Even though the Oilers lost the Stanley Cup final in agonizing fashion, GM Stan Bowman cautions fans not to expect the team to simply pick up where last season’s Western Conference champions left off
This summer, when Stan Bowman was hired as the new general manager of the Edmonton Oilers , he warned fans that no two editions of the team are the same.“You don’t want it to be last year’s team and try to recreate what you had. You have to look into it like there are things that are going to be different, even with the same players.”
But what’s changed going into this season? A lot. Power forward Evander Kane had surgery in September and is expected to miss most of the regular season. Leon Draisaitl will have two new wingers on the second line to start the season – Jeff Skinner and Viktor Arvidsson. With the departures of Codi Ceci Vincent Desharnais and Philip Broberg there are also questions about the Oilers’s defensive depth.
“I don’t think the preseason) tells you much ... you’re just trying to work on that team game, to work on that game of yours. It starts in our zone and works its way out,” said veteran Corey Perry. “Everybody’s trying to get accustomed to everybody.”“It’s tough, initially, when you’re supposed to make it work right away, and there are supposed to be fireworks right away. You feel that pressure, but it takes just a little bit of time to get used to ,” he said.
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