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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;COACH:&lt;/strong&gt; Todd McLellan\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2014-15 RECORD:&lt;/strong&gt; 24-44-14, 62 points (sixth&amp;nbsp;in Pacific, missed playoffs)\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VITAL SIGNS:&lt;/strong&gt; 2.35 goals-for per game (26th); 3.37 goals-against per game (30th); 17.7 power play pct. (19th); 76.7 penalty kill pct. (28th);&amp;nbsp;PDO: 97.0 (30th); Corsi For pct.: 48.9&amp;nbsp;(22nd); Fenwick For pct.: 48.4 (23rd); face-off pct.: 48.2 (25th)&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTABLE ARRIVALS:&lt;/strong&gt; F Connor McDavid, F Mark Letestu, F Lauri Korpikoski, D Griffin Reinhart, D Andrej Sekera, D Eric Gryba, G Cam Talbot, G Anders Nilsson\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTABLE DEPARTURES:&lt;/strong&gt; F Boyd Gordon, F Matt Fraser, D Martin Marincin, G Viktor Fasth\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PROJECTED DEPTH CHART&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forwards&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Benoit Pouliot&amp;nbsp;\u2013 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins&amp;nbsp;\u2013 Teddy Purcell\r\nTaylor Hall \u2013 Connor McDavid&amp;nbsp;\u2013 Anton Slepyshev\r\nNail Yakupov \u2013 Anton Lander&amp;nbsp;\u2013 Lauir Korpikoski\r\nMatt Hendricks \u2013 Mark Letestu&amp;nbsp;\u2013 Rob Klinkhammer\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Defensemen&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Andrej Sekera \u2013 Mark Fayne\r\nOscar Klefbom \u2013 Justin Schultz\r\nAndrew Ference \u2013 Eric Gryba\r\nGriffin Reinhart\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goaltenders&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cam Talbot\r\nBen Scrivens\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OUTLOOK:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;New GM. New coach. New players.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New hope.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This won\u2019t be the season that everything changes for the Oilers\u2014their nine-year absence from the postseason will surely stretch to 10\u2014but it\u2019s certainly the season when everything&amp;nbsp;&lt;em &gt;starts&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to change.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A dramatic organizational retooling\u2014new CEO Bob Nicholson brought in new GM Peter Chiarelli, who brought in new coach Todd McLellan\u2014sets the stage for long-term stability, but that was a shifting of deck chairs compared to the arrival of Connor McDavid, the future savior who was gifted to the Oilers via the NHL draft lottery. But even as Steven Stamkos stoked the hype by saying, \u201CHe's better than me right now,\u201D the 18-year-old phenom is still just one part of a puzzle that\u2019s short a few key pieces. He\u2019ll certainly make this a much more entertaining team though, and it\u2019s entirely possible he winds up among the league\u2019s top 10 scorers. \r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Expect big years as well from Taylor Hall (who looks healthy after a leg injury limited him to 53 games last season) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, both of whom should benefit from the distraction of McDavid\u2019s presence. The loss of Jordan Eberle (shoulder) for the opening months hurts, but the arrivals of rookies Anton Slephyshev and Leon Draisaitl (who will start the season in the WHL)&amp;nbsp;could compensate during his absence. Edmonton\u2019s bottom-six looks stronger as well, with Mark Letestu and Lauri Korpikoski adding skill and two-way smarts to a group that\u2019s been heavily outgunned the past few seasons.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While there\u2019s much hope for improvement up front, Edmonton\u2019s&amp;nbsp;blue line remains a revolving door of fading glory and unreached potential. Free-agent signing Andrej&amp;nbsp;Sekera will likely see first pair duty after signing a six-year, $33 million deal, but that\u2019s a stretch for his skill set. Justin Schultz hasn\u2019t generated the offense to mask his defensive-zone struggles. There\u2019ll be high expectations placed on Oscar Klefbom after he signed a massive seven-year extension, but his best days are still somewhere down the road. Darnell Nurse could make the club out of camp, but he has to prove himself reliable in his own end to become a significant player for this team.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAYER TO WATCH:&lt;/strong&gt; Cam Talbot\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sure, McDavid will draw the headlines but on a team that hasn\u2019t had reliable goaltending in years, but&amp;nbsp;Talbot is the player who can most significantly impact Edmonton\u2019s immediate fortunes.&amp;nbsp;The 27-year-old former Ranger is the latest in a long line of former backups who have been asked to graduate to a starting role for the Oilers. The fact that he\u2019s here shows how well that approach has paid off in recent years (as does the fact that 29 teams posted a better team GAA than Edmonton in 2014-15).\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Talbot has only 57 games of NHL experience but he cashed in on a brilliant stretch in relief of Henrik Lundqvist (8-3-1 in March with a .946 save percentage) to land this opportunity. Can his potential be projected from a sample that limited? Chiarelli better hope so. The Oilers don\u2019t need another failed experiment between the pipes.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PREDICTION: &lt;/strong&gt;80 points, sixth in Pacific\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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