A 2-1 win by the Calgary Flames over the Detroit Red Wings has officially eliminated the Edmonton Oilers from playoff contention.  With only 9 games remaining this season, the Oilers cannot gain enough points to catch the eighth-place Flames.  This marks the seventh time in franchise history that the team has failed to qualify for the post-season, and the third time in the past five NHL seasons that they haven't made the playoffs. 

The seasons that the Oilers have missed the playoffs are:

1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
2001-2002
2003-2004
2006-2007

A full list of the Oilers annual records can be found here.

NEW AHL AFFILIATE FOR OILERS Mar. 19, 2007 Oilers announce that they have signed a new three-year affiliation agreement with the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League.  This will allow the Oilers to have their own AHL affiliate for the first time since 2004-05, when the franchise folded the Edmonton Road Runners.  This season, the Oilers have farmed players out to a number of AHL teams, including Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Iowa, Hamilton and Grand Rapids.  These AHL teams have been coached by the other franchises, however, leaving the Oilers with little control over the development of their own players.

Oilers retire Mark Messier's #11 during a ceremony before the Feb. 27 regular season game against the Phoenix Coyotes. 
Messier joins Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey, Grant Fuhr and Al Hamilton as the only Oilers to have their numbers retired.

Smyth

Left winger Ryan Smyth has been named the third star in the NHL’s "Three Stars of the Week" for the week ending Sunday, January 28, 2007.  Smyth tallied five points (two goals, three assists) in two games.

Minor league right winger Alexei Mikhnov has been transferred from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL to Yaroslavl of the Russian Elite League.  Mikhnov, a first round (17th overall) pick of the Oilers back in 1999, had scored 6-12-19 in 27 games in the AHL this year, but was expected to challenge for an NHL roster spot.  He played just two games with the Oilers, going pointless.  It is expected that Mikhnov will be invited back to the Oilers training camp next fall, but the jury is out as to whether or not he will report.  At this point, he looks a lot like another in a long series of first round busts the Oilers have drafted.

Mikhnov

Smyth

Left winger Ryan Smyth has been named to the Western team of the NHL All-Star game, which will be played in Dallas onJan. 24.  Smyth is having one of the best seasons of his NHL career, having scored 21-12-33 in 34 games so far.

Defenceman Ladislav Smid has been named to the Western team of the NHL Young Stars game, which will be played on Jan. 23 in Dallas.  Smid has had a fine rookie season with the Oilers, scoring 0-4-4 in 40 games so far.

Smid