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This is as choppy as the waters have been so far this season for the Edmonton Oilers.

All teams go through rough patches. Even the 2018-19 Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues lost 3 in a row 3 times last season. It happened twice to the 2017-18 champion Capitals, too. The best 2 clubs from the past 2 NHL seasons.

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But both of those clubs also pulled out of their dives before they gave too much back.

The 2019-20 Oilers need to do the same.

There’s a lot on that in this week’s…

9 Things

9. The NHL salary cap is currently $81.5m. There is some suggestion it may get to $84m soon. That and a couple expiring contracts will be key to how Ken Holland molds this roster over the next 12-18 months.

8. The Bakersfield Condors are having a luke-warm, sub .500 season. One of the bigger issues has been goaltending. But Shane Starrett looked more like the 2018-19 version of Starrett in Saturday’s 2-1 win with 20 stops. More please.