Jason Strudwick

Switzerland's not a bad place to go, let's be honest.

If there was maybe another place, would you be quite so anxious to jump on a plane?

And what about you and Darnell?

You guys are both going.

Did you guys do it independently or did you talk about it after the season ended?

You talk about evolving on the defensive side.

Is it more like you try to copy other guys?

Is that calm or the coaching stuff?

Where are you stealing or mimicking these ideas from?

So you guys ran up a little short this year.

The last two years were unbelievable for Oilers fans.

So is there a point here where I know you're going to go play in the World Champs and you just kind of relax, but is there a reflection on maybe what year one, two, three kind of look like and as a group what you guys can maybe alter or adjust to kind of get back to where you want?

Yeah, I mean, for me, it was...

I was more surprised that Bouchard and Nurse went.

He just played so much, and obviously they're healthy compared to some of the guys you mentioned, Noodles.

um for the orders and other guys around the league but i i would have thought maybe let's just just take a break take your two weeks now you know like it did you know it does take a while to kind of get healthy even if you have no real injuries i always found it took two or three weeks just to work out the kinks and kind of get yourself feeling good that's if you had no real injuries and then start feeling good and get after it again

Yeah, it's different when you're in front of someone, right, when they can actually see you and see how you behave and act.

Not that either one of those things are a problem, but I think that's a good point, Noodles.

It's clear that everyone wants to play for their country, especially the Olympics.

There's nothing I would have not done to get onto the Olympic team.