Addressing the elephant in Edmonton Oilers' room

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl scored 8 goals in 3 overtime games for the Edmonton Oilers .

The Oilers led 2-1 with 10 minutes to play in each of the 3 games, not once could they hold that lead.

Oilers gave up 9 goals in the last 3 games with 5 of the 9 coming in the back half of the third period and another in overtime (combined 5:05 ).

Stu Skinner signed a contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers in the summer .

Jack Campbell's contract was bought out and Jack Pickard's contract has been bought out.

Skinner 's goals-against average is down by over half a goal from each of his prior three NHL campaigns.

Skinner started 105 games in two seasons as the # 1 man, and held opponents to 2 goals or fewer in over half of them.

Best guess here is that Knoblauch will start Pickard in Montreal on Monday , Skinner in Ottawa Tuesday , and whichever one performs better when the Oilers host Minnesota on Thursday . Recently at the Cult of Hockey STAPLES: Oilers call up big Josh Brown in wake of Nurse injury STAPLES: NHL hands out 5 -game suspension to Ryan Reaves LEAVINS : 9 Things STAPLES: Player grades in OT loss to Leafs LEAVINS: Player grades in OT win over Preds McCURDY: Player grades in OT win over Islanders .