Can you believe we’re in the last week of the season? Even stranger, can you believe that the Oilers still haven’t found a way to get out of the basement despite having the best prospect in the world? The Oilers always seem to find to drive us completely insane, but that’s a matter for another day. Today, we’re taking a look at the questions you’ve sent in for our panel of writers. If you have a question, you can email it to me at baggedmilk@oilersnation.com or hit me up on Twitter at @jsbmbaggedmilk. I’ll try to get your question as soon as I can. With that, here’s another edition of the mailbag.

I think the league should institute a minimum amount of games played with a single team and/or age requirement before players are allowed a no trade clause. I think something like five seasons with one team and/or being 30 years old (with another NHL games played minimum) would be a reasonable requirement that would allow you to qualify for an NTC. And I would also put a cap of two per team. I don’t necessarily think it would open up the trade market as much as we would hope, as NHL GMs seem to be getting more and more conservative in this cap era, and most players that have an NTC would already qualify under this criteria, but with a max number per team it would help eliminate teams handing them out to half their veterans.

For me, I think a player should have a right to guide his career as he establishes himself in the league. A team like Edmonton is unattractive because losing sucks, but if they turn it around players will want to come here again.

I’ve lobbied for only having three per team, but the NHLPA will never agree to it, and the NHL seemingly has no issues, so it probably won’t change.

Yes. I don’t see any reason why a team should have more than three no-trade or no-move clauses.

I don’t think there should be no trade clauses. It gives too much power to the players and takes it away from the management to change up their team.

I think the NHL should limit no-trade clauses to two per team. If they’re going to do it, I’d like to see them handed out like NFL franchise tags. Too many guys have them and it really limits player movement around the league. 

Hampus Lindholm. He’s 22, playing on the first pairing for the Ducks, who are a really good team, and is EXACTLY what the Oilers need right now. I’m holding out a tiny glimmer of hope that there’s a possibility he could become an Oiler this summer. I also think that as of right now he’s easily the best player out of that class.

Nail Yakupov was the correct pick, but looking back I think the guy who should have gone No. 1 is that Hampus Lindholm fella. Scouting is difficult without a DeLorean.

Hindsight is great, and others have panned out better, but if OIlers took Lindholm (who I would take now), for instance, they might not have McDavid now. I doubt any Oilers fan would want that.

Filip Forsberg is one obvious choice. He dropped at the draft. Half-a-dozen names in the top-20, plus Olli Maata 22nd, have turned out better than Yakupov.

Wow. Such a tough question. I felt that Murray was the correct choice at the time. Easy to see now how different the draft would look done a few years later. I would have had the Oilers trade down from that pick.

I think there are few options that the Oilers probably would have taken with the benefit of hindsight. A guy like Hampus Lindholm would be amazing to have on the team right now. Maybe Morgan Rielly? Philip Forsberg? That being said, the Oilers drafted the consensus #1 pick so how can you really fault them for picking Yak? 

I think the current system in place holds them fairly accountable already. There’s only a certain amount of playoff games to go around, and only the top officials get to work those games so that in itself works as a system of checks and balances, especially when you factor in a $20,000 pay cheque for every playoff round you work. They  also receive performance reviews  just like most other jobs. They’re not infallible to criticism from their bosses by any means. 

And no, I don’t think having the officials available to the media post-game would make any kind of marked improvement in officiating. They hear the boos, they know that if they blow a call it’s going to be talked about on TV/the internet/in newspapers, and I guarantee that when that linesman blew that offside call against Anaheim he had a lengthy phone call and/or meeting with Stephen Walkom about it. There’s always going to be mistakes made due to human error, so in my opinion the only logical solution is pretty clear: ROBOT REFS!

I don’t think there is anything to be gained by putting the ref in front of the media so the fans can get a good look at him. 

Referees could be available, but most fans only want to hear from them when a call is missed. What would you ask them after a good game? They have no fanbase who cheers for them, so I don’t see need to have them talk to media.

Fans don’t complain about bad calls that go against other teams, just theirs. Referees are reviewed already and I’d have no problem stepping up that process. Making officials available to the media on a regular basis — in special cases they have been made available in the past — wouldn’t change anything.

Never have the refs talk to the media. They are judging the world’s fastest game. So hard to do. They do have a leader they answer to.

I think the refs should be made available to talk to the media if needed. Sometimes there are calls that could probably deserve an explanation, and I think it would be interesting to hear the ref’s perspective. That being said, who really cares? Hockey is a fast game and human error is a part of the game, both for the refs and the players.

I was a little worried about it until we got the chance to talk to some doctors about it (keep an eye out for that soon). The fact that he’s been skating is a VERY good sign. I learned a lot about staph and MRSA and long story short the fact that his leg is still part of his body is a very good sign. He’s got the whole summer to recover so I’m confident he’ll be back and good as new by training camp next season.

I am worried, yes. The rumours that have been hanging around are awful. I hope he is fine and can return. The Oilers are absolutely slow playing injury information now, would love to have more information but am also aware of the fact that making injuries more public may offer a competitive disadvantage.

Staph infections can be very serious, and the Oilers’ silence is partially due to Chiarelli not liking to discuss injuries, and likely because it is a very slow progression. Klefbom has skated in track suit and with a fitted skate, but not much else. I won’t jump to conclusion just yet regarding his long term future, but right now I can understand why people are concerned about what the future holds for him.

Not worried about Klefbom. No team is up-front about injury/illness situations.

No I am not based on this season but if he runs into a lot of injury issues next year we will have to revisit this.

I had the chance to interview a couple doctors about the Klefbom situation and will have an article posted this week. Klefbom’s infection is very serious and there could legitimately be cause for concern. 

I’d love to be really good at piano. I day dream about how cool it would be to just saddle up to a piano at a party and get a sing-a-long going, or play one in a hotel lobby until security throws me out and calls the police. And, I mean, those people at Red Piano seem to have a pretty kickass job!

When I was a kid, I wished I could fly like Superman. When Orr scored his 1970 goal, I imagined him flying through the air that way (our television broke so I had to listen on the radio).

I wish I had the ability to fly. I always wanted to fly like Superman. It would be awesome.

I always wanted to be able to sing like Ann Wilson as well.

Lick my forehead.

I’ve always wished that I could have mastered an instrument. To be able to pick up a guitar and play like Jimmy Page would be amazing. Same goes for the piano. I love Billy Joel and I’ve always been enamoured by his abilities on the piano. I play both instruments poorly, but I always wish that I could have mastered either of them.