Oilers mailbag: Who’s in and out as injured Oilers return to the lineup

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The playoffs are almost here again – let’s hear the fourth straight showdown in the first round of Edmonton-Los Angeles showdown – which brought us some Oil Man fan questions. Here are some.

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Q: What if 97, 91 and Frederick are healthy in the three three forwards on Saturday’s game against Calgary? (Reid W.)

A: If we think that means the first game of the playoffs, the Oiler will bend the knee in the forward, and if you count Evander Kane, it will be 15. If we included Derek Ryan, that could be 16, who might be recalled from Bakersfield.

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A few weeks ago, we’ve said left-wing Jeff Skinner will be one of three nannies as he has 10 healthy scratches in the kennel of coach Kris Knoblauch, but not now.

Judging from ice time, Max Jones looks like a babysitter. The Boston Bruins’ trade pickups may crash and skate, but have not won Nobrach’s trust yet. The Boston Bruins added averaged 8:26 in 10 games and scored 5:21 in a big game against the Flames. He had an assist in his first oiler game against Montreal on March 6, but even more dazzlingly, he was 6.

Kasperi Kapanen’s speed and portability in the roster, especially his skating team in the Oilers was comparable to last season’s pace with Dylan Holloway, Ryan McLeod and Warren Foegele leaving, which was good. And he killed the team with Vasily Podkolzin’s third striker penalty tag team, which raised his average ice time to 12:26, ​​but on hockey, he got an assist in 13 games in March, and that’s Migus-4. He seems to be a candidate for “sorry, but there is no room for space”. Especially Corey Perry’s 16 goals and 215 playoff games.

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The third candidate? If you’re going to do offensive production simply, it’s Mattias Janmark. We know he is a staple next to Connor Brown in the second penalty killer’s wife, who is really good at it. He averaged 13 minutes per game, but he scored 3 points in his last 37 games. Janmark has only scored two goals this season, one goal entering the empty net. We provide you with all the reasons why he became a nanny, but that’s the truth: Knoblauch values ​​his ability to check. He often lets him protect the lead late in the game, so don’t bet on it.

More concerned about the health of defenseman Mattias Ekholm, but if we were talking about three forwards, McDavid has missed four games at the moment, probably after Josh Morrissey had a belly problem after a stick check on Josh Morrissey on March 20, but he did fly to Vegas, start a four-pole road trip and start a four-way trip and ride a morning skateboard, and in non-Contact Grayertact Grayerey it’s Albeit. Saturday, there was a 97 feeling that might be ready to play in Los Angeles.

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Kane will benefit from some late matches on the farm, with Tucson dividing the seventh and final playoff spot in the Pacific Division with Tucson, not playing in the 10-month game. It seems easy for him to get two or three games in the AHL first, but he has to agree with the AHL conditioning work.

They were a gamble when Frederic sold him from Boston due to his high can sprain, but he hasn’t played in the game. He is also on the ice on the morning skateboard in Las Vegas, but his first oiler game in Los Angeles or next Monday in Anaheim could be a generous timeline. Of course, the oiler needs his sandpaper game and when he plays, he will be in the top 9. But he hasn’t played for five weeks, so the clock ticked.

What has to happen here is: The Oilers have had a long playoff game, and he is very happy with the situation and signed a long deal with the Oilers’ free agents instead of his hometown, Blues said. If not, then the trade is swing and missed.

Q: If the Oilers don’t win the Cup, will they bring another goalkeeper to compete with Skinner (or Pickard)? (Jeffsidian)

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A: Yes, the goalkeeper question. GM Stan Bowman won the Cup in Chicago with Antti Niemi, Corey Crawford and Scott Darling, who came from the same school, his esteemed father Scotty. Scotty has long said you can win the Cup with a great goalkeeper and you don’t need a great ball. That’s perhaps why Bowman didn’t switch another goalkeeper to push Skinner by the deadline, who has been underperforming this season. Says John Gibson is on the deadline if they can make money work at a 50-50 ratio.

There is nothing for good soldier Calvin Pickard, who has surpassed Skinner this season, but Pickard has played 30 games this year and Skinner has reached nearly 50 games. With one year left with $1 million left, Pickard is one of the NHL’s substitutes, one of the best substitutes in the NHL and one of the toughest good guys in the game, but they wouldn’t surprise me if they compete this summer. There are much more bids for Pickard than for Pickard. Names come to mind: New Jersey free agent Jake Allen, who has 457 NHL games.

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Q: Bowman admitted in the next few hours that the decision not to match on Holloway and Broberg was because math didn’t work. TB, FLA, VEG shows the opposite, determines the player you want/need and does the math work after that. (Kevybet).

A: At the risk of continuing to beat the dead horse, the Oilers mismatched a two-year $2.29 AAV offer on Holloway, and he scored 62 points last time with Blues. Philip Broberg’s $4.58 million AAV offer list has been more problematic and has taken a walk more reasonably in two years. In the game at the time, we did say at the beginning of the season that after Broberg’s hot start in St. Louis, we did say that the Oilers would probably trade for about the same price range to fill Broberg’s absence. They did acquire Jake Walman and earn a first-round draft pick.

We know that the Oilers were squeezed to the block after re-signing veterans Janmark, Brown, Perry and others in July, but the Oilers had two months to do math work on Holloway. A contract to bury a minor and conduct a transaction. Holloway’s $2.29 million AAV offer list isn’t a big hole, and they eventually claim it’s winger Kapanen, whose $1 million hat begins to be removed from the same Blues five weeks after the start of the season because they need the speed of the lineup.

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Q: Why signing delays for Maatta and/or Munzenberger? Their season has been over for some time. Complete the course? Oil Man Can’t Sign? At least you would think Bako would sign? Maatta is the leader, almost a game (all in his glory).

A: Bakersfield added junior draft forward Brady Stonehouse and also owned University of Alberta captain Josh Prokop, who scored 27 points in 28 games and 27 points in the amateur trials. Have fun last weekend. With a small portion of their right shot, they just signed Ohio State left gunman Damien Carfagna to a two-year contract, but Carfagna did not report to the farm. After the June draft, we may see small defenders in the Oilers Development Training Camp.

As for their former draft picks, Joel Maatta and Luca Munzenberger, their four-year college career at the University of Vermont is over and it has been quiet in terms of their signing. The Oilers must sign by August 15 or they are free agents. The 22-year-old Finnish-born left gun center is Vermont captain. Munzenberger, 22, is an all-around defender. His ceiling is probably third in NHLD. There is no guarantee that one or both can be signed.

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