Cam Talbot, the best Edmonton Oilers goalie that got away and is still active in professional hockey is back in Edmonton tonight with the Detroit Red Wings. Article content

Talbot, now 38, is part a mediocre tandem in Detroit this year with John Gibson, a player that many Edmonton Oilers fans craved to arrive here in a trade this past summer. Article content Article content

Gibson has played 17 games this year, Talbot 16 games and both have a mediocre .884 save percentage, which is below Stuart Skinner’s .887 in 22 games.

In three of the seven years that Talbot has played in the NHL since the Oilers traded him to Philadelphia in 2019, he’s had a higher save percentage than the top goalie on the Oilers that same year.

Talbot was strong for three seasons in Edmonton. An argument

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