Oilers Forward Hopes to Return to Lineup During Upcoming Road Trip

Jason Dickinson skated with the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, then spoke to the media afterward to update fans on his injury. Dickinson was on the ice and fully participated in practice. He said he hopes to be ready to go at some point during the upcoming road swing through California.

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The Oilers don’t play until Wednesday, which should give him more time to rest and rehab an injury that he says was never really quite 100 percent over the summer.

Dickinson said he was doing jumps during the summer to test an injury he suffered at the end of last season. “As I made a few jumps, there was one where I never made another jump. So I spent a month trying to figure out what wasn’t working, what was compensating, and why I wasn’t getting the reactions I needed out of my ankle. We spent a good month here figuring that out.”

It sounds like he’s finally got it sorted and he’ll look to join the Oilers, who currently sit second in the NHL standings and are making due without a good chunk of their top-six forward group available.

The Oilers Lines At Practice:

Edmonton put together the following lines on Monday:

Vasily Podkolzin-Connor McDavid-Leon Draisaitl

Trent Frederic-Jason Dickinson-Kasperi Kapanen

Max Jones/MathieuJoseph-Owen Michaels-Alex Formenton

Ike Howard-Colton Dach-Josh Samanski

Mattias Ekholm-Evan Bouchard

Ryan Shea-Connor Murphy

Jake Walman-Ty Emberson

Spencer Stastney-Shakir Mukhamadullin

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