Viktor Arvidsson addition further proof Oilers’ culture has flipped

EDMONTON, AB — After years of tormenting the Edmonton Oilers from afar, Viktor Arvidsson wormed his way into a pre-camp scrimmage and found himself skating against Connor McDavid.

What happened next? What do you think?

Arvidsson tried to slow down the Oilers’ captain, predictably got tangled up with him, and McDavid’s scrimmage ended on a sore and sour note. He stayed down a while, then held his hip as he skated off, visibly unhappy.

“I was just as at fault as he was, but, yeah, kind of funny how it worked out. Old habits, right?,” McDavid said the next day. “Sometimes you can’t shake it.”

Old habits?

“Yeah, maybe,” smiled Arvidsson, who wasn’t laughing the day before in a dead quiet practice rink when McDavid stayed down.