McDavid has a new linemate.

After winning 7 of their first 8 games, most Oilers fans (including me) were already talking about the playoff and how we might finally get to the spring contest, and why not ? We have arguably one of the best center/captain in the league in Connor McDavid, a blossoming young core and the acquisition of Milan Lucic and Adam Larsson seems to have toughen up our boys. Taylor who?

After such a strong start, we were bound to hit a wall one day or another. This eastern roadtrip has been bad so far as the Oilers collected one tiny point out of 6. Since we're on the road for 3 more games, might has well shake things up a bit before we're heading back to Edmonton.

Head Coach Todd McLellan downgraded power-forward Milan Lucic to the 3rd line and moved up Patrick Maroon alongside McDavid. Now don't get me wrong, i loved Lucic on the first line, but the thought of a Lucic-Draisaitl-Kassian line is giving me chills. Let's see how it works.

Edmonton play tomorrow against the Islanders.[pub]