Oilers will find team identity ‘quickly’ as NHL season begins [Video]

The grind begins Wednesday for the Edmonton Oilers, but their head coach isn’t trying to look too far ahead as the National Hockey League (NHL) team tries to reach the Stanley Cup Final as it did last season.

Breaking the 82-game regular season into ‘segments’ are in order for Kris Knoblauch, something he told media Tuesday after Oilers practice he’s done with each team he has coached.

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“I think it’s important the players see where they are at the moment and how they’re playing,” the head coach said the day before the Oilers host the Winnipeg Jets to open their 2024-25 NHL campaign.

“Usually, the scoring chances that we give up, or how our power play is executing or our penalty kill, ultimately tells us how well we’re doing in a seven, eight-game segment.”

The second-year bench boss and …