"Eric Belanger didn't just shoot the puck into an opponent's net Tuesday night for the first time all season, he made it look easy, natural as you please.

Since it was just the second goal all year for the capable 34-year-old veteran two-way centre, rest assured the goals have not come easily in his first season with the Edmonton Oilers.

Which has been most unnatural for Belanger, not to mention an increasingly irksome burden."