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Poll: Have the Oilers fixed their goaltending?

Cam Talbot

Cam Talbot

AP

The Edmonton Oilers went into last season fairly confident that their goaltending would be better.

It was not.

In fact, based on team save percentage, the Oilers had the worst goaltending in the NHL, at .888.

And so a couple of things happened. First, Peter Chiarelli replaced Craig MacTavish as general manager. Second, Chiarelli acquired Cam Talbot from the Rangers.

Talbot went 21-9-4 with a .926 save percentage last season -- which was very good -- but the 28-year-old has started only 53 career NHL games -- which is not much to go on.

“I think he’s really come into his own,” Chiarelli said of Talbot, per the Edmonton Journal. “With a goalie like that, there’s a smaller sample size for these guys, so you never know. It’s such an inexact science these goalies. But he’s played really well for two years now. And he really played well in crunch time for the Rangers.”

Talbot will compete with incumbent Ben Scrivens for the net next season. Both goalies are pending unrestricted free agents, so the club isn’t tied to either long term. Another goalie, Anders Nilsson, is in the mix, too.

OK, time to vote:

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