Mastodon
@Edmonton Oilers

PRE-RAW | Sam Gagner 11.09.23



Sam speaks with the media as the Oilers prepare to take on the Sharks at the SAP Center on Thursday.

10 Comments

  1. There is no one stopping you guys. Yesterday and Tomorrow do not matter we all live in the moment. Just go make it happen. Its not Magic , just go do it.Nobody knows what to do in any game until it starts,everyone has a plan in a fight but once it starts things go so fast you quickly find out who you are what your IDENTITY is….hint hint….during the fastest evolving and most important moments of the games you will by proxy fall back on your INSTINCTS or your IDENTITY…..which is built by repettition and familiarity which takes time….a small suggestion might be to throw just one game up in the air and in it focus every single shift on immediate puck seperation ASAP at or above the blueline. I could provide reasons and talk about "collapse defenses" and a lot of other things….but its easier for everyone to simply remove both long range shot options and possession based Zone entries… lets just start slowly and play a pre-blueline/blueline entry denial game by focusing on PUCK SEPERATION ASAP full on instead of a complicated collapse defense which requires a lot more communication and handoffs. Nothing matters but a MaDDog-on-a-Bone mentality at or above your own blueline that separates puck from player ASAP. Then feed off of their mistakes that will primarily be odd-man rushes in your favor. Dont let them over your blueline with possesion. Just dont.

  2. I always thought they should of never got rid of this guy, the Oilers will get thing s back on track. The standings show different but this team is way better than they been playing. Go Oilers Go! It doesnt come down to best friends it comes down to winning games.

Write A Comment