The view from Edmonton

EDMONTON JOURNAL

Jim Matheson: Oilers out of it early against mighty Kings

“With the Kings rolling in and around the Oilers (15 goals against in three games), LA’s That 70’s Line of Jeff Carter, Toffoli and Pearson (two), all scored and were virtually unstoppable as they ran their record to 9-0-2 in the last 11 against the Oilers.”

Jim Matheson: Ex-Edmonton Oilers centre Jarret Stoll in winning comfort zone with Los Angeles Kings

“The six-foot-one, 215-pound Stoll was used differently in Edmonton for four years. He had one 68-point season, which raised everybody’s expectations for what he could be (a No. 2 centre), but he clearly is one of the NHL’s best No. 3 guys. On the Cup champions, he averages 16 ½ minutes a game.”

EDMONTON SUN

Robert Tychkowski: Oilers unable to match Kings goal output, dig themselves early hole

“But heaven help us all if we ever have to write that anything else the Edmonton Oilers do this year is worse than the train wreck they laid down Tuesday night at the Staples Centre.”

OILERSNATION.COM

Robin Brownlee: Oilers Nation: Game Recap

“Fans were in an ugly mood after just two games, losses to the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks, and a 6-1 waxing at the hands of the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center Tuesday has done nothing but stoke the discontent as the Oilers stagger into the desert to face the Arizona Coyotes.”