Former Oilers exec Kevin Lowe joins Nick Kypreos and Justin Bourne to discuss the trade for Mattias Ekholm and how the season is trending for Edmonton.
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27 Comments
oh no if lowe likes the trade its doomed
Elkhom is an all around defense man, I think is a great addition.
Let's be positive. Yes we have a lot but Bouchard has high ceiling.
A big trade happens and all of a sudden other teams make moves that seem like, a trade for the sake of making a trade, it's like a domino effect, their playing chess with people.
Hopefully that one person can show the whole team how to play defense
Stopped listening when he said nurse carried the load of shutdown, umm no nurse acts like he’s a forward and always activating, gets caught in deep all the time then takes absolutely stupid penalties, him and Campbell traded would free up 14 million, convince Gibson to give oilers a shot before Friday
Here we go !!!
Ya this deal aint going to turn the needle at all….if all this team was lacking was a big shutdown defender we should of paid a first rounder to keep adam larsson during the expansion draft but we let him walk for nothing. This is an overpayment on a beyond laughable scale and whoever actually thinks ekholm was the final piece this team needed for a deep playoff run is straight up just another ignorant echo chamber of a fan.
It's amazing how Toronto media always SENSES MORE about McDavid. They have extra-terrestrial, superhuman powers, senses that the rest of us do not possess when it comes to reading McDavid. It started with the supposed negative reaction from McDavid after the Oil won the draft lottery to this day. GET OVER IT GUYS, HE IS NOT A LEAF and MOST LIKELY WILL NEVER BE ONE. QUIT WHINING ABOUT IT AND QUIT READING THINGS INTO EVERY TIME THE GUY SMIRKS!!! Best to concentrate in winning a round in the playoffs before Mathews an American heads off to an American city.
All moves are meaningless. If they don't solve Campbell.
Gotta win those corner battles, oilers are giving up a lot of goals losing those battles
Love these guys 😁🇨🇦
Nurse will benefit the most🇨🇦
Let the east beat themselves up only to face these Oilers 🤣🇨🇦🌐
Last year before the Playoffs I chatted with Craig Mactavish by fluke…I warned him Goalie deployment would make or break the Cup run and that Mikko was the real Backbone and had to be relied upon that way right to the bitter end if they wanted to win the Cup and I told him without a Standup defense there was no way they would win a Cup in todays NHL.Craig was so high on Edmontons defense and its immediate future that he basically chuckled at any worries going into the Playoffs….he was EXTREMELY high on the Oilers defense for years to come….which sounds like Lowe talking to you guys…and thats a problem because the Aves did not Sweep us in 4 straight because we did not have Ekholm and Kostin and Campbell and the rest of todays dogs…..we were clearly and cleanly OUTCOACHED>…. and by again over-focusing on shoring up the so-called suspect defense as if all will suddenly be well we could be missing the Elephant in the Room …what if its the Coaching that needs shoring up because what if Woody decides to play Soupy when he should play Skinny like he played Smith when he should have Played Mikko….certain Goalies fit better against certain Opponents Systems…its that simple….we need to get it right this time because IMHO last year we were lucky to get as far as we did before we were slammed because of poor asset management for whatever reasons..
Cambell did ok for the leafs but much like Anderson who came before him couldnt seem to win game 6 or 7.
Lowe is still pulling the strings behind the scenes lol
Ekholm is the best d-man since Pronger
Lowe should not be doing an interview like this. It’s not his place
Stop lazy Nurse & Drycycle turn overs so Connor can maximize his energy output.
Quit mentioning Leon in same context as Connor.
Night and day comparison.
Connor McDavid is by far the best ever on the planet.
I miss Lowe so valuable to the franchise
Those Alberta Emergency Alerts were nuts yesterday. There were 7 within 25 minutes. They were all test alerts too lol it was rediculous.
Still managed to bring up the leafs less than 2 mins in.
McDavid outplayed Matthews but the rematch on March 11th. Matthews will come out flying.
too little to late but at least their addressing a big hole they have I think they still need another top 4 and a actual goaltender otherwise they ain't beating an aves or stars team
Yay broberg and elkhom 🎉
Getting rid of Campbell must be part of plan.
The Oilers can't score enough to stay ahead of Campbells weakness.
Lowe has no credibility. He ran the Oilers into the ground during the decade of darkness.