Edmonton Oil Kings GM/President of Hockey Operations Kirt Hill (10/29/25)

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Bob Stauffer 0:00

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Bob Stauffer 0:48

Remember cars cost less in Witasquin. All right. Uh we are going to head off to the Rivercree Resort Casino Hotline and hook up with Kurt Hill, the GM of the Edmonton Oil Kings for Our Oil Kings report for Sherwood Power Sports and Marine. Your home for boats, ATVs and motorbikes and all the gear you need. Hello, Kurt, how you doin'? I'm doing good, Bob. How are you? Good. Uh you're doing good. Uh but the team is in a in a little bit of a funk and it coincides. Uh your captain went down, Gavin Hodnett, uh you're nine-four-and-two overall. Still got a really good record, but uh I I've noticed that Hodnett's been uh out of the lineup for a few games, and in fact he's only played eight games a season, seventy and sixty-two points the last two years for your club.

Bob Stauffer 1:35

So what's going on with the captain?

Kirt Hill 1:38

Yeah, no, Gavin's gonna be out for some you know, p considerable amount of time here. He's got uh A pretty pretty sprained ankle, so I don't think we're gonna expect him back until uh you know, early December, maybe if not till after Christmas. So we'll uh that's the dreaded high ankle sprain, eh? Yes, exactly. Yeah. So unfortunate player fell on him and uh but um yeah, we're gonna take his rehab the right way. Gavin's been uh doing everything he can and uh yeah, we're gonna have to find a way to uh get back on track here without him.

Bob Stauffer 2:08

Now you have a really good team. You have uh Miroslav Holinka's leading the team with fourteen points in twelve games. He's tied with Lucas Satchin, but you got Holinka, uh Max Curran, who's been a little quiet offensively, I think. Uh Colorado draft choice. Holinka's drafted by the Leafs. Uh, and then you have Adam Yekko as well, who's also by relative to the skill set, like those two of those three guys aren't really going offensively, and they're highly talented. talented import player. Is uh is it just a matter of time before they start scoring?

Kirt Hill 2:42

Yeah, I think it's uh you know, they're both in a bit of a funk right now. I think maybe a little bit of just trying to find some chemistry, um, with some with some line mates and you know, the power play hasn't been great so far. Uh and I think that attributes a little bit to the chemistry as well. And, you know, we're not gonna hit the panic button here fifteen games into the season, but certainly, um, you know, those guys know they need to be better and uh they'll be challenged here to um, you know, start just worrying about with the details in their game, but I do think the production will come for both those guys.

Bob Stauffer 3:11

Before the change Kurt Hill joining us, GM of the evidence of Oil Kings, before they change the N C double A major junior rules, uh like a year ago at this time in the old rules, would you have had all of Andrew O O'Neill, Paul Anderson, and Dylan Dean uh here in oil country?

Kirt Hill 3:30

Oh, I don't think so. I'd say maybe one of the three, I would guess, but certainly the the rule change um helped uh helped the it'd be pretty, you know, favorable to get all three of them and uh you know, those guys have they've been good. I mean all three all three of them have been contributing, they've been consistent and um yeah, with just some of our you know, guys that are supposed to be our better players having slower starts, uh certainly um you know