 times CGY-EDM back to back nights.

Chicago Nov 22 Edmonton Nov 23 Vancouver
NY Rangers Dec 13 Vancouver Dec 14 Edmonton
Arizona Dec 22 Vancouver Dec 23 Edmonton
Buffalo Jan 29 Edmonton Jan 30 Vancouver
St. Louis Feb 28 Edmonton Mar 1 Vancouver
Columbus Mar 18 Edmonton Mar 19 Vancouver
Winnipeg Mar 23 Edmonton Mar 24 Vancouver
Colorado Mar 25 Edmonton Mar 25 Vancouver
Dallas Mar 27 Edmonton Mar 28 Vancouver
Los Angeles Apr 6 Vancouver Apr 7 Edmonton

7 times EDM-VAN, 3 times VAN-EDM back to back nights.

Nice work there Eskie Jetskie. I'm curious what method you used to figure that out? I've got a somewhat brute force method for checking with Excel but I feel there must be a way to have it run automatically...

Also interesting is that teams go 6 times CAL-VAN and only once VAN-CAL.

How does the league justify this? I know we're not looking at the whole picture here but that's a huge advantage for the Canucks. 13 times they get a team travelling on back-to-backs versus 7 for the Oilers and 6 for the Flames.

 

[CBCnutcase]

The schedule has been updated with the release of the Oilers regional SN West schedule. There are 10 more national games! http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=729262
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-broadcast-schedule-released/

 

[NewBoysClub97*]

The canucks always get lots of tired teams coming in.

 

[Spawn]

The schedule has been updated with the release of the Oilers regional SN West schedule. There are 10 more national games! http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=729262
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-broadcast-schedule-released/

I notice a handful of games say National - Sportsnet 360.

I assume this means I'd need to upgrade my TV package to view those games? Balls to that.

 

[tempest2i]

I notice a handful of games say National - Sportsnet 360.

I assume this means I'd need to upgrade my TV package to view those games? Balls to that.

Surely you didn't think that 12 year deal was going to pay for itself keeping the status quo?

Your sarcasm detector should be beeping right now

 

[nexttothemoon]

May the stream be with us.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Nice work there Eskie Jetskie. I'm curious what method you used to figure that out? I've got a somewhat brute force method for checking with Excel but I feel there must be a way to have it run automatically...

Also interesting is that teams go 6 times CAL-VAN and only once VAN-CAL.

How does the league justify this? I know we're not looking at the whole picture here but that's a huge advantage for the Canucks. 13 times they get a team travelling on back-to-backs versus 7 for the Oilers and 6 for the Flames.

Well at least this season the Flames and Oilers are somewhat balanced because the two previous seasons had the back-to-back games significantly favoring Calgary.

 

[Mr Forever]

I'm not paying for some BS Rogers upgrade to watch these games

They didn't put enough money into the Jays when it mattered the most, so **** them

As NTM said above me, may the stream be with us

 

[Dorian2]

2014-2015 Regular Season Schedule

Bold=HOME​

OCTOBER 2014 (10 Games; 7 Home, 3 Away)​

#|Date|Team|Time|TV|GDT||Result
1| Thursday October 9| CALGARY | 7:30pm|CBC| |
2| Saturday October 11|Vancouver |8:00pm
3| Tuesday October 14|Los Angeles|8:30pm
4| Wednesday October 15|Arizona|8:30pm
5| Friday October 17| VANCOUVER |7:30pm
6| Monday October 20| TAMPA BAY |7:30pm
7| Wednesday October 22| WASHINGTON |7:30pm|SN|
8| Friday October 24| CAROLINA |7:30pm
9| Monday October 27| MONTREAL |7:30pm
10| Wednesday October 29| NASHVILLE |8:00pm|SN|

NOVEMBER 2014 (14 Games; 6 Home, 8 Away)​

#|Date|Team|Time|TV|GDT||Result
11| Saturday November 1 | VANCOUVER | 8:00pm|CBC|
12| Tuesday November 4 | Philadelphia | 5:00pm
13| Thursday November 6 | Boston | 5:00pm
14| Friday November 7 | Buffalo | 5:00pm
15| Sunday November 9 | N.Y. Rangers | 4:00pm
16| Tuesday November 11 | Nashville | 6:00pm
17| Thursday November 13 | OTTAWA | 7:30pm
18| Sunday November 16 | ARIZONA | 7:00pm
19| Wednesday November 19 | VANCOUVER | 6:00pm|SN|
20| Friday November 21 | NEW JERSEY | 7:30pm
21| Saturday November 22 | CHICAGO | 8:00pm|HNIC|
22| Tuesday November 25 | Dallas | 6:30pm
23| Thursday November 27 | Nashville | 6:00pm
24| Friday November 28 | St. Louis | 6:00pm

DECEMBER 2014 (14 Games; 7 Home, 7 Away)​

#|Date|Team|Time|TV|GDT||Result
25| Monday December 1 | ARIZONA | 7:30pm
26| Wednesday December 3 | Winnipeg | 7:00pm| SN, SN1|
27| Sunday December 7 | SAN JOSE | 7:00pm
28| Tuesday December 9 | San Jose | 8:30pm
29| Wednesday December 10 | Anaheim | 8:00pm
30| Friday December 12 | ANAHEIM | 7:30pm
31| Sunday December 14 | N.Y. RANGERS | 7:30pm
32| Tuesday December 16 | Arizona | 7:00pm
33| Thursday December 18 | San Jose | 8:30pm
34| Sunday December 21 | DALLAS | 4:00pm
35| Tuesday December 23 | ARIZONA | 6:00pm
36| Saturday December 27 | Calgary | 8:00pm|HNIC|
37| Tuesday December 30 | LOS ANGELES | 7:30pm
38| Wednesday December 31 | Calgary | 7:30pm|SN|

JANUARY 2015 (12 Games; 6 Home, 6 Away)​

#|Date|Team|Time|TV|GDT||Result
39| Friday January 2 | Colorado | 7:00pm
40| Sunday January 4 | N.Y. ISLANDERS| 7:30pm
41| Tuesday January 6 | DETROIT | 7:30pm
42| Friday January 9 | CHICAGO | 7:30pm
43| Sunday January 11 | FLORIDA | 5:00pm
44| Tuesday January 13 | St. Louis | 6:00pm
45| Thursday January 15 | Tampa Bay | 5:30p
46| Saturday January 17 | Florida | 5:00pm|CITY TV|
47| Tuesday January 20 | Washington | 5:00pm
48| Tuesday January 27 | MINNESOTA | 7:30pm
49| Thursday January 29 | BUFFALO | 7:30pm
50| Saturday January 31 | Calgary | 8:00pm|HNIC|

FEBRUARY 2015 (13 Games; 5 Home, 8 Away)​

#|Date|Team|Time|TV|GDT||Result
51| Monday February 2 | San Jose | 8:30pm
52| Wednesday February 4 | PITTSBURGH | 6:00pm|SN|
53| Saturday February 7 | Toronto | 5:00pm|HNIC|
54| Monday February 9 | New Jersey | 5:00pm
55| Tuesday February 10 | N.Y. Islanders | 5:00pm
56| Thursday February 12 | Montreal | 5:30pm
57| Saturday February 14 | Ottawa | 12:00pm|HNIC|
58| Monday February 16 | Winnipeg | 6:00pm
59| Wednesday February 18 | BOSTON | 8:00pm|SN|
60| Friday February 20 | MINNESOTA | 7:00pm
61| Saturday February 21 | ANAHEIM | 5:00pm|HNIC|
62| Tuesday February 24 | Minnesota | 6:00pm
63| Saturday February 28 | ST. LOUIS | 8:00pm|HNIC|

MARCH 2015 (13 Games; 7 Home, 6 Away)​

#|Date|Team|Time|TV|GDT||Result
64| Tuesday March 3 | LOS ANGELES | 7:30pm
65| Friday March 6 | Chicago | 6:30pm
66| Sunday March 8 | Carolina | 1:00pm
67| Monday March 9 | Detroit | 5:30pm
68| Thursday March 12 | Pittsburgh | 5:00pm
69| Friday March 13 | Columbus | 5:00pm
70| Monday March 16 | TORONTO | 7:30pm
71| Wednesday March 18 | COLUMBUS | 8:00pm|SN|
72| Saturday March 21 | PHILADELPHIA | 8:00pm|HNIC|
73| Monday March 23 | WINNIPEG | 7:30pm
74| Wednesday March 25 | COLORADO | 6:00pm|SN|
75| Friday March 27 | DALLAS | 7:30pm
76| Monday March 30 | Colorado | 7:00pm

APRIL 2015 (6 Games; 3 Home, 3 Away)​

#|Date|Team|Time|TV|GDT||Result
77| Wednesday April 1 | Anaheim | 8:00pm
78| Thursday April 2 | Los Angeles | 8:30pm
79| Saturday April 4 | CALGARY | 8:00pm|HNIC|
80| Tuesday April 7 | LOS ANGELES | 7:30pm
81| Thursday April 9 | SAN JOSE | 7:30pm
82| Saturday April 11 | Vancouver | 8:00pm|HNIC|

Sweet. Can we move this to the original post?

That would be great during the season.

 

[Mr Forever]

Anyone wanna do a season prediction competition?

Predict the wins and scores, then we can check and see how wrong we were come April?

 

[Oscar Acosta]

In other news Oilers players can book tee times starting April 12, 2015....

Lets not get ahead of ourselves, that would be a drastic improvement from being able to book the vacation by Halloween.

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

This is a decent schedule. They just have to weather the storm in the middle. Having a lot of home games early hopefully with translate to wins, which should lead to buy-in.

 

[OilerPensfan97]

I notice a handful of games say National - Sportsnet 360.

I assume this means I'd need to upgrade my TV package to view those games? Balls to that.

Yep. If you don't have it already.

 

[OilerPensfan97]

The schedule has been updated with the release of the Oilers regional SN West schedule. There are 10 more national games! http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=729262
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-broadcast-schedule-released/

Great info! Thanks.

 

[nexttothemoon]

I agree... the Oilers play 8 of their 1st 11 games on home ice and the teams they face are collectively pretty weak... I think only 3 of those 1st 11 games are versus teams that were above .500 last season... LA, TB and Montreal.

That's about as soft a start as you could want to try and give this team some momentum out of the gate.

The other side of the coin though is that if this team ***** the bed over that "soft" stretch... the season is probably toast by Halloween yet again.

 

[Spawn]

Yep. If you don't have it already.

Such BS. A national game should be available to everyone. Not just those who are willing/able to pony up for some garbage specialty channel that shows crappy UFC fight night cards once every couple of weeks. Looks like I'll have to find a more illicit way to watch the game.

 

[Playa Hejda]

Such BS. A national game should be available to everyone. Not just those who are willing/able to pony up for some garbage specialty channel that shows crappy UFC fight night cards once every couple of weeks. Looks like I'll have to find a more illicit way to watch the game.

I like equal access as much as anyone, but unless you wanted the publicly owned CBC to pony up the 12B, you're going to have to settle for some slight inequality in the television distribution of hockey games. I would argue that being given the choice to pay for hockey games on your tv is better than being forced to pay for them.

 

[Lacaar]

I like equal access as much as anyone, but unless you wanted the publicly owned CBC to pony up the 12B, you're going to have to settle for some slight inequality in the television distribution of hockey games. I would argue that being given the choice to pay for hockey games on your tv is better than being forced to pay for them.

Yah it all boils down to the same thing all the time for me.

I want TSN and Sportsnet. that's it.

I don't want global... ctv.. anything.

Just let me pay for the channels I want.

I'm guessing signing up for the sportnset one package is gonna cost 10 bucks a month and then come with some complimentary useless sportsnet channels or tsn channels I could care less about.

I'm not interested in funding TSN's 5 cable channels when I only watch 2.
Same goes for Rogers.

 

[McPuritania]

This is a decent schedule. They just have to weather the storm in the middle. Having a lot of home games early hopefully with translate to wins, which should lead to buy-in.

Yep, if they can get off to a good start and get on a bit of a roll, confidence will be high. Confidence is everything for players, if they have success early, this team could look very different than it has for the last eight years.

Or they could lose off the bat and continue to eat bricks of **** again. Lets hope for the former.

Yah it all boils down to the same thing all the time for me.

I want TSN and Sportsnet. that's it.

I don't want global... ctv.. anything.

Just let me pay for the channels I want.

I'm guessing signing up for the sportnset one package is gonna cost 10 bucks a month and then come with some complimentary useless sportsnet channels or tsn channels I could care less about.

I'm not interested in funding TSN's 5 cable channels when I only watch 2.
Same goes for Rogers.

Right now at this moment, TSN's five channels are a bit of a joke. They show the same programming on three, four, and even sometimes all five channels. What's the point of having so many when the same damn thing is on every one? I would hope that, in time there will be more choices per channel, as the alternative is just stupid. Also, I'm pretty annoyed that they didn't replay the labour day game between the Esks and the Stamps. There is absolutely no excuse for not replaying games of importance or interest when you have five channels showing the same crap.

 

[oilinblood]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Here! Hear! Well said.


?.....?............

Here is a question.
With the schedule being comfortable at the beginning of the season. If this team slips in the first few games...how long does MacT give Eakins before axing? I say Eakins gets no more than eight games to show this roster under him can win.

The pre-season is not for winning...its for preparing. This team better be ready to hit the ground running on game 1 of the RS or Eakins is toast.

 

[Kovacs]

Glad to see only a few afternoon games, not a fan of them.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Is it a McDavid year favorable schedule?

 

[Homesick]

what day is the draft lottery?