Frederic eager to play for the Oilers.
from sportsnet.ca:
It’s a logjam on left wing in Edmonton these days, but everyone knows there will be a spot for Trent Frederic as soon as his wonky ankle allows him to join the Edmonton Oilers lineup.
How soon until he can start skating?
“I've asked that question and got a lot of different answers. Whenever they let me, I’ll be skating,” he said Thursday, as Frederic met the Edmonton media for the first time. “I’m just taking it day by day, and each day I think it's (coming) sooner and sooner. So that's a good thing.”
The Oilers were vague on Frederic’s availability: “He’s going to be a little while,” said head coach Kris Knoblauch.
Whatever that means.
Frederic arrives in a deadline-week trade from the Boston Bruins alongside left winger Max Jones, who will play on the Edmonton Oilers fourth line Thursday night, as a light and not-very-physical Oilers team tries to beef up for a playoff run.
Both wingers are 27 years old, six-foot-three and better than 215 pounds. The Oilers are the oldest team in the National Hockey League and dead last in hits.
It seems like the perfect match.
It’s a logjam on left wing in Edmonton, but when will burly Trent Frederic suit up for the Oilers? Mark Spector takes a look.
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