Yes, the Edmonton Oilers are having their best postseason in 12 years as they will participate to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2006. Will they play against the Blues or the Avalanche? Colorado will have the opportunity to eliminate St. Louis in Game 6 tonight.
Let's go back to the Oilers. One of the Flyers player that got traded during the last trade deadline is on the Edmonton Oilers' roster. But unfortunately, he's not playing. At all. Since the start of the playoffs, Derick Brassard played only 1 game (Game 4 of the First Round against the Los Angeles Kings). And in this duel, he got a very limited ice time of 8:12.
We could already feel during the regular season that Brassard wasn't the coach favourite. Since his trade on March 21st, he played 15 regular season games with the Oilers. His average time on ice was 9:53. With the Flyers, he spent on average 14:22 on the ice. It's a big difference...