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Chris Wideman has been traded to the Edmonton Oilers by the Ottawa Senators in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2020 NHL Draft.

Wideman had five points in 19 games for the Senators this season. Selected by the Senators in the fourth round (No. 100) in the 2009 NHL Draft, Wideman has 43 points (16 goals, 27 assists) in 175 NHL games and four points (one goal, three assists) in 15 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
The Senators will get the pick that Edmonton was scheduled to receive from the St. Louis Blues in an Oct. 1 trade for defenseman Jakub Jerabek. Edmonton was to get St. Louis' fifth- or sixth-round pick in 2020.

As the Calgary Flames are starting to roll in the Pacific, Michael Stone and Michael Frolik were placed on injured reserve Thursday.

Stone is out with a blood clot and has no timetable for a return. Frolik has a lower-body injury.

Stone has four assists in 11 games this season, but has played one game since Oct. 25. He has 116 points (29 goals, 87 assists) in 436 NHL games with the Arizona Coyotes and Flames.
Frolik has 343 points (144 goals, 199 assists) in 748 NHL games with the Florida Panthers, Chicago Blackhawks, Winnipeg Jets and Flames.

Todd McLellan was fired as coach of the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday and replaced by Ken Hitchcock.

McLellan is the fourth NHL coach (John Stevens, Los Angeles Kings; Joel Quenneville, Chicago Blackhawks; Mike Yeo, St. Louis Blues) fired this season after there were none fired last season.
The Oilers (9-10-1) have lost two straight and six of their past seven games (1-6-0), are 3-7-0 since a 6-3-1 start and in sixth place in the Pacific Division. They've allowed 3.30 goals per game (tied for 24th) and are 27th on the penalty kill (74.2 percent).