from Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun,

With the Oilers sitting in 30th place again, out of the playoffs by the first week of December again and wrestling with the same mistakes and inconsistencies they’ve been wrestling with for almost 10 years, the mood in Edmonton is understandably sour.

The longer this goes on — weakly-played losses to teams like Carolina and Toronto, an inability to string together anything even close to momentum — the more likely Chiarelli is to pulling the trigger on something big.

Jordan Eberle or Ryan Nugent-Hopkins big.

“We don’t want the group to change in here,” said Nugent-Hopkins, when asked about trade rumours before Wednesday’s game with the Bruins.

“I can speak for everyone when I say everyone is happy with the group we have. We’re confident in each other, it’s just about being confident in ourselves right now. Being able to go out there and do it.

“We don’t want it to have to come to a bunch of moves and stuff. We have to change it right away.”

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Edmonton did beat Boston 3-2 in a shootout last night, the highlights are below...