The heavily bruised veteran was traded back to the Edmonton Oilers

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Here comes news from the Edmonton Oilers that they have recalled veteran D-man Josh Brown from the Bakersfield Condors.

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This news comes at a time when there has been a flurry of D-man news in Edmonton over the last two days, including Edmonton claiming right-shot Alec Regula off waivers, Edmonton moving on to his journeyman -D-Man Travis Dermott waived, and Evan Bouchard, who was caught by a sneak hit The game against the Minnesota Wild, Bouchard missed practice today, Dermott was subsequently claimed on waivers by the Wild and Bouchard’s injury was deemed “nothing major” by Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch adding that Bouchard is 50/50 for Saturday afternoon’s game against Vegas.

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My opinion

1. The main thing is that Bouchard’s injury doesn’t sound serious, which is extremely good news. Of course, Viktor Arvidsson’s injury should have been healed quickly and he’s been out for a month now, so there’s that. But I expect Bouchard to be back in the lineup soon, and Josh Brown’s recall is a precautionary measure.

2. With Mattias Ekholm and Darnell Nurse playing some of the best hockey of their NHL careers, with Brett Kulak being his stable self, and with Ty Emberson and Troy Stecher both stepping up and playing smart, gritty two-way hockey, the defeat A victory for Bouchard for one or two or three games would not spell disaster. This defensive group is now playing as well as any group of D-Men in the McDavid/Draisaitl era.

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