EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers learned last spring of the perils of ending a season without Zach Hyman.

But what about starting one without him?

“Would I love to start in Game 1? Of course. Will I start Game 1? I don’t know. Not sure yet,” Hyman said this week. “I’ve got another month-ish to get there, which is a long time in the rehab world. Or a short time, depending on how you look at it.”

Hyman is speaking over the phone from Toronto, where he is still fully engaged in rehab after surgery to repair the dislocated wrist and damaged ligaments suffered in the Western Conference Final against Dallas.

He has not yet reached the stage of his rehab process where he can shoot a puck.

“I’m progressing through all the check points,” he explains, likening this process to the major surgery he

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