What are the Edmonton Oilers' key lineup decisions heading into the playoffs?

Most Edmonton Oilers fans like to play along at home with the team’s management and coaching staff. That creates an interesting dynamic. Fans tend to be one of two types: analytics-oriented and math-based, or pure passion with a strong belief in what they think is right and wrong.Meanwhile, general manager Stan Bowman and coach Kris Knoblauch are privy to a mountain of information not publicly available. That intel may include injury issues for individual players, advanced analytics beyond what fans can see, and wicked smart Michael Parkatti, the team’s senior director of analytics, to interpret the numbers.Advertisement