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Yes, so I mean with Mick David, it seems as though whatever has happened, what game two,
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he got tangled up, I believe, was he at home and one other player, not that it matters
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a whole lot, but got tangled up, fell down.
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There's been a lot of criticism.
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I don't know, I know you're big on social media, there's been some criticism too, the coach
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of the oilers, in certain things, decisions, strategies, continues to use Conor on the
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Do you need to use him on a penalty kill when?
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So there was a thought that whatever he's dealing with needs to stay loose and he's skating
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a TV time out, and that would be consistent with using on the penalty kill.
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I don't want to do this, and he's like, well, I don't want this getting tightened up
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if I've got four minutes where I'm not out there, but I'd, Rhett would no more than
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We roll in his eyes.
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Because you know he's going to be on the power play.
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Oh, you know what he's going to play on the file I'll say is this, the criticism of
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that coach is warranted and correct.
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I think back to it was this year, they were kicking the piss out of L.A. with five minutes
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left and they've got a power play.
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Who's got them out there, yeah.
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That's his whole coaching career.
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So now I can coach, well, Lindy Raff was an excellent coach in Buffalo at the start
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of his career, because he wrote 39 on the bingo card every night.
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That's this who would be dominant, I can't ask for those right, but seriously, I'm not,
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I don't follow the others because I think they stink and I don't like them, but how hard
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Babcock coach and team can't, oh, great coach.
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He's a great, why your healthy scratches are going to the Hall of Fame.
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Yeah, I like what do you mean he's a great coach and pansy could coach his team to
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If you're coaching the Oilers, what are you doing?
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Saw the number this morning and it's a double sided thing.
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You talk all the time about how like with Florida, they played so much extra hockey, it's
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just how do you do it?
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So much, then you take the players who play a bunch of the minutes that are on those teams
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and then if maybe they're injured, since 2022, the Oilers have played 79 playoff games,
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which is now one more than Florida.
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You've played a lot of playoff hockey, there's been, you've gone a long ways many times,
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but it's also almost an extra season of hockey, 79 playoff games since 2022.
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And the other thing is through on four nations and all that's the top guys doing all
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the others because that's where most of the big guns are like we talked about the Vegas
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guys, Florida had a ton of Tampa at a time.
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Ebit only had a couple because Boost didn't get to Canada, but like dry side old was playing
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huge minutes for Germany.
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He's their best player by a mile.
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McDavid was number one C on the favorites to win the thing and played every game.
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Like when they weren't knocked out and qualifying.
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I don't think it's criticism to say that yeah, an extra season is it's a lot of it.
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It's when you hear that you're going to be fatigued because you hear not so much extra
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hockey, it's extra hockey and then 79 playoff.
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That's an extra season.
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That's so much of hockey.
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Those are not December 5th game.
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And you said that was over the last since 2022.
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Of intense and trapping, trapping, maybe not as labor.
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I'm just thinking of the back to backs and like Florida made it to the final of the year
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before they won two.
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Like three finals in a row.
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I don't think anyone's done that in the cap era.
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And I know why Tampa.
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It lost two Colorado.
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I thought there's a one in there.
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I wasn't really listening to Tampa Bay went three years in a row.
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It went three years.
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It went three years.
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It's half of three years of Florida.
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Because no one else in the East got there.
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So and sometimes that takes its toll.
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You look at Florida.
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Well, they're they missed and they might be better off for it.
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Might be the best thing for the oilers.
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If they just bow out here.
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Well, that's what we always are looking for.
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What's best for the rest of the next year.
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Well, I couldn't say though.
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Oh, I was going to say this about the coaching and the use, usage of players.
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What's Joel Quinnville doing playing the piss out of everyone evenly?
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He's running his fourth line on a regular shift.
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And when you're not spending, you know, what would it be?
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$30 million on three guys?
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You probably got some better death.
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But I think that's part of his philosophy.
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And that's why his teams have success because everyone's got a role.
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I don't need Connor to kill penalties and be out at the last minute.
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Because I've created this fourth line that can do it.
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And if you can't do a fourth line as a coach, you're a shitty coach.
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And I think the GM's tied into a lot of this too.
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So it's a must win for the Oilers tonight.
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They've scored first in all four games.
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They led to nothing in game four.
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God, I think it's going to be Jerry.
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Oh, yeah, because he stood up.
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I thought he was fine.
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And Ingram, to be honest, was much better than him down the stretch, awful in the series.
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They've hemorrhaged goals.
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I don't know if I should pray for this.
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I don't know if I should pray for a shitty goal, turning effort, or the goal.
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I think that's okay.
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You're not saying that there's not a specific desired outcome.
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You're just hoping for a goal sub part goal.
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I've got the goals for and against in the playoffs.
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There's a stat that'll jump off the page and tell the story.
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We'll get back to the leaders in the postseason.
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Conor McDavid is a game time decision for the Oilers 10 nights.
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How does he not play?
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Well, we don't know what he's playing through.
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If he played the last game.
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Did something get worse?
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I'm kind of, I think he'll play to your point.
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But I think it's being made very clear that this guy's nowhere near 100.
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That's all that they was released.
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Although if he's not showing up at skate, they've got to say something, I guess.
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It's a long maintenance day.
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He can do whatever that if he wants.
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It is curious because it's a must win game.
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Is there some mental handles here?
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They're just keeping expectations low.
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Conor comes back and looks great.
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Yeah, like unless he has to play.
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And if he, if he can't.
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The fact that they're saying this makes me think he's not going to play.
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But I can't believe that's something like he's going to play.
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I think you need the day and they're going to play the poker game a little and say,
7:44
If I guess, maybe we'll read too much into it.
7:48
But to say it's a game time is a lot different than.
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There is have to say.
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But there is pressure now and it doesn't get too deep into the weeds.
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But there's pressure now because of how big gaming has become and all of that.
8:00
That there needs to be better transparency.
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You can't just BS your point.
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That's actually a good angle.
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I thought about that.
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So I wonder if there is pressure on these teams.
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Look, if he's not playing this morning.
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Yeah, that's that was good.
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I would have a quick because I would think that hamster was buzzing in there.
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There will be some movement in game lines for sure.
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Yeah, that's a fair point.
