Kyle Bukauskas

And, of course, the quotes from Leon Dreisaitl have made the rounds over the last few days.

How blunt and honest he was, Connor McDavid as well, and the sense that the organization took a step back.

back this year.

So where would you like to start on how Edmonton turns things around from back to back Stanley Cup final appearances to a season that just never felt like they were able to get any sort of traction and out in round number one?

But part of the whole...

Having them play a little less, I mean, personnel goes hand-in-hand with that because you need a lineup that you've got other players that you trust putting out in more situations than they are currently.

Like Dreisaitl touched on it, right, about the team that went to Game 7 against Florida.

Yes.

You know, the names that were there.

Yes.

Right.

They aren't no longer.

But they they did that.

So that goes hand in hand.

And I can also say, too.

And I also think, I don't, with Dreisaitl, and McDavid too is an extent, but we know Dreisaitl to be an honest, blunt person when it comes to this stuff, which we very much appreciate.

I didn't see that as a big five-alarm fire.

Like, if anything, that was the best thing that could have happened for the Oilers.

If he had gone up and sat there and said, you know, I mean, it just was a tough year.

We played a lot of hockey, but after a summer of all of us being able to get