Tyson Barrie says when the Oilers fell behind 4-1 on Friday, Leon Draisaitl skated by one of the Rangers and said something along the lines of "Hold on, it's coming."
Ken Holland to
@Bob_Stauffer
on Puljujarvi: "I'm not trading anybody because they want to be traded. But if we can find something that works for everybody, I'll look at it. If not, I'm not doing anything."
#Oilers
Devastated to hear Colby Cave has passed away. Only knew him in the media/player relationship, but he was always friendly, honest, professional, and grateful for every second as a pro hockey player. Condolences to all his loved ones.
From the NHL rule book:
"A player controlling the puck who shall cross the line ahead of the puck shall not be considered “off-side,” provided he had possession and control of the puck prior to his skates crossing the leading edge of the blue line."
Thank you to everyone who shared memories of Joey Moss tonight. We have lost a legend; a man of boundless energy, commitment, and enthusiasm. May we all appreciate our friends, co-workers, and passions as Joey did.
From Rob Brown: "The rest of the NHL finally realized the impact Leon was having on the Oilers when Connor went down with an injury and Leon put the team on his back. Leon will win the Hart. He was the best player in the NHL this year. Period."
The Oilers become the 12th team in NHL history to lead the NHL is both power play and shorthanded goals in a season. Last time was the 80/81 New York Islanders.
Craig MacTavish on Ales Hemsky: "There wasn't a more important player for me during my whole tenure as coach of the Oilers than Ales. He might not be alone at the top but I don't see anyone above him." 1/2
Oilers have won 9 of their first 10 games for the first time in franchise history. Here's the game in which they recorded their ninth win during each year of the decade of darkness:
18, 23, 19, 22, 25, 14, 25, 28, 40, 26.
Don't like that call on the goalie interference. NHL going out of its way to eliminate goals. Sure, there were Oilers around the net and Markstrom was jostled, but nothing severe and nothing that prevented Markstrom from making a save.
Chatted with Mark Letestu today, who said this about his time with
@EdmontonOilers
: "I appreciate every damn second I got to play for that team. It was really special for me to be back there and in the playoffs."
Will have Mark on Inside Sports Tuesday night.
Couldn't make out all the language, but Tippett just expressed some serious displeasure with the team at practice. Ended his rant by kicking at some pucks and skating away.
Riley Sheahan says, "I think for me coming to Edmonton I like the idea giving Connor and Leon and Nugent-Hopkins some relief in the D zone... If I can help out in that aspect and kill some penalties and contribute some secondary scoring, that's a role I feel very confident in."
Emily Cave says she won't be able to interact with Oilers players in person, but she'll be writing a letter to be left in their stalls prior their qualifying round series.
Oilers did NOT have any travel issues getting to Denver yesterday. They did Vancouver-Bellingham-Denver similar to their L.A. travel in round one. Just a long day.
Elements of last season's loss to VGK again the story so far in this series. Oilers not getting key saves while getting stymied by no-name keeper. Only getting offence from top guys. Desperation level ramping up too late in games. Big response needed Tuesday.
Very happy for my good friend
@EdmontonJack
, who will be calling games on Sportsnet, and equally thrilled my good friend Cam Moon will join us in the booth on
@630CHED
!
Hitch on last night's comments about McDavid: "No, I haven't heard from the league, nor do I care."
Says part of his job is to protect his players, gets mad when he feels a player isn't defended legally.
The NHL is completely confused and inconsistent when it comes to rule enforcement and discipline. From suspensions to its wacky embellishment rule to checks from behind, the standard changes from day-to-day.
Cam Moon, former voice of
@Rebelshockey
, makes his first goal call on
@630CHED
. It comes on a power play tally by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, formerly of
@Rebelshockey
.
Perfect.
Hitch: "People bitch and complain about what we don't have. Well, what we got is a team. You gotta give us that. You can complain what we don't have, we got American League this. What we got is damn team and a good one. We're not gonna be easy to play against rest of the year."
NHL rule book simply says a goal will be disallowed if "the puck has been kicked using a distinct kicking motion." So you can kick it with an indistinct kicking motion.
#Oilers
The
#Oilers
forward depth is challenged regardless of the line combinations. Might as well play McDavid and Draisaitl together and at least have one line that gives the opposition something to worry about.
Excellent look at McDavid's incredible recovery from his injury by Don Metz and company. A rare behind the scenes look at an athlete who often doesn't share much publicly.
The world lost the most special boy and an absolute hero last night. Ben, you were the best son we could ever hope for and you were my best bud ever. Your sisters were so lucky to have you as such a sweet brother. You fought so long and hard and beat so many odds.