The recent Oilers acquisition has had a fair shake and feels good about his chances

Kris Knoblauch steadfastly says he wants to see some young blood on his Edmonton Oilers roster — they can’t run back the same oldest average age in the NHL line-up — and we know St. Albert’s Matt Savoie will be there somewhere on the coach’s forward group, but will Ike Howard? Article content

Savoie kills penalties, so he can play lower down in the lineup, if need be. Article content Article content

But Howard? Is he really a top six option on LW after playing there Sunday against a pedestrian road line-up Vancouver Canucks with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the middle and Andrew Mangiapane on his less favoured RW? Or does Vasily Podkolzin slide back there after returning from his dad’s funeral in Mosco

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