Can the Oilers Survive Taylor Hall's Injury?

Well, when people thought the Edmonton Oilers would be the best team coming out of the gate, they were all geniuses. Well, they should probably recheck because the Oilers are last in the Pacific Division and might be worse after what happened to Taylor Hall.

That's right. Taylor Hall is expected to be missing four weeks after injuring his left knee in a game on Saturday. Craig MacTavish confirmed the injury timeline Tuesday morning through a post on the Twitter feed for the Oilers.

Hall was the first overall pick in the 2010 draft and has three goals and five assists so far this season. He got hurt on a play in Edmonton's 3-1 win over the Senators.

Ryan Smyth is also expected to be out for a week with a groin injury. The Oilers have recalled Ben Eager and Tyler Pitlick from the American Hockey League.

Well, this just goes from bad to worse for the Edmonton Oilers, as well as a string of bad luck that just keeps on giving. The Oilers can't stay healthy and even though they've won a few games without Hall, it looks like this team's not going to be able to ride the high streak for long. They're in a tightly packed Pacific Division and they're sitting on the bottom. This isn't good. They need Hall to stay in the race and without him, I don't know where they're going to go. And for four weeks is bad too. That amount of time is even enough to put this team too far behind. So they're gonna have to pick up the pieces and try to get back in class. But with all that's happening to this team, especially their goaltending, I don't know where they can go from here.