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No. 1 pick Taylor Hall girds for adjustment to NHL (SportingNews.com)

Taylor Hall knows he faces a challenge: Even for the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft, winning a roster berth isn't a given. So when Sept. 10 arrives, Hall will be something he hasn't been since the beginning of his junior career: an outsider trying to horn his way in. His first official Oilers [...]

Khabibulin’s freedom a matter of legal interpretation (SportingNews.com)

With an appeal filed in his Arizona DUI case, Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin is for now a free man, able to continue his hockey career and return to Canada. Or is he? Mark DuBiel is Khabibulin's lawyer in Arizona. He handled the matter that resulted in Friday's conviction and Tuesday's sentence on three counts [...]

Oilers G Khabibulin gets 30 days in jail (The Canadian Press)

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin has been sentenced to 30 days in jail stemming from his Arizona drunken-driving conviction.
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Oilers G Khabibulin gets 30 days in Ariz. DUI case (AP)

Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin of Russia has been sentenced to 30 days in jail stemming from his Arizona drunken-driving conviction. The four-time All-Star received the sentence Tuesday in Scottsdale City Court. He also was fined $5,100 and must enroll in an alcohol-treatment program. He was ordered to report to jail Saturday, but that could [...]

Khabibulin gets 30 days in jail for DUI; appeal underway (Yahoo! Sports)

The hockey-centric headline out of today's DUI sentencing of Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin in…
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Khabibulin ordered jailed for 30 days in DUI case (SportingNews.com)

Nikolai Khabibulin will spend 30 days in jail for his conviction in a drunken-driving case, an Arizona judge ordered Tuesday. Reports indicate Khabibulin, an Edmonton Oilers goalie, has appealed the sentence. Oilers GM Steve Tambellini will address the media Tuesday night about the Khabibulin case.
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Oilers’ Khabibulin awaits sentence in DUI case (SportingNews.com)

As Nikolai Khabibulin prepares to receive his sentence Tuesday in alcohol-related driving charges, the two most important men in his life are B. Monte Morgan and Steve Tambellini. The former is the judge who will decide Khabibulin's fate. The latter is Khabibulin's boss and general manger of the Edmonton Oilers. Morgan will pronounce sentence in [...]

With new 2-year deal, Oilers put Sam Gagner on trial (Yahoo! Sports)

So much for the notion that Sheldon Souray had to leave Edmonton before Sam Gagner could leave limbo.
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For Oilers, decisions ahead on Nikolai Khabibulin’s fate (SportingNews.com)

With Friday's conviction of goalie Nikolai Khabibulin on alcohol-related driving charges, the Edmonton Oilers have a problem. They expect to see their nominal No. 1 goalie miss at least part of training camp, depending on whether he gets jail time. They also could have the opportunity to rid themselves of his burdensome contract, if the [...]

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