Sitting out most of their top players (Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Mattias Ekholm and Jake Walman) gave the Edmonton Oilers coaches an opportunity to see what the prospects, bubble players and blue-collar depth guys could do on their own. Article content

And they did a pretty good job of it. Article content Article content

The Oilers were full marks for a 4-0 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets and while the game meant nothing in the grand scheme of things, it provided the staff with some valuable and uplifting information.

Starting with Noah Philp. The 27-year-old centre made it a goal and two assists in his last two games after he scored on a quick release from between the face-off circles (courtesy of a nice zone entry and pass from Troy St

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