Matt Savoie will make his Edmonton Oilers debut this weekend. Technically, it won’t be his NHL debut as he played one game with the Buffalo Sabres last season.

Show up early for almost any Oilers practice and the first player you’ll see on the ice is likely Vasily Podkolzin. He loves ...

Names like Vasily Podkolzin, Ty Emberson, Kasperi Kapanen and John Klingberg were brought in to help in depth roles, with Podkolzin and Klingberg (in his early days) occupying prominent positions.

Yet, Bowman chose not to match either contract for one reason or another and instead, he sent a fourth-round pick to the Vancouver Canucks for Vasily Podkolzin, essentially replacing Holloway with ...

skating alongside Leon Drasiatl and Vasily Podkolzin on the second line, according to Oilersnation’s Jason Gregor. Savoie has been off to a great run with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors ...

The AHL has announced that Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Vasily Ponomarev has been suspended one game after he received a match penalty in a game against the Hershey Bears. The incident ...

The Vancouver Canucks said goodbye (possibly too soon) to 23-year-old Vasily Podkolzin in Aug. 2024, sending him to their division rival Edmonton Oilers for only a 2025 fourth-round pick.

The fact that Vasily Podkolzin used the opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of his previous stop in the city of Vancouver and earn a valuable spot riding shotgun next to Leon Draisaitl ...

So what? That gives us context. We can say that Holloway is capable of scoring well in ideal situations but can’t compare him directly to Vasily Podkolzin. Podkolzin is scoring 1.77 points 60, but ...