EDMONTON, AB - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins won't need a tour.
The longest-tenured player on the Oilers roster arrived at Oilers Main Camp on Thursday to begin his ninth season with the club, but may need to make a few more introductions than necessary to get acquainted with a fresh coaching staff, management, and more than a handful of new teammates.
"When you don't have success, changes always start out as a positive experience," the Burnaby, B.C. native said of the new campaign. "Then you just have to build from it."
Nugent-Hopkins already built some klout with incoming head coach Dave Tippett at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey and hopes the onboarding of the new bench boss, coupled the stability of General Manager and President of Hockey Operations Ken Holland up top, can help create a greater feeling of consistency in their play early this season.
MAIN CAMP: Nugent-Hopkins hopes forward depth returns regular linemates
"You build chemistry, you start to feel each other out, you learn more about each other... I think it'd be nice for me to play consistently with somebody," forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said
