Stoff

They're a tough team at home.

I mean, you know, that's a team that's got a little bit of bite.

And the Oilers lost that night and Leon went off.

And right away he said, coaching's got to be better.

And, you know, we're flying back to Calgary as we're heading off for the Olympic break from Calgary.

And I'm thinking, this is probably not a good.

And the eight previous games, the Oilers should have gone two and six.

They were four and four, and they had the worst goals against the league over those eight games and the worst penalty kill.

So something had to give coming out of the Olympic break, and that was Paul Coffey returning.

And they did play better in the regular season.

Then when Leon got hurt, they played Tampa Bay.

And the Lightning came in and kicked the snot out of the Oilers 4-0.

And that night, it was Conor McDavid talking about John Cooper, who has gravitas, who has a big personality.

That said, he's 2-10 at home in the playoffs in the last four years after they went to the final three years in a row, winning two Cups.

But he's won the Cups.

And, you know, as you guys said, you'll win.

Changes everything.

So...

There was commentary during the course of the year from your two best players, your two leaders.

And then they circled back to it in the exit interviews at the end of the year.