Before the arrival of the salary cap, an NHL team making final roster decisions had only one thing to worry over: Keeping the 23 best players available, with (perhaps) an eye toward losing a bubble player to waivers. That was it.

So close to having won a Cup, yet so far away from getting a shot at the next one. It’s only the beginning, but the Edmonton Oilers’ collective eye is already on the end goal after ending up on the wrong side of one in Game 7 of last year’s Stanley Cup Final.

The first puck drop of the Oilers' season is only about an hour away, which means we get our first official Oilers lineup of the year. Here's how the Oilers will line up for the season opener against Winnipeg,