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Mark Spector

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Edmonton
As seen in: Sportsnet Canada, MSN Canada, City News, WriteUp Cafe, BVM Sports, Daily Star News Today, MyMcMurray, Oil On Whyte
Sr. columnist, Sportsnet.ca. Past President, Professional Hockey Writers' Association. Author of Battle of Alberta and Road to Gold. Skier of bumps.
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Things we think we know: Oilers taking chance on three-goalie system

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By Mark Spector Verified
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EDMONTON — Things We (Think We) Know. Series V, Volume II. Things We Know In all of our years, we’ve never met a three-goalie system that anybody inside a hockey team liked. Coaches, goalies, skaters, training and equipment staff… Everyone is happier with two goalies on a hockey team — at practice, at games, on the plane and in the meetings. The Edmonton Oilers are going to run three goalies this season, the way Buffalo and Carolina have done — because of Frederik Andersen’s injury history.
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Oilers finally have premier goalie in McDavid era with Andersen

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By Mark Spector Verified
| Sportsnet Canada Verified
EDMONTON — By gawd, the Edmonton Oilers have found a goalie. Call the kids, Martha. They’ve gotta see this too. On the day that Connor McDavid began what could be his final contract as an Edmonton Oiler, general manager Stan Bowman finally found the pedigree of a goalie that McDavid has never had as a teammate.
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Oilers' Bowman does tidy work to move on from Nurse

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By Mark Spector Verified
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EDMONTON — The Doctor is out. Darnell “Doc” Nurse never found the antidote to making people forget about the eight-year, $74 million deal that then-GM Ken Holland signed him to back in 2021. So on Wednesday, after 798 regular-season games and another 100 in the post-season, the Nurse era ended in Edmonton somewhat surprisingly, when the very contract that made Nurse a target of Oilers fans and media was moved with no retention to the San Jose Sharks.
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