Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (6/29/26)
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Hey, it's Bob Stauffer. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Oilers Now ad-free on Amazon Music, included with Prime. 5.34, Germany loses to Paraguay. Paraguay ranked 34th in the world. Germany ranked 12th. That is an upset. We go straight off to the River Cree Resort Casino Hotline. Welcome back to the show. For our friends at Contract Equipment Canada's premium heavy equipment dealer with rental and sales, Craig McTavish, who I believe is down in Ice District. It is Mac T on Mondays. Hello, Craig. How are you doing? Oh, I'm doing good, Steph. How are you? Good.
Were you doing something down at Development Camp? Yeah, the Mahi brothers, two of my favorite Euler employees, Justin and Sean, had Kelly Buckberger and I come in and say a few words to the prospects. It's always kind of entertaining to see the wide-eyed youngsters. A couple of pretty accomplished women hockey players, too. One played for the U.S. Olympic team and yeah it was a sharp group of uh young kids what sort of things and you and me did an event for the sports corporation about uh three weeks ago but what sort of things do you reinforce at an event like that uh just you know my experience with development and uh you know trying to expedite the timeline between what your maximum performance level is and where you are now.
And that's really, you know, the secret sauce that any organization is trying to do with their young players is to expedite their maximum performance level. And, you know, you try and impart upon them the habits that you need. And, you know, I've been around it for a lot of years as Justin Mahe has been doing it. And he reminded me for the last 15 years that, You know, there are always the same issues that stunt development and the same issues that expedite it. And, you know, really work ethic, discipline, attentiveness, you know, because you got to remember a lot of these guys. get to this level where they haven't experienced any failure. And the level of competition is accelerated at this level.
And you're not quite as dominant as you were. And you can struggle. And, you know, they don't really have a reference point for a lot of these struggles.
What insights does Craig MacTavish share about the Oilers' Development Camp?
And, you know, you're waiting. And I was the same way as a young player. I'm waiting for the development fairy to come down and bestow development on me. And it generally happens when you figure out that you're in charge of the development, the organization has a lot of resources, and, you know, spend a lot of money on the resources that you have to tap into to accelerate your development level. But, you know, these guys, they train at a different level than we used to, not that we weren't in Decent shape, but it's a different animal today.
Yeah, absolutely. Craig Metavish, MacTM Monies for our friends at Contract Equipment, Canada's premium heavy equipment dealer with rental and sales. Craig, it's interesting. Ten years ago today, and you were part of the orders management staff. Pete Shirelli was the GM. The orders traded Taylor Hall for Adam Larson, one for one. I did four and a half hours of radio. Reid Wilkins did four and a half, nine hours straight on Ched that day. It was a controversial trade. Larson was a solid right shot defender. Two years later, Taylor Hall won the MVP. That was by far his best season. He is now a Stanley Cup champion. Those are difficult trades to make, aren't they?
Well, they were. And, you know, we all kind of mature and we forget how young these guys are when they come to us. And I mean, Taylor Hall was here at it. you know, the ripe age of 18 and with a lot of expectations. And that's tough for a young player to handle. And you're coming into an organization when you're picked that high that's not very strong, a team that's not very strong. So, you know, it's a struggle for these guys. And, you know, it was a struggle for Taylor. And I was super happy for him this year to, that he won the Stanley Cup. I mean, he was never a bad guy or a bad teammate. He just, you know, came from a different background.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:33
2
What insights does Craig MacTavish share about the Oilers' Development Camp?
2:33–12:12
3
How does the Oilers' management approach player development?
12:12–14:33
4
What were the implications of the Taylor Hall trade for the Oilers?
14:33–17:10
5
How does Craig MacTavish evaluate the performance of Adam Larson since the trade?
17:10–17:35
6
What challenges do young players face when joining the Oilers?
17:35–18:25
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