"Never mind the game sheet from Sam Gagner's eight-point night against Chicago, save today's NHL injury report.

It's a keeper. As far as rare collectibles go, it's right up there with a picture of Bigfoot making out with Elvis.

With the return of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for Saturday's game with Detroit, the Oilers are one player away — Tom Gilbert, who is due back any day now — from being the healthiest team in the NHL.

"It's unbelievable," said defenceman Ladislav Smid. "We're finally going to be healthy, have 100% of our lineup. Now we can show what we can do."

If you've followed this snake-bitten club over the last four years, Edmonton emerging as the healthiest team in the league is like the Hindenburg emerging as the coolest ride at the carnival.

"Definitely not used to this," admitted Jordan Eberle, who's only witnessed the carnage here for 18 months. "Especially after last year when everybody was out for the season by this time."

It's bad when 11 different players have missed at least six games and it's still not as bad as last year, but that's the kind of run it's been around here.

"Everybody goes through injuries, but for whatever reason it seems like our injuries are always significant and they all happen at the same time," said Gilbert, who's seen more than his share of half-staffed Oilers funeral marches in the second half of seasons. "The last couple of years down this stretch was tough, it was really tough.""