Craig MacTavish

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8,295 appearances 66 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2024 last heard 15 Sep

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Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer · Craig MacTavish continues (6/15/26) · 16 Jun 2026 podcast

But the one thing I know about DJ Smith is he's social, approachable.

communicator, and that's going to be important.

I mean, I go back to the staff we had when Glenn Sather was a coach.

I mean, he was a leader, like he was at the top of the food chain.

Then we had John Muckler, who was technically way advanced to where the game was at that stage.

And we had Ted Green, too, that was an unbelievable liaison between

the players and the coaching staff.

And DJ Smith can do the technical side of it for sure.

Babcock's one of the brightest technical guys that I've ever seen and heard speak.

I mean, he's a great orator.

I mean, and, you know, he's going to be able to tell the players, the ownership, the managers everything.

very articulately how he's going to get the Oilers to the Stanley Cup.

Yeah, and his ability to communicate that plan

And what he's going to do would really be unmatched by anybody, I would think, at this stage of their careers.

But what is the execution of that plan like?

If he's learned from some of the shortcomings that he's had in the past, which he's a smart guy, you would think he would...

I've learned from those lessons, and he's wiser because of those lessons.

I mean, let's face it.

This is a bit of a Hail Mary by the Oilers.

The Oilers are flawed in quite a few areas right now.

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