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Edmonton Oilers: Breaking down the evolution of their defense since 2007

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Here’s a breakdown of the evolution of the Edmonton Oilers defense from 2007 to now

This is an article that’s worthwhile looking at the D corps that has far and away made the most progress from the decade of darkness until now. A lot of interweb space has been dedicated to the forward corps as that was the highlight of the team for so many years, so there’s no point in rehashing that.

The goaltenders have been less than stellar and even now are average to questionable, and being bad of that long is not worth writing about because I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer writer.