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The Day After 12.0: Knoblauch open to benching Bouchard as Oilers’ mistakes continue to mount

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01.11.2025
Even the Devil himself would be spooked by the way the Edmonton Oilers have been playing.

As an October full of ghastly mistakes kept adding up for the Oilers, Halloween Eve saw them leave the candy bowl outside for the neighbourhood kids to pillage. And that’s what the New York Rangers did, taking advantage of the full-sized candy bars coughed up by the Oilers, overcoming a 3-1 deficit to win 4-3 in overtime.

The first bar came thanks to Evan Bouchard, who turned over a puck on a failed D-to-D pass, giving Jonny Brodzinski a breakaway he made no mistake on. And while the Oilers would manage to get a 3-1 lead heading into the third, Jake Walman would turn a puck over at the Rangers’ blue line, leading to a Braden Schneider goal the other way, and minutes later,........

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