Frank Seravalli

There weren't tears.

It was almost like he knew that at some point this was coming.

And I think his words said it in such a graceful way as to not knock anyone, but how was anyone expecting a different result based on where this team was at at this moment in time?

And I thought it was fair, and what it's done is it has put everyone on notice.

He has...

taken his share of responsibility, also including himself, and Leon Dreisaitl did this as well, which is true leadership, saying we also need to be better.

It starts with us.

We're the players.

But I don't know how you could look at any of the last handful of seasons and say that, one, this team has improved, and two, that...

there haven't been a whole truckload of mistakes that have happened around them to put this Oiler team in a position where they might actually get through this entire window of Connor McDavid in his prime and not have a true Stanley Cup banner to show for it.

No, I'm saying what he said was a gross over-exaggeration that they weren't close.

I mean... You don't get any closer.

But the problem is that they've gotten further away.

Yeah.

And the problem is that a series of decisions, I think in part due to grass is always greener effect, I think in part to...

a quick twitch to make some changes that they've found themselves in a spot where each decision is not in a vacuum from another, that they've had compounding effects.

And I think from the Ryan McLeod to we can go back and for the 847th time on this show, unpack the Holloway and Broberg.

Right.

offer sheets to even just recently the Skinner trade to having to go out and like

Because you traded Ryan McLeod, now you needed to trade for Jason Dickinson.