January 14, 2013

Mark Fistric is checked into the boards by the Canucks at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 24, 2011. (BEN NELMS/Reuters)

EDMONTON - When the schedule reads 48 games in 98 days, depth is everything. So the Edmonton Oilers make a pre-emptive strike in that department Monday, acquiring defenceman Mark Fistric from the Dallas Stars. Edmonton gave up a third pick in the 2013 draft for the six-foot-two, 233-pound Edmonton native.