The Edmonton Oilers have seen several departures this offseason, with the likes of Corey Perry, Evander Kane, Connor Brown, Viktor Arvidsson, Jeff Skinner, and John Klingberg all off to new teams. In their place, the team has added some new pieces, like Andrew Mangiapane, Curtis Lazar, and newly acquired Isaac Howard, along with making some coaching changes behind the bench. After falling short in the Stanley Cup Final to the Florida Panthers once again, next season’s Oilers will both look and feel different under GM Stan Bowman’s direction. To some, all of the changes may seem a bit drastic, but Bowman recently appeared on the “100% Hockey Podcast” and explained that even when his former team, the Chicago Blackhawks, were coming off Stanley Cup wins, he would still make changes the following season to bring in new energy, saying: “After when we won some of those years in Chicago, I never thought it made sense to bring everybody back. I always like to have a little bit of newness to the group — whether you wRead More