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Five Questions in Oil Country

Posted: 16th September 2009 by Scott Seymour in NHL
The Edmonton Oilers missed the playoffs by six points in 2008-09. On paper, that doesn’t seem like much—but there were times last year that the Oilers made that six-point gap look so big that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade could have marched through it. After a springtime coaching change led to a summertime pursuit of Dany Heatley that fell short, the Oilers now embark on a season with some big changes behind ...