Oilers show no rust after break, win fifth straight to get 'back in the race'
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Mark Spector
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Senior columnist Mark Spector is one of Canada’s leading sources for breaking NHL news. Regularly contributing to sportsnet.ca and Sportsnet magazine, Spector gives Canadian hockey fans exclusive insight to the goings-on in NHL franchises. He also acts as the sideline reporter for Sportsnet’s regional Edmonton Oilers broadcasts.
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With just 79 NHL games played, and many of those with less than seven minutes of ice time, who really knows what Broberg is at the NHL level? 
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At 18, each was a saviour in their own right, the answer to a puzzle that is still being pieced together. Today, at 30 and 34 respectively, Nugent-Hopkins and Gagner have found roles on the first and fourth lines, different looking answers today to the same questions that were being asked many years ago. 
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Oilers Takeaways: Eight-goal outing provides much-needed offensive outburst
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Reaching for the Stars: Struggling Oilers must emulate 2013-14 Dallas squad
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