This in from Oilers hockey boss Stan Bowman, his take on the struggles of the decidedly mediocre and inconsistent Edmonton Oilers this year, Bowman suggesting a major issue is the play of the defence, not so much top goalie Stuart Skinner. Article content

Said Bowman in discussion with Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer: “I think the defense, they haven’t played a consistent game this year. And I think that’s probably the biggest maybe disappointment so far, because the play of our D is really important in getting the rest of our game going. When we struggle to break the puck out cleanly, we end up disjointed a little bit. We’re not connected as a group. We’ve heard our players talk about that. So I think it starts with the back end and being able to be clean with the puck, sometimes under-h

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