General manager Ken Holland said Stuart Skinner and Jack Campbell will both be needed as the season goes on.
Skinner’s son, Beau, was born in January, and the netminder said watching him grow and adapt “taught me a lot this summer.”
“That might sound a little silly, but it’s kind of the same with the game,” he said, according to The Canadian Press. “You just keep on going, you keep on going forward, you keep on trying to crawl, you keep on trying to stand.”Edmonton Oiler Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on becoming a dad: ‘It’s been a good change’
“It was nice to get a taste of it, but it’s a pretty small sample,” Campbell said of his improved play in the playoffs. “I’m ready to turn it into something bigger this year.”Entering this season, goaltending is the biggest question mark for the Oilers. If they stay healthy, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl could generate 300 points between them. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is coming off a 104-point campaign. The Oilers’ power play is the best the game has seen in a generation.
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