General Manager and President of Hockey Operations For the Oil Kings Kirt Hill
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Good. I had this conversation with somebody that's got lots of experience in WHL, and he said to me at this time of the year when there are several players off at world junior camps and that sort of thing, sometimes the good teams just want to get into the break. Is that a fair assessment?
Oh, I mean, it's when, anytime you have guys gone, it's, you know, as an organization, you're happy for those players. And certainly it's a little bit, it feels like we've got a few more guys gone right now, just with some of the injuries and stuff like that. But, you know, at the end of the day, it's, I think overall it's a much needed break with how many games we played on the road in the first half. I think it's good for the guys to get a little bit of a recharge and, but at the same time, it's been good to see some of our young guys play more meaningful minutes and, and, You know, some of the guys that play down the lineup a little bit more put in situations that they aren't in all the time.
Well, I'm doing the show off an app on my phone. So I got you 21-7-4. Is that the correct record? Yes. Okay. Maybe educator listeners, who is all away at the World Juniors right now?
So right now at the World Juniors for Team Czechia, Macs, Curran and Adam Jekyll are away. And then for Team USA, Blake Fiddler is there. And for Team Canada, Ethan McKenzie is away.
And you do not have Gavin Hodnett, who led the team in scoring each of the last two years. He's been out most of the season. Who else is nicked up right now?
Yeah, and Luke Powell's been nicked out. And, yeah, we had Kanju Gojcik also had a suspension that he was serving last night and will serve the first game into the second half. So we, yeah, a little bit more of a shorter staff last night, but had three APs up, affiliate players to play and get their feet wet. And that obviously included Matthias Haida, who played his first two games for our team this weekend and last night.
Matias is the son of former Edmonton Oilers defenseman and Columbus Blue Jacket Yan Heda. All right. So, you know, just from your perspective here, when you have a situation like this where you're playing basically down five of your better players, at minimum, including two of your top four defensemen. Does it reinforce what you probably need to do by the WHL trade deadline?
think it gives you opportunities to evaluate it in a different way certainly and um you know the depths of your team and and where you think it's truly at and and obviously just getting guys and as i alluded to earlier in different situations that they're not normally in and you never know what can happen in the playoffs with injuries and you know going in short staff if you get in some some longer series you get late in the playoffs so certainly it gives you that opportunity to evaluate that and uh And it does point you in a direction, I think, of getting a little bit of a clearer picture on what you exactly want to do.
When is Curt Hills, the president and GM of the Edmonton Oil Kings, when is the WHL trade deadline?
Yeah, well, right now the trade freeze is on.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–9:33
2
What is the Oil Kings' current record and season status heading into the holiday break?
9:33–10:24
3
Which Oil Kings players are at the World Juniors and how does that affect the roster?
10:24–12:24
4
Which key Oil Kings players are injured or unavailable right now?
12:24–14:49
5
How does losing top players reveal depth and evaluation opportunities for the Oil Kings?
14:49–17:54
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