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Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer

Craig MacTavish continues (5/11/26)

12 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 35.842 Bob Stauffer

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36.123 - 53.747 Bob Stauffer

It is back to you on Monday's forward contract. Equipment Canada's premium heavy equipment dealer with rental and sales. We're just talking off mic here, Craig. Evan Bouchard, Darnell Nurse, going to represent Team Canada at the Worlds. Your thoughts? Yeah, fantastic. Because you've coached there too, right? You've coached at the Worlds.

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53.787 - 77.153 Craig MacTavish

Yeah, I went over. I've been there three times, twice as an assistant, once as a head coach. Mark Messier was the manager the year that I was a head coach. We went to Germany. We didn't do that great, but lost to the Russians in the quarterfinals, I think. But, no, I think it's great for those guys to get the experience. I mean, they both...

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77.133 - 88.605 Craig MacTavish

I don't think Darnell or Evan have played for Team Canada at the pro level. Has Darnell? I'd have to check. But they both, I mean, they played World Juniors.

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88.685 - 112.038 Bob Stauffer

Darnell was on that team in 2015 with McDavid that won. Won in Toronto. Won in Toronto. And then Boosh was in Vancouver in 2019. They lost to Finland, and he got hauled down in overtime, and Canada got a penalty shot. And they elected to go with their captain. who's currently playing in the KHL, a guy that didn't really pan out.

112.058 - 126.489 Bob Stauffer

It was one of those things where Hockey Canada looked like at an older 2017 draft, and so they took the puck out of Bouchard's hands and let, remember the player? No. Come on, I told you it was. You told me. I mean, no. It's not right here.

126.51 - 138.149 Craig MacTavish

Well, you know, the amazing thing is that you remember the player again. I mean, you have so much of that information up there. You don't have any room for things like common sense.

139.391 - 139.611 Bob Stauffer

Right.

139.631 - 141.835 Craig MacTavish

Maxime Comtois took the shot.

Chapter 2: What insights does Craig MacTavish share about coaching Team Canada?

141.815 - 147.403 Craig MacTavish

Comme toi is forcing out the common sense part of your decision-making.

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147.923 - 154.893 Bob Stauffer

I'm thinking if Bouchard had just taken the shot Canada might have won the game against because he can shoot the puck. Well, they probably would have.

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154.993 - 180.792 Craig MacTavish

We had a penalty shot in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006, which you'll remember well. There was a brilliant coaching decision on that. Yeah. And you were ready with the poison pen just to crucify me if that didn't work. And I knew Pronger would be... You know, not a shrieking violent for the moment. He was up for it, eh? He just came down there and shot it in the net.

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180.812 - 194.667 Bob Stauffer

And you're up 3-0 at that point. My buddy Ken Nichols and his dad, Cal, he was at the game. I was there for games 5 and 7. He texts me at 3-0, I want to win the cup. And I'm like, you never know. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. That was, right?

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194.747 - 198.932 Craig MacTavish

Yeah, and then a litany of bad things started to happen. Just unlucky.

200.253 - 206.536 Bob Stauffer

And you've said it often. You think about it more now than you did even 15 years ago, eh?

206.556 - 236.419 Craig MacTavish

I do. And then game two. Because we were definitely tougher. Yes. And so I was like giving our guys the Mark Messier line. We're playing the game tonight like the back of their net is boarded off because they took our goalie out. Andrew Ladd came in, took Roley out at the net. So we're going through the crease on every net drive. And Mark used to come in once in a while and say –

236.399 - 261.263 Craig MacTavish

stop going behind the net we go in front of the net play the game like clint anderson took him yeah yeah and craig simpson and craig simpson because they were tick yes and uh so for it i think i was more vigilante focused than i should have been and uh we end up losing that game but You know, we lost. You battled back. Yeah, we did.

261.564 - 267.069 Craig MacTavish

You know, but we had a tough, hard-nosed team, and that's how we won a lot of our games.

Chapter 3: How did the Oilers' coaching decisions impact their playoff performance?

1046.342 - 1048.545 Bob Stauffer

Oh, there's no show next Monday. It's Victoria Day.

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1048.711 - 1049.552 Craig MacTavish

Oh, yeah.

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1049.572 - 1051.455 Bob Stauffer

Yeah. Will they get her done within the week, the Canadians?

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1051.475 - 1055.179 Craig MacTavish

It sure looks like it. I mean, we'll see what Buffalo's made of tomorrow night.

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1055.32 - 1073.503 Bob Stauffer

Yeah, no question about that. Craig in studio with us. Road to the Cup is presented by our friends at Sentinel Storage. Try four weeks free. Visit SentinelStorage.ca for details. Aidan, thank you. We'll be pre-taping early tomorrow to hook up with Brad. So that'll be awesome. It'll be good.

1073.483 - 1091.806 Bob Stauffer

Again, special thanks to Kellen and Eamon Hashim and everybody who took time to text us during the course of today's show. Craig Metavish's appearances every Monday. Back to you on Monday, brought to you by Contract Equipment Canada's premium heavy equipment dealer with rental and sales. Up next, an 880 News weather traffic update. Zach Ferguson has that for us. He's back.

1092.166 - 1097.533 Bob Stauffer

He was on the IR for a couple weeks there. And then Inside Sports with Brendan Escott. So long, everybody.

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