Oilers Camp Opens Under Storm Clouds as Ovechkin's Putin Ad Ignites Hockey World

The Edmonton Oilers opened training camp Wednesday drowning in controversy before a single puck was dropped. The club signed Alex Formenton — whose name surfaced during the 2023 Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal — and hired Mike Babcock, who resigned from Columbus in 2022 over player-privacy allegations. For a franchise still trying to recover from last season's first-round playoff exit, the optics couldn't be worse. Critics are questioning whether the Oilers prioritized...