What to make of the Oilers' blip

Win some, lose some. Recent games are suggesting the Connor McDavid- and Leon Draisaitl-led Edmonton Oilers are human after all.

After a torrid start to the 2019-20 NHL campaign, the Oilers have lost games they probably should have been in on — and have won games they likely should have lost.

Considering the team is still getting very good goaltending, however, from both Mike Smith and Mikko Koskinen — and that Draisaitl continues to play at the very highest NHL level alongside McDavid, plus we're seeing more secondary scoring — there is reason to believe these aren't last season's Oilers, which saw things go sideways come mid-December.

Hockey beat writers Jim Matheson and Rob Tychkowski join host Craig Ellingson to talk about the recent up-and-down, Jekyll-and-Hyde-type performances — both at home and on the road, from a bad loss to Florida at Rogers Place to a clunker in Detroit, a commanding win in Columbus and an unlikely OT win in Pittsburgh to a totally dominated home-ice loss to Arizona.