Connor McDavid shares his honest thoughts on the Edmonton Oilers terrible start to the season
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The Edmonton Oilers have started the season 0-3 and today their captain Connor McDavid shared his unfiltered thoughts on what has gone wrong so far.
The Edmonton Oilers came into this season full of hope after an incredible run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2023-24. After starting out slow the Oilers made a coaching change hiring Kris Knoblauch which seemed to make all the difference. This season the Oilers now find themselves right back in the middle of a slump after starting 0-3 with losses to the Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, and Calgary Flames.
Prior to last night's loss to the Flames one of the Oilers' veterans Corey Perry spoke out about the struggles. Perry laid into his team. After losing yet another game due to defensive breakdowns and lack of scoring as well as controversial overturned goals frustration has continued to build. Now captain Connor McDavid has broken his silence.
Connor McDavid finally speaks on Edmonton Oilers early season struggles
After now 3 games of frustrating and embarrassing losses Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid finally made a statement on what has gone wrong with the team. In his post-game press conference, Connor McDavid addressed what he believes are the Oilers' biggest issues as of now. First, he spoke about consistently losing puck battles.
We are getting beat in a lot of battles. We're getting beat in a lot of different ways, lamented Oilers captain Connor McDavid, who had one lonely assist and was on the ice on two key Calgary goals - directly at fault for one of them.
After talking about the team's effort in getting the puck Connor McDavid moved on to their skills with the puck. He reveals that for some reason the Oilers' puck skills and cohesion have just been off to begin the season so far up and down the lineup.
Puck play has been bad all over, McDavid said. Guys fumbling it and not handling passes, (passes) in the air, passes behind guys It's just not good enough in terms of the puck play. When you are not clean with the puck it's tough to get the offence.
Ultimately it hasn't been good enough, McDavid said. Up and down the lineup, myself first and foremost. Everybody could be better and everybody will be better.
Ultimately it hasn't been good enough, McDavid said. Up and down the lineup, myself first and foremost. Everybody could be better and everybody will be better.
With these issues now identified by Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers, the focus can shift to fixing them. Luckily all of the issues at hand seem to be timing or effort-related which if everyone buys in can be fixed relatively quickly.
As the Edmonton Oilers get back into action all eyes will be on Connor McDavid and the squad to see if they can make the necessary changes to start playing winning hockey.
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