Pre-season or not, Oilers' success hinges on improving penalty kill - Sportsnet.ca

• Mikko Koskinen saw his first 40 minutes of pre-season action and allowed four goals on 23 shots. One came through a screen and went high glove. The next was a breakaway — high glove. One was a cross-crease pass he likely should have deflected. The fourth, a wrist shot from distance on the power play.

We get it — it’s not the real penalty-killing unit. But guess what? It was not the Canucks’ real power-play unit either. This has been such a sore spot for this team for so many seasons, it’s mighty clear that if the PK doesn’t get fixed, neither will the team. A second line of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins between James Neal and Nygard has a chance. Although you had to squint to see that, based on Thursday’s game, where Ryan McLeod centered RNH’s wingers. McLeod is a player we like a lot, but as a first-year pro we’ll be surprised if he isn’t in the big group of cuts that will likely be announced after Friday night’s game.

EdmontonOilers Spec This team is going suck forever

EdmontonOilers Spec It would be nice if the team had a goalie to help out out on the PK

Spec EdmontonOilers Time to stop throwing crap at the wall hoping it sticks. The prospects aren’t ready and its time to buck up. As it looks right now, gonna be a long season.

EdmontonOilers Spec I watched this game for about 10 min, saw the canucks get 2, the Oilers looked awful, and the goalie sucked. The worst part was it was so damn boring, even if it was 5-0 oilers I would have turned it off. I feel bad for the people that paid to watch that

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