Coach puts slumping Oilers through gruelling practice

They knew it was coming.
After being outworked in back-to-back losses and falling to 1-2 on the season, the Edmonton Oilers knew that head coach Todd McLellan would be attacking the problem Wednesday morning.
And he did, getting his message through loud and clear in an intense and gruelling 60-minute session at the Downtown Community Arena adjacent to Rogers Place.McLellan skated their legs till they were rubber, then put them through battle drills until they were bent over at the waist gasping