Connor McDavid doesn’t love the truth that groups are counting out the Edmonton Oilers as a result of some key guys are presently out of the lineup with accidents. Monday night time, Edmonton performed what Phillip Danault referred to as a “B squad” as a result of McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman, Mattias Ekholm, Jake Walman, Troy Stecher, Evander Kane, and Trent Frederic had been all out. Don’t let that idiot you, suggests McDavid, who says the Oilers are able to roll.
“I do not like this complete notion that we are the strolling wounded. We’re able to roll.”
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“We’ve got this like aura about us that we’re the strolling wounded, however we’re simply advantageous. Everyone’s going to be able to roll. Everyone is doing no matter they will. I don’t like this complete notion that we’re the strolling wounded right here. We’re able to roll.”
The Oilers’ celebrity admits that it was unprecedented for the group to get hit with so many accidents on the identical time, however the group is more healthy than insiders and analysts wish to make it appear. Some are already writing the Oilers off as a result of these accidents, however everybody however Ekholm ought to be able to go for Spherical 1 of the playoffs versus the Los Angeles Kings.
McDavid mentioned he feels night time and day higher than earlier than the harm, and he recommended others are going to really feel the identical approach. “I simply don’t like the speculation that individuals are counting us out. We’re an excellent group right here; bumps and bruises alongside the way in which. We’re an excellent group after we’re wholesome. And we’re wholesome.”
Are the Oilers Prepared, or is This Spin?
These are fascinating feedback from McDavid. They both counsel that the storyline closing the season that many guys aren’t feeling one hundred pc and will have an effect on Spherical 1 isn’t correct, or he doesn’t need the Kings to know the Oilers aren’t feeling nice. Each situations make sense.
So far as Edmonton taking part in a “B squad,” he didn’t wish to remark, and when requested if it was bulletin board materials, he merely mentioned he didn’t know the place Danault was going with these feedback since most of the guys taking part in in that recreation might be taking part in in Recreation 1.
The remainder is sweet, and he reiterated, “Not all the things is because it appears.”
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