Zach Hyman, still a few weeks away from returning after his major wrist surgery, with all the inserted plates and screws, isn’t the only Edmonton Oilers winger who hasn’t played a game yet, with the NHL season sliding into November.

We haven’t seen their best playoff penalty-killer Mattias Janmark, either.

“Good to be back in the mix. I haven’t practised with the full team yet but I hope to play next weekend. That said, it’s not my decision because we have a lot of bodies here,” said Janmark, who took part in the morning skate for Saturday’s home game against Chicago, the 13th game he’s missed, coinciding with his jersey number.

The Oilers are going to get into a numbers crunch soon. They have seven healthy defencemen and 13 forwards, with Curtis Lazar and Noah Philp in and out except

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