Jamie McLennan believes there’s still time in the season for the Edmonton Oilers to turn things around. He’s not panicking and thinks the tradition of the team picking things up after Christmas is still likely, and that the Oilers will make the playoffs.
With so many teams in the National Hockey League, there’s bound to be some churn as players go from team to team. But sometimes there’s a player that fits into a specific role on a specific team so well that it’s hard to imagine them anywhere else.
Craig Conroy and Jarome Iginla didn’t get off to the best start when the American centre arrived with the Calgary Flames prior to the 2001 trade deadline.