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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Rams five long weeks in training camp are finally finished. Their busy moving trucks are making their final trip of the year. Even the omnipresent Hard Knocks cameras will be gone shortly.The Rams epic 2016 road show is almost finished -- not counting a little trip to London next month.Its time for this traveling team to settle into Thousand Oaks and the Coliseum. Its time to start the real work of the Rams Southern California homecoming.I think the organization has done a fantastic job on blocking out distractions in relocating, Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams said. Were going to move three times in five months, and all these guys do is come to practice every day, come to meetings every day. Thats their routine. The most calm part of what we do is coming out here on the practice field, coming into the meeting rooms. Theres not a lot of new stuff.The new stuff is mostly over, but the Rams are hoping they wont go back to their old familiar standard of mediocrity this season.Los Angeles fans who gave up on the team two decades ago might not know the Rams havent had a winning record since 2003 and havent made the playoffs since 2004. St. Louis fans know all about the past decade of irrelevance, capped by four straight losing seasons under coach Jeff Fisher before the move.The Rams havent been incompetent in Fishers tenure, but they havent been special, either. After making relatively few changes to their roster during their relocation season, its tough to tell how Los Angeles will see a team thats markedly improved from the club that went 7-9 in St. Louis last season.Fisher seems confident his Rams can take the next step in a city firmly behind the new faces in those familiar horned helmets.You cant help but get a boost from the way weve been supported since we got back here, Fisher said. I think youll see that from every guy.Heres what to watch while the Rams homecoming season begins:THIRD-STRING GOFF?: The Rams mortgaged a chunk of their future to draft Jared Goff, but their rookie quarterback hasnt seized control of the team in the way Fisher cautiously hoped when he was drafted.Case Keenum is expected to remain Los Angeles starter to begin the season, and Goff might be the third-stringer behind Sean Mannion. The Rams insist they arent disappointed in the deliberate start to Goffs tenure, and he is determined to win the job eventually. Every day gets better, Goff said. I feel like Ive grown exponentially. ... I dont think Ill ever be complacent and happy with where I am, no matter what. You always want to get better. Thatll remain true throughout my career.GURLEYS GRIND: The Rams offense is built around second-year running back Todd Gurley, the NFLs offensive rookie of the year in 2015. A year after missing most of training camp while recovering from surgery, the speedster is fully healthy after barely playing in the preseason and going through most of training camp with his teammates forbidden to tackle him. Gurley seems eager to carry a heavy load as the biggest star on Hollywoods new team.THATS NOT OFFENSIVE: The Rams had the NFLs worst total offense and worst passing offense last season. They drafted Goff, receiver Pharoh Cooper and tight ends Tyler Higbee and Temarrick Hemingway, but havent added much more talent. Fisher has turned over the offense to coordinator Rob Boras and passing game coordinator Mike Groh, who will work together to coax new success out of largely the same players who struggled mightily last season.BOTTOM LINE: The defensive line continues to be the Rams greatest strength. Aaron Donald, Robert Quinn, Michael Brockers and William Hayes are still an overpowering unit that can cause trouble for any offensive line or running game. Los Angeles will lean heavily on the citys new Fearsome Foursome (or Fivesome, if you include Eugene Sims) while the rest of the revamped defense gets rolling.HOMECOMING GAME: After the Monday-night season opener in Santa Clara, the Rams will formally return to the Coliseum on Sept. 18 against the Seattle Seahawks and former USC coach Pete Carroll. Los Angeles has only one home game in September and one in October, which wont make this tumultuous season any easier. If the Rams can stay in the playoff race despite playing in one of the NFLs toughest divisions, they finish the year with three of their final four at the Coliseum.---AP NFL websites: http://pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Clyde Drexler Jersey . The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast. 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Garnett was dealt -- along with Paul Pierce -- to Brooklyn during the off-season. DALLAS -- Connor McDavid, among the leagues most electrifying young stars, got his first career hat trick behind a few fortunate breaks Saturday night.McDavid scored once off a defenders stick and put back two other juicy rebounds, and his three goals helped the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 to end a five-game skid.McDavid, the first overall pick in the 2015 draft, ended a 10-game stretch without a goal.On the first, Dallas defenseman John Klingberg knocked the puck into his own net with his stick. The second came on a rebound from short range with goalie Kari Lehtonen out of the play, and the third was on a rebound with a wide-open net.Three pretty lucky goals, the 19-year-old McDavid said. Its a funny league that way. You get grade-A chances and theyre not going in, then you start putting it there and they are going in. Its weird that way. Definitely happy to get off that slump.McDavid is now tied for the NHL scoring lead at 22 points with Winnipegs Mark Scheifele and Tampa Bays Nikita Kucherov. Dallas coach Lindy Ruff didnt like having him break out against his team.The shot that went in got him going early, Ruff said. Thats not the type of guy that you want to get going.Tyler Pitlick got his sixth goal of the season for Edmonton, and Oscar Klefbom also scored. Cam Talbot made 31 saves.The Oilers led 4-0 early in the second period when Ruff swapped out Lehtonen for Antti Niemi.Patrick Eaves and Jamie Benn scored for Dallas during a 4-minute power play late in the second. Eaves scored in his fifth straight game, the longest streak of his 12-year career.McDavid, named the NHLs youngest ever captain prior to this season, has eight goals after getting one in each period of this one.dddddddddddd Its his second multigoal game this season and fifth in 64 career games.He finished the hat trick midway through the third period by scooping up a rebound in the left circle and flicking it past a sprawled Niemi.Anton Slepyshev and Jesse Puljujarvi each had two assists for Edmonton.Pitlick scored with 8:24 left in the first on a 2-on-1 break, connecting off a pass from Drake Caggiula, who played his first NHL game. Another assist went to Matt Hendricks, playing for the first time since getting a lower-body injury in the preseason.Edmonton got goals 56 seconds apart in the second to make it 4-0. Klefboms drive from the left point went in off defenseman Patrick Nemeths skate at 5:21, and McDavid found himself alone with the puck to the right of the net at 6:17.Eaves scored unassisted with 4:23 left when his wrist shot went in off a goalpost. About a minute later, Benn tipped in Klingbergs drive from the top of the slot.Lehtonen made nine saves, and Niemi had 15.Game notes Dallas LW Patrick Sharp returned after missing 14 games because of concussion-like symptoms. ... Edmonton RW Zack Kassian, who drew the double minor in the second period, was playing in his 250th game. ... Benn has 10 points (five goals, five assists) in his last nine games against the Oilers. Jason Spezza, who assisted on Benns goal, has 22 points (seven goals, fifteen assists) in 20 career games vs. Edmonton.UP NEXTOilers: Return home to play Chicago on Monday night.Stars: Host Minnesota on Monday night to end a four-game homestand. ' ' '