EDMONTON — The road to the Stanley Cup has gone through Edmonton the last two NHL campaigns. The Oilers fell to eventual champion Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference final in 2021-22.
The Oilers fell to eventual champion Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference final in 2021-22. A year later, Edmonton was ousted in the second round by the Vegas Golden Knights, who later won it all.“Obviously, there’s one goal here,” said forward Leon Draisaitl. “Whether that pans out that way, we’ll see. One thing that’s guaranteed is we’ll do everything in our power to achieve our goal and get to that point. We’re excited for the year.
Between that firepower and the best power play the league has seen in a generation, there are no question marks around the offence. The Oilers were the highest-scoring team in the NHL last season with 325 goals, 20 more than second-place Boston. Skinner took over as the starting goalie after Campbell struggled in 2022-23 and won 29 games, while boasting a .914 save percentage. But Skinner struggled in the playoffs, and shouldered much of the blame for the loss to Vegas. His save percentage dipped to just .883 in the post-season.
“That is where the majority of our focus in training camp has been — on the defensive side of things,” said Woodcroft after the opening week of camp. “We’re seeing some positive results.”“You want to see the system in play,” he said. “You want to see guys dialing into the details, the little parts of the game that summer habits can affect: stopping on pucks, being in battles and being in shot lanes.”Forwards Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin were traded to clear cap space.
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