Oilers Recall Peckham

The Oilers have called up Theo Peckham from Springfield (AHL). Peckham has played well after missing all of training camp with an ankle problem. Peckham's injury meant the Oilers had fewer decisions to make this fall along the blue, but his callup (and the performance of Taylor Chorney) today may signal the beginning of the process that allows Peckham to establish himself in the NHL.The depth chart has a "hard 4" at the top (Souray, Visnovsky, Gilbert, Grebeshkov) along with 2 established players (Staios & Smid) at opposite ends of productive careers. The 7-slot belongs to Jason Strudwick at this point and he's exactly the player-type who keeps that job over youth because there's often a lot of sitting involved for said player.The opportunity for Chorney and Peckham comes both in injuries to front line (top 6D) men and later in the year when trades come available. Dennis and Pat (and now Asia) have been talking about the makeup of the Oilers after this seas...