Spend an hour on social media and you can find Skinner’s weaknesses. Many Oilers fans believe Skinner’s performance this season is the single biggest factor in Edmonton’s win-loss record (never mind that the Oilers are humming along at an impressive 34-19-4 pace).

The Oilers have a big Connor McDavid contract negotiation looming but cannot trade Evan Bouchard to make it work.

A day after being trounced 6-3 by the Flyers, the hapless Oilers took an even worse beating in Washington. In what was supposed to be an opportunity to see how they stack up against the first-place team in the NHL,

After Savoie's recall, are there any young players in Bakersfield who can follow in his footsteps and help Edmonton?

The Edmonton Oilers have been in a rut that extends before 4 Nations Faceoff, and after another disappointing effort today and a loss to Washington, Corey Perry called on the team to whip back into shape.

The Oilers had a slow start, then rallied briefly to gain a 2-1 lead by the first Zamboni before collapsing thereafter. After yielding 4 goals in a defensively-horrific second period, they responded with just 3 shots on goal in a mail-it-in third. In all the 12 Oilers forwards mustered just 8 shots on net, and the 6 defencemen blocked none at all.

Now admittedly that is not a solution without potential negative implications. If anyone else but one of them is the second line center, then that line may not be as strong. It is Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Adam Henrique, or some kind of newly acquired player-to-be-named-later. And on the latter suggestion, that would not come cheap or easy.