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Oilers’ Dickinson has setback on foot injury, unlikely to start season
Head coach Mike Babcock confirmed on Friday that Dickinson re-aggravated a foot injury that he had been dealing with during last year’s playoffs.
Dickinson left practice back on Sept. 18 and was hobbling as he got off the ice.
“It’s the same thing(from playoffs). He tweaked it,” Babcock told reporters. “I thought it was coming good, but yesterday was a tough day”
The 31-year-old signed a five-year deal with the Oilers with a $4 million cap hit back in June and was expected to be a part of the team’s bottom six.
Dickinson had seven goals and 10 assists in 64 games last season, marking his second straight campaign in which he failed to reach 20 points.
The Georgetown, Ont., native began the season with the Chicago Blackhawks, but was traded to the Oilers halfway through the year alongside Colton Dach for Andrew Mangiapane and a conditional first-round pick.
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