lol still won’t make the playoffs and if he does he will lose in the first round. If he wants a cup he has to get out of Canada and play for some real money as well
@@user-jv5vb6hs6f You realize not all athletes are like Lebron James and just in it for $$ $. Some athletes believe in loyalty and working through adversity to achieve their goals. Many players in the NHL have taken pay cuts to keep or get players on their team they want to play with or have taken cuts to stay on their current team. Something I doubt you’ll see as often if ever in the NBA, MLB or I doubt even in the NFL.
Not just McDavid the entire team has woken up. Bouchard is on a 13 game point streak Leon is looking pissy again which is good. The PK and PP numbers have improved big there teams back checking is great there overall defence is good now like someone flicked a switch. I don’t know how long this win streak will last but I’m kinda hoping they can make it 10 the record for the team is 9 in a row. Such a rollercoaster of a team.
Even Nurse is all of a sudden looking solid on the back end, I've been noticing lately when that pair activates, it's often Ceci penetrating the O zone, while Nurse stays back at the blue line. Obviously Coffee saw something there and the D core are buying all in.
This is a great lesson for the Oilers, learning as a team to battle back into it. Let’s hope they keep the gas pedal down and keep improving. Long way to go before the season ends, but this is possibly the best case scenario any Oilers fan could have asked for!
As a wild fan, I couldn’t even be mad about that ridiculous goal against the where he reached from behind the goal line. Sometimes you just have to acknowledge that you’re watching greatness.
ive been at every home game this season and honestly the energy in the building is INSANE since the win streak started, you can just feel how thankful everyone is that they are going home with wins now. hope the week break doesnt mess anything up cuz i dont wanna see us shrivel again
You shoulda witnessed the intensity of Northlands in the ‘8️⃣0️⃣’s…especially playoff series & particularly the Battle of Alberta. That was REAL hockey, not Butman’s pussified NHL. I had a season ticket then…
Great to hear…. I used to live there from 2007 or 2016 and the passion in the building is incredible.. Connor is the GOAT. Would love to have him on our Flyers team but I’m dreaming lol. LET’S GO OILERS!
@@davidarmitage289 He’s not the GOAT 🐐 He doesn’t have the resume like absolute legends of the league, such as Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux. Latest, hardly makes you the greatest⁉️ Someone’s got a little respectful homework to do. Being in my 6️⃣0️⃣’s, I honestly don’t even like that flavour-of-the-month term. Do you actually know what the history of that term is❓I was at both of those back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals series games against Hextall & the Flyers. Let’s keep it rollin’, Oilers‼️ 🇨🇦
Yeah people got were massively overreacting to their bad start to the season. This is still one of the best teams in the NHL, they aren’t going to stay cold forever.
Funny how when they were struggling I could find 10 videos a day about there struggles now that they are playing good only a select few people are talking about it typical.
@@ryans413 Thats how it always is, people love to be keyboard warriors, trolls come out everywhere when a team or player is down, even tons of youtubers loved making videos about how shitty they were beaking them nonstop. Now that theyre on a streak theyre all conveniently quiet.
They absolutely did. It is amazing that I can barely find any positive coverage about this team from the people who were shitting on them before. Eck says that he likes the Oilers, yet, I have not seen a positive video from him about the Oilers now that they are going strong, but he sure had plenty to say when they were shitting the bed. What a joke!
The addition of one of the most offensive defence men ever to play the game to the coaching staff (Coffey) has done wonders to the back end. The defence are no longer standing on their own goal line trying to make hail mary two line passes on breakouts. They are now moving their feet and driving plays out of their own end utilizing team speed before teams can set up and defend. Woodcroft had them slowing down the play and setting up and Knob has them attacking.
Oilers will make the playoffs and will probably go far. They have learned how to turn things around and overcome. No one should count them out just yet.
The question is can they turn it around and getting to the final? I would say they will. I have a feeling that after McDavid were PISSED he wants to prove everyone wrong and i think he is gonna carry this team to the stanley cup
I guess the early Practice before The Preseason started that I was asking about is paying off. I hope He gets 150 points this Season! If he does so, He’ll have a 1000 Points!
Something's been off with Draisaitl. I can't put my finger on it, but he has been playing like I do in beer league, which isn't good. Just seems off with the hands and general agility or something. Kinda been getting it back. Hopefully he's on his way back to 100% soon.
I agree. Obviously I can’t speak on your beer league performance, but somethings been off. I will say after watching the past two games, especially the Chicago game, his back checking and grit was fantastic, and I hope he keeps it up. It is however nice to have 5 almost 6 player who have a point per game or higher, helps get rid of some stress drai might have. Tampa will be a challenge next game and I’m looking forward to see what version of drai we will get. If we get his Chicago performance alongside solid play from the rest of the boys it’ll be 9Ws in a row.
@@aidansauve3034 And here we are against the Panthers and Draisaitl looks off again. I sure hope he figures it out but right now he's a liability on the ice. Very hard to watch.
Not an Oilers fan but like a come back story and this was a good vid. Don't hate the Oilers. Just a Canucks fan. Don't hate the Bruins, either...oh, wait,
Great video! I think having to fight back is what makes this team great. If they were so good that they sat at the top of the season, they wouldn't have the drive that they seem to need. Always be afraid of the team that clawed their way into the playoffs.
Not to mention that Hyman Bouchard Nugent Hopkins and eckholm are all playing like they could run their own team. It’s crazy how much a defensive structure can boost confidence and make your team turn on a dime.
Has anyone noticed that the Driastail line is dominant but the puck just won't go in, when that changes, and it will, this team is going to be a nightmare for the rest of the league.
I always had faith in the oilers. They were gonna turn it around. Everyone doubting them shows a reflection of their mentality just because the present sucks doesn't mean you can't dictate the future its all about willpower!
Hey, can you do a breakdown of the Carolina Hurricanes? They were the favorites for the cup and now it looks like they may not make the playoffs! What’s going on there???
Scoring off the rush works in the regular season, gets a lot tougher in the playoffs, but it's good to see Skinner & the D tighten up. There were a lot of fans criticizing the coaching change, but the results are starting to show. Nice to see them turning it around.
Remind me of the time beginning of last season people complain that he should get more goals instead of passing and he was like “Alright fine. I get the rocket trophy.”
This is very unfortunate for the other nhl franchises 😂 I liked the comment of mcdavid allowing others a head start…I’m sure if he’s healthy he will pass them all by a mile or so
:42 that headline is just a taste of how dramatic these Canadian markets are. You don’t go from potential rebuild to contender in a matter of weeks. Especially this early in the season. Insanity
I hate to say it as a cunucks fan, its great to see McJesus doing his thing and the reast of the oilers doing well A playoff matchup would be awesome between the two teams!
My man, it’s the Oilers defending that’s the difference and that has helped their goaltending. Offensively they had good metrics in the beginning of the season they just didn’t have any good “luck”….Knoblauch and Coffey have the team playing elite level defence to match their elite level offense
Solid analysis. Love a good level headed take on hockey. Hoping they can sustain this level of play, it's been fun watching a structured team play finally.
All Elete hockey players go through a stump throughout their hockey careers but all come out of that incantation over them victoriously like now McDavid being 5th over all with pts from 132th first 15 games.
sports analyst should be embarrassed by how much better you're covering these stories. enganging, easy to understand, and amazing clip selection and visuals!
I say this as a fan of Calgary who has the same issues, it’s never been showing they can be dominant, it’s about showing they can be consistent. We still have yet to see that happen, it’s just another uptick. I don’t say this with ill intentions, I want McDavid to succeed. I just fear management is going to do what they have always done, and completely ignore their other deficiencies until they have another slump
There are 3 kinds of people. People who knew it was a matter of time untill Oilers were all the talk again. People who know notjing about hockey. And people who are still butthurt after years of their teams getting embarassed and were in denial.
As a Winnipeger that witnessed the likes of Hawerchuk vs Gretzky during the regular season and the playoffs (don't even ask about that! lol!) and the Oiler Dynasty Years and in '90 when we had the bastards down 3-1 in the first round, and a NO GRETZKY Oilers came back with 3 straight and then right to the CUP! Edmonton is a team that isn't used to having crummy teams (sure they had some gutter years, but so has every team) I will _Never_ trust the Oilers to do the right thing and lose every game! They say _Lightning never strikes the same place twice_ ...Edmonton would totally call bullsh*t on that one! \m/
Coffey has gotten the Defence playing a more calm and relaxed game . Leading to A more confident bunch and A defensive core making better reads on when to pinch🫡 The team is gelling completely..look out NHL🖕🏽🫵🏽 playoffs her we come👊
As a Flyers fan I don’t get to see McDavid that much but I know that the best players in any sport will find a way to get back to their level at some point. 1 of my favorite quotes in baseball is, It’s fun watching a 300 hitter get to 300! Meaning no matter what happens in the start of the season by the end that player will most likely be hitting 300. Same goes for every other sport.
I remember seeing all of the 2019 Blues comparisons in November and not taking them seriously because of how different their situation was to this. Now, at least in terms of progression, they seem similar.
i think it has alot to do with teams maybe playing tighter on MCDavid.. then he has to Adjust, he has done that and it's paying off of course Confidence as well, does alot for a player who is in a dry spell. Great to see the Oilers are clicking, and MCdavid is back.. Great for the Oilers! Great for Hockey!
2+2+1 play is absolutely correct earlier in the year they weren’t going into the dirty areas they seem to be doing that now the play along the boards which has really improved is probably one of the main reasons this team is being successful.
Ima keep commenting on hockey channels til someone realizes- the islanders have a point in 13 of their last 14 games. They are the hottest team in the nhl! They could win 10 cups in a row and people would still talk about the oilers and leafs every other day
I know you mentioned the defensive side, but Edmontons PK deserves a LOT of credit. In the last 8 games, Edmonton has taken 26 penalties, killing off 25 of them (96%). One of Jay and Dave’s biggest criticism was that their Pk sucked, so Mark Stuart (who’s running the Pk now) has found something and it’s working
McDavid only in his 26 year old season.both ovy and Crosby played there best hockey at age 27 28 29.when your a super star it's just a matter of time till you break out of it.
McDavid slumps: Whole team slumps and are basement team. McDavid plays good: Rest of team starts playing good and are a top team in the NHL.. All Davo was doing was proving why he should win the hart this season
He had a lower body injury at the start of the season. A player that relies on his insane skating ability is neutralized until that heals 100%. It was absurd for people to think he would not be the same player as last year once he healed to 100%
Canucks fan here (here we go) but i’m so stoked Edmonton is right behind us at the end of the season. They’ve fought hard as hell and mcjesus deserves a cup… in 2025 after the canucks 😅
The box +1 is great when you're playing a possession type team, but the Oilers are leaving 1-2 players open from the point consistently, every game. They've fine tuned the messy d-zone coverage that got them into the hole they're in, but they aren't adjusting to teams that player perimeter. Once that gets exposed, it's trouble. They will need a plan for when this happens (likely mid-Jan).
Happy you finally understood that huge subtitles to start vids and more were becoming memes :P I know where you got the idea for your most recent change of format, and it's okay. You do good work, and getting inspired by the best hockey content creator for deeper dive vids was a great idea! Plus laying off with the Leafs, Tor in general, was also a good idea. Your takes were only viable for people in that whole bubble, one that looks like a cult sometimes... But from the outside, from anywhere else in the world, no, just no. Like saying Dubas was a Genius and other "out there" stuff.
I also think people are looking-over the thing that kicked off the win-streak: A COACHING CHANGE. Coach Garlic is managing the players in a way better way than woodcroft did. He's got actual consistent line, and they're building some chemistry finally. PLUS: bringing in Paul Coffey has completely revamped the d-core. Ceci is getting breakaways. CECI! The biggest pylon of last season is getting breakaways! I think having 97 and 29 feeling good is huge, but that coaching change really is what's made a big difference as well I think.
They started off the season with a few players out with injury, a few players rusty from long term injury last season and possibly a few key players dealing with minor injuries(and then out with injury in mcdavids case). Add to that the salary cap issues that had the oilers playing with only 17 players more than once so woodcroft could not actually sit a player if he wanted to. To say this was 100% the coaching change and not the other factors I stated would be very disingenuous. Wood croft was a good coach (highest winning percentage In oilers history, which is a pretty high standard), and he still had the players favour, based on the interviews after his firing. The chabge was made by new CEO to out his stamp on the team and make it his. Sadly the poor start gave him the easy opportunity to do so. Having said that, there definitely seems to be some impact of having Coffey as assistant compared to Manson who was a great oiler player and going through some very serious tragedy in is personal life. The way the players are now able to execute the box plus 1 that they tried to implement at the start of the season so much better has to be coming from somewhere. So....based on results the coach changes do seem to have some impact on the season.
My poor boys, owner of the team should have kept Jay Craft as head coach. They are great bunch of guys! Connor is a hard worker as well as 29 and all together it can work.
As far as offense goes, are these all things the Oilers were trying to do before this winning stretch, and were just not succeeding? Or are these changes to the offensive strategy that has helped them on top of their poor scoring luck turning for the better?
