How can you bench or send down Connor Clattenburg? You can't

If the Edmonton Oilers turn things around in the short term, Connor Clattenburg will be a big part of that story.

If the Oilers turn things around in the longer term and find a way to make another run at the Stanley Cup in the spring of 2026, Trent Frederic will also have to be part of that story.

Clattenburg, 20, is at this moment doing everything that Edmonton Oilers fans hoped they would see from Frederic, 27, this season.

Clattenburg is hitting, taking on fights, aggravating and annoying opponents in post-whistle skirmishes and he even scored a goal, which makes him one shy of equalling Frederic’s total of goal total for the year.

Frederic is throwing a good number of hits, but his points scoring has evaporated, he’s not h

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