Something HAS to give... Multiple MAJOR oilers updates

This is starting to get pretty unreal as the Oilers suffer yet another injury in the early stages of the season and it's Zach Hyman with another devastating injury in the early stages of the season as the Oilers fall short to the Detroit Red Wings at home in a close shootout loss. Welcome back to Oilers Digest. I'm your host Joseph Greco and in today's video we're going to be taking a look at yesterday's loss against the Detroit Red Wings that saw unfortunate news for the Edmonton Oilers which is Zach Hyman took a tough blow and collision along the boards seemingly looking like a head injury potentially concussion related obviously it was not the results the team wanted just as a whole after a tough loss against the against the Toronto Maple Leafs at home on Saturday they were hoping for a nice bounce back win but they just couldn't hold a lead in this game with that said there were a few positives to take away in this this uh tie i mean uh shootout loss we saw goals uh two points from Colton Dawk we saw a goal from Ike Howard uh nice to see Vasily put goals and get back on the score sheet with another goal and obviously in my opinion i think Tristan Jari all in all had a decent performance obviously we saw former edmonton oiler Victor Arvidsson pot a goal against his former team and we saw quite the performance from a debuting goaltender in Pastava with a very strong performance against the edmonton oilers and ultimately that was not even the main focus from the media from the fans from the team tough look for zach hyman who took a tough hit along the boards from Andreas Englund needed help getting off the ice and this injury comes just a few days after zach hyman returned to the lineup after a injury he suffered in the first game of the season this is now obviously two straight losses for the Edmonton Oilers they lose at home on Saturday and then they lose at home again yet last night but the losses aren't even the major concern time and time again we're looking at this team getting closer and closer to being to 100% health obviously the reports of Dickinson expected to be back and Ekholm nearing a return Devin Levi gets hurt and then still you're looking at okay Dickinson might be back on Wednesday night and then boom Zach Hyman gets hit into the glass he's expected to miss a few weeks which is going to change the lineup picture for the Edmonton Oilers what I will say is as tough as it is I think what this injury did do for the Oilers is it did make the coaching staff realize that Colton Dawk is not a centerman he cannot be played at the center he does his best work on the wing last night was his best game all season that came on the left wing of Ryan Nugent Hopkins in the absence of Zach time and so here's what I think the Lions could look like Wednesday against the Calgary Flames that top line obviously going to remain intact I think Colton Dock is going to stick alongside Nugent Hopkins and Kasperi Kapanen I think the bottom six is going to see a little bit of a shake-up not quite sure this is what it will look like but I could see Formington with Dickinson and Joseph and I could see Max Jones or um Hollander getting into the mix alongside Trent Frederick in this projection obviously I don't have Ike Howard I think Ike Howard will probably be in the lineup on Wednesday after his goal last night. With that said, Ike Howard still struggled to get consistent minutes, which is something we will get into. In terms of the defensive pairings, I think Mukhamadullin had his strongest game of the season alongside Evan Bouchard. Quite shocking. He ate some heavy minutes, but he did a much better job leaning on guys, using his size, using his stick length, much better game. And I thought Tristan Jarry was decently solid in that for the Edmonton Oilers. So obviously tough loss. You have the lead, you lose the lead have the lead lose the lead it was back and forth all night couldn't really close it out in the last two and a half three minutes of the game Babcock deploys his top line with the net empty was that a mistake was that not a mistake obviously you could go back and forth on that decision to put out McDavid dry set on put Colson in the dying minutes of the game but the Oilers just couldn't clear the puck great puck movement by the Detroit Red Wings they really really wanted that win yesterday you could tell that at several times in that game they were just were outworking the Edmonton Oilers which is now two games in a row in my opinion that they have been outworked at home Saturday night it was a lot more prevalent a lot more um consistently outworked last night it was a little bit more of a back and forth i just think that the Detroit Red Wings when it came down the stretch really kind of wanted it more you saw them in the dying moments in um the third period and in overtime when you see guys like DeBrincat Arvidsson diving for pucks and chipping it away because they're just trying to get McDavid line off of the ice as I mentioned Colton Dock with a nice two point performance a goal and an assist just shy of 15 minutes time on ice and as I said he did his best work all season last night and of course it came on the wing which is his natural position the position where he is best suited to play Colton Dock is not a centerman we need to stop with the Colton Dock at the center experiment and we need to see this guy playing consistent minutes on the wing last night I also think Alex Formington had a rough night in the office so as we could see here in the lineup picture the projected lineup on Wednesday I could see Dickinson returning making Owen Michaels the odd man out I would like to see Trent Frederick return to center where I believe he does his best work as a natural centerman and despite the fact that I have Alex Formington in the lineup I do believe that despite what he could bring to the penalty kill and what his speed brings to the team on ice he was at fault for that second game tying goal by the Detroit Red Wings just too weak and too soft on the puck and he hasn't really brought much to the team offensively so a decision to be made there as well all in all some great depth results which is something that i called for heading into the game yesterday i said that the depth needs to elevate their play and start to show some consistency obviously we saw an Ike Howard goal on that second power play unit and then we saw Doc with two points the key here is it can't just be one night every you know six nights where we see points coming from the bottom six I think I'm really excited to see what Doc can do on that second line left wing with some elevated minutes playing in a position he's a little bit more well suited to play with that said I would like to see Ike Howard get a little bit more time and minutes obviously he had a goal yesterday still couldn't quite crack that 10 minute mark we saw a nice little goal one timer just above the faceoff dot on the power play that saw it go right into the back of the net nice little energizer for Ike Howard who has not been getting his fair share of minutes in the last few stretches of games despite the goal and despite the injury to Zach Hyman Ike Howard was still unable to crack at least 10 minutes time on ice which is insane to say you see Zach Hyman go down and you know Ike Howard is someone who has played with Nugent Hopkins in the preseason and we didn't even see Mike Babcock or the coaching staff turn to Ike Howard and give him that opportunity a little bit disappointing a little bit underwhelming in that regard I do think especially after a player gets the goal and with the injury it would be nice to see a few shifts on that second line just to see what he could produce especially against the team like the Detroit Red Wings where you could maybe potentially afford to experiment especially because now you're looking ahead you looked at Calgary as a potential easier game but the Calgary Flames are starting to cook four straight wins for that team so cannot underestimate them in any way all in all I do want to give credit where credit is due I think Tristan Jarry did respond ahead of the game on Wednesday obviously I flagged it as a you know Tristan Jari doesn't have a good game against the Detroit Red Wings we could see Tompkins getting a start against the Calgary Flames but I thought Tristan Jari had a decent game you know obviously a quality start in that regard he made 26 saves on a team that you know was playing with a lot more energy than you would expect them to play that save percentage obviously a little bit below 900 but in my opinion anytime you give up three or less you're giving the team a chance to win and it's on the guys on the ice to go out there and produce at the end of the day you lose in the shootout it's the shootout i always will claim that to be a tie whether they win or lose a shootout loss a shootout win that is a tie game no goal scores and then it went down to a skills competition in terms of looking start by start for Tristan Jari you definitely take last night's start considering you know the last game against the Leafs and that first game against the Canucks so that makes you know three quality starts in his last five for Tristan Jari which when you think about it you wouldn't really necessarily associate him with three quality starts in that time frame but another good start for Tristan Jari try and build some momentum because as I mentioned you got Calgary up next who is coming off of a relatively easy win against the Toronto Maple Leafs who had their way with Edmonton Oilers on Saturday so the Flames are hot Devin Cooley their goaltender is really starting to find a lot of confidence in his play so four straight wins for the Calgary Flames the Oilers are going to be heading oh sorry the Oilers will be hosting the Calgary Flames with a two-game losing skid so you're trying to get back in the win column before you head into New York for a back-to-back against the Islanders and then the Rangers in New York with Tompkins set to make his NHL for his start against one of the Islanders or the Rangers so at the end of the day Oilers have their work cut out for them in this next stretch with no Zach Hyman Tristan Jarry no Devin Levi but at the end of the day we are looking at some returning players potentially nearing returns with Dickinson and Ekholm set to return at some point in their next two to three games so that is some good news taking a look at this injury outlook Dickinson is likely to return against Calgary Ekholm is expected on the weekend road trip whether that's Saturday or Sunday is to be determined Devin Levi remains out for a few weeks with what I assume to be potentially a growing strain and then Zach Hyman will be out at the bare minimum a week with what seems to be a potential concussion that is all I have for you guys in today's video I hope you guys enjoyed make sure you give it a thumbs up if you did subscribe to the channel if you are new and I'll catch you in the next video toodles