Oilers Skeptic Slams Plan to Chase Their Own Dobes

Edmonton is being warned against trying to manufacture its own version of Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobes, and the pushback sounds pretty blunt. Not every hot hand can be replicated, no matter how badly a front office wants to believe in the blueprint. In this league, wishful thinking has a way of colliding with reality the moment the puck drops. The Oilers are being told this is not a tidy fix, and that makes the debate a lot more interesting.