From being pencilled into the top-six to sitting in the press box, it hasn’t been the first half of the season anyone envisioned Jeff Skinner having. After

The Edmonton Oilers are finding themselves in a bind with forward Jeff Skinner, taking up $3M of cap space yet not being used in the lineup at all. The last three games in a row, the Oilers have scratched the 32 year old veteran of over 1000 games.

The Edmonton Oilers' Jeff Skinner is once again a healthy scratch. Adam Proteau thinks four other NHL teams could give Skinner a bigger role than what he's getting currently.

Dallas needs Klingberg more than the Oilers. Their other three right-shot D — Matt Dumba, Ilya Lyubushkin and Nils Lundkvist — haven’t scored a goal all season long. He wants to play on a Cup contender and wherever he signs, he’s in audition mode for next season.

It has become uncomfortable, this whole Jeff Skinner thing here in Edmonton. He’s being asked to make a mid-season adjustment to a role that, frankly, he may not be equipped to execute.

Oilers forward Jeff Skinner appears headed to be made a healthy scratch for a third straight game on Wednesday when Edmonton pays a visit to the Minnesota Wild, Sportsnet’s Mark Spector reported.

Skinner has never played a post-season game in his 1,044-game NHL career, so making a go of it in Edmonton, a team with a legitimate shot at a Stanley Cup, is the obvious play. If he can make this work, the payoff could be amazing.

It has been confirmed ahead of the Edmonton Oilers’ matchup against the Minneola Wild later tonight that forward Jeff Skinner will be a healthy scratch for the third consecutive game. Mark Spector of Sportsnet reported the news and revealed how the signing of the free agent this past summer has gone horribly wrong.

Tonight is another key Pacific Division matchup with the Edmonton Oilers taking on the LA Kings. The Oilers sit 2 points up on the Kings for 2nd in the division but LA has two games in hand. A regulation win tonight for the Oilers helps to widen the gap between two teams that once again seem destined for a first round matchup.

The Edmonton Oilers' Jeff Skinner is once again a healthy scratch. Adam Proteau thinks four other NHL teams could give Skinner a bigger role than what he's getting currently. The Edmonton Oilers ...

EDMONTON — It has become uncomfortable, this whole Jeff Skinner thing here in Edmonton. The coach, Kris Knoblauch, hems and haws when asked why Skinner isn’t being deployed as the top-six ...

Jeff Skinner's No Movement Clause gives him control over his future, creating a potential trade deadline challenge for the Edmonton Oilers.