In today’s Oilers News Update Austin Hockey discusses the injury timeline of Defenseman Mattias Ekholm and Goaltender Calvin Pickard. Austin also takes a deeper dive into the career of long-time Oiler Sam Gagner, who announced his retirement yesterday. Make sure to “like” and “subscribe” if you enjoy this type of content! #oilers #edmontonoilers #nhl
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23 Comments
I've got a framed, autographed photo with both him and Hemsky, it was after Hemsky undressed Kiprisoff for a wicked goal (have that goal framed too), big smiles.
Tickets already say Dallas.
Came for the injuries updates stayed for the Gagner glaze
I literally saw “Calvin Pickard Morning routine”, as the title.
The player analysis sounds awesome cant wait!
thank you Austin for updates you are awesome
Pickard is 6-0. They have to start him if he's available.
Ales Hemsky over Smyth for me, but I loved Gags too.
Interesting enough, there is another McTavish that is an RFA this offseason, perhaps the Oilers can take a swing?
Something that I would love to throw it out as I saw people kind of debating online. Would you rather have players to be ready to go asap and hope the DAL/WPG series finish sooner so that players can go out and play with no rust? (Historically, EDM has dealt with players playing rusty/slow after long breaks) I personally would rather to have them fully rested and heal as much as possible because I’M SURE not everyone, especially McDrai is 100% also this is, as you often mentioned the oldest team in the league in average age. And we have seen the boys adjust and adapt as games go on so of course let them heal more and also buy more time for Ekholm and Pickard to get more healthy, this team is going to be deeper than the ocean!!! Bring it on WCF 💪🏼
I have had time to think about this, maybe we don't need Ekholm our team is doing well without him, Of course keep him but i think the lines are solid. I just don't know who you would take out for him??……Great vid Austin I also watched Gagner great player.
Congrats Gagner!
We want ten!!!
Met Gagner when I was 18 at the bar on New Year’s Eve, he was with another young player forget who now (they were 19 I think) but was a chill guy from what I recall
In Austin we trust 🎉🫡
Hey unc, what does " Eat crow" mean?
Ekholm will be so big for us Lets go Oilers
predictions, Jets after last night 4-0 win they played like they should if the keep it up they will come back and win , Toronto not going to do it thats to bad , panthers are a tough stanley cup team , Carolina takes out the panthers Oilers take out Winnipeg and or Dallas , Oliers vs Hurricanes game 6 win for Etown oilers
Love gagner!! We are similar in age, and your name drops and timeliness really resonate with me! Awesome stuff.
This team has a lot of problems. A lot of really good problems. How and when do you deploy Eck? Is J skinner going to make an explosive, well rested appearance? Is Stu going to be locked in, with all of this extra time to prepare? Will Drai recover a little bit from whatever’s bothering him? And who will step up this time to make a name for themselves this coming series? I am beyond excited.
I haven’t been an Edmonton fan for long and I haven’t gone to that much games but in the 23-24 season I got to go to that Dallas game where he scored two goals and it was just electric and the response from the crowd was great and I didn’t really know who he was before that but it was still great to see him in one of his first games back and Edmonton score two goals and almost make a comeback sad to see him go
How effective will Ekholm be when he’s coming off a pretty significant injury? It’s not like it’s the regular season and he can sacrifice a few games and take it easy to get his mojo back, we’re getting deep in the play offs here
toronto tonight will choke — sorry off topic.
If Ekholm in, who comes out? Based on all the info, it seems like it has to be Klingberg.
Also, unfortunate about Pickard. Games 1 to 3 for Pickard and 4 to 7 for Skinner would be guaranteed series win.
Thank you for posting only facts and thoughts, not clickbait titles and speculation discussion. Even Oilersnation is getting annoying.
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