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OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS Fraser's thoughts Third line - Muckin' it up AUDIO INTERVIEWS Head Coach Tom Renney Colin Fraser Liam Reddox RELATED ITEMS Oilers players' Skills Competition Predictions Get tickets for Skills Competition Get tickets for Sunday vs. Nashville HEADLINES , Ladislav Smid. Head coach Tom Renney said the trio were benefiting from a -mai football games online ntenance- day. Filling in for Khabibulin at one end of the ice was Oilers goaltending coach Fred Chabot. Two players on the injured list continue to skate with the team: Jim Vandermeer. Renney didn't have an update on either player's timeline for return but said Vandermeer -looked fine.- -He skated well again today,- the coach said. -He needs to talk to TD (Forss, head althetic therapist) football games online and us together and we'll determine how he's doing from there.- As for the other residents of Oilers sick bay, Jordan Eberle , who suffered a concussion Tuesday night vs. Minnesota, is taking mandatory rest time. Renney doesn't know if Edmonton's top forward will -- or should -- participate in next weekend's All Star game, as was the plan earlier this week. The Hemsky and Eberle injuries football games online have challenged the Oilers offence, but players and coaches agree the team's overall on-ice effort is good. It's the end-of-game results that need improvement. -You go back to the game in Dallas recalled. -And last night That on-ice pride will carry into this weekend when the Oilers host two very different competitions. Saturday at noon, the team's annual Skills Competition takes over Rexal football games online l Place. This always-entertaining event pits Oiler vs. Oiler in a variety of events, including fastest skater, hardest shot, accuracy shooting, and stickhandling. Get tickets for Skills Competition Then on Sunday, game day returns to Rexall Place as the Oilers host the Nashville Predators. Game time is 6:00pm and limited tickets are available Get tickets for Sunday vs. Nashville . -Who football games online was your favourite player growing up?- ANDREW: halfway through my second year.- Fill out the form on the right to submit a question for one of the Oilers. We will ask one of the submitted questions after the next practice and will post the answer in the next Team Today. Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Bob Stauffer - Tom Gazzola OILERS vs. STARS: OIL SPILLS football games online PRE-GAME VIDEO Jack - Bob's Game Preview IN FOCUS: Tom Gazzola studies tonight's match-up between Oilers - StarsOilers vs. Stars The Oilers welcomed a familiar face back into the fold for morning skate at Rexall Place. After injuring his knee December 7 vs. Anaheim and missing the following 18 games, Shawn Horcoff and Taylor Hall said. -He does everything well so it will be a nice confi football games online dence boost.- The last time the Oilers played the Stars (Jan. 11), Hall made his debut at centre. Now that Horcoff is back in action and slotted in on the first line, the talented rookie moves back to left wing. When asked if he thinks Hall makes a better centerman or winger, head coach Tom Renney said he doesn't want to pigeonhole the 19-year-old. -Everybody's sort of interchangeable football games online , to a degree at least, and I don't think this early in his career we need to suggest that Taylor's only a winger,- he said. -The fact of the matter is Horc can play the wing too. I've had Horc at world championships and he's played the wing.- STRONG START VS STARS Thanks in part to Ryan Jones's first career marker, and steady shot-taking, the Oilers created some excitement Thursday night football games online at Rexall Place. But in the end, the Stars were more successful in the goal department and finished with a 4-2 win. READ MORE OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS IN FOCUS: The Captain's Back AUDIO INTERVIEWS Dustin Penner Linus Omark Shawn Horcoff Head Coach Tom Renney RELATED ITEMS Oilers Injury Report Get tickets for Thursday vs. Dallas HEADLINES , Jim Vanderm football games online eer. To assess whether a player is ready to rejoin the line-up, head coach Tom Renney administers a custom on-ice fitness test. -[It's] just trying to mimic shifts, shift lengths, recovery period, work-to-rest ratio, and what the drop-off was with respect to that, and if in fact the player was ready to integrate back into a four-line rotation or three-pair rotation with the necessary rest and r football games online ecovery,- the coach explained. -If I'm racing for the puck and I'm at the tail end of a shift and I'm not fit, I'm going to get run into the boards, something's going to happen, or they're going to get the puck and go score a goal. So it's protecting everybody.- -He's got to pass my test,- Renney added. -My test is the last thing we do to make sure a player's ready to play.- Prior to practice, football games online Horcoff passed the test. After missing 18 games with a knee injury, the Oilers captain will dress Thursday night vs. Dallas. Ales Hemsky Although Vandermeer, Brule, and Jordan Eberle suffered a concussion and was unable to complete the game. View Oilers Injury Report . The young goaltender was feeling the effects of the flu last night vs. the Wild, and although he technically backed up s football games online tarter Nikolai Khabibulin Despite the loss of Hemsky and the loss to Minnesota, the Oilers are trying to stay positive and focused heading into their next challenge. -We had a bad start yesterday, and as far as our record lately, I think it's not indicative of the way we've been playing,- Dustin Penner . -Who has helped you the most in your hockey career?- THEO: football games online
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