Edmonton Oilers fans who might have been feeling like a kid in a candy story at the prospect of having Zach Hyman return to the lineup on Halloween weekend had the treat turned into a trick Wednesday.

While the 33-year-old forward is available to come off of long-term injured reserve and be activated as of Nov. 1, head coach Kris Knoblauch said he will need at least another week, and considers him week-to-week with a wrist injury that required surgery and forced him to miss the end of last year’s playoff run.

“We said it was, bare minimum, Nov. 1, and it won’t be Nov. 1,” Knoblauch said. “It will be at least a week after that.

“We want him back. I think he looks ready, but obviously we’re looking at long picture and making sure we don’t have any setbacks.”

Hyman was injured in the Wes

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