EDMONTON — Hockey can, at times, eat its young.

But every once in a while you run across a Connor Ingram, a player who reaches up for a hand and finds one reaching back. Or more than one.

“People go through things in life,” began Edmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman, who acquired Ingram from the Utah Mammoth on Wednesday, “and part of it is to support him and get him back.

“When I talked to him, I just said, ‘Hey, we’re here. We believe in you. We’re here to get you back and get your career going again.’ And he was very thankful to hear that.”

This is the story of a well-liked person — described by a former beat writer as “a wonderful soul” — whose mental health and lifestyle had positioned him to be left behind by a game that is always moving forward toward the next shiny new p

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