This in from top Edmonton Oilers insider Bob Stauffer, his suggestion on Oilers Now that Edmonton Top 4 d-man Jake Walman is in line for a new six-year deal, while winger Vasily Podkolzin will sign for three years. Article content

Stauffer said he had no opinion on new Oilers third jerseys (or sweaters as Canadians used to refer to them as), but he did have some knowledge of hockey ops. “In the war room, I’d have a better handle of who the Oilers might be going out and acquiring. You know, who they might get extended. I could see Jake Wallman getting a six-year extension at some point in the sixes. I could see that happen. Maybe Podkolzin gets a three-year.” Article content Article content

In early August Stauffer had reported that Walman might get eight years, saying, “There is so

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