Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (9/28/26)
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Why are Oilers fans anxious about the team's roster moves?
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We've got some more audio to get to as well. This text comes in out of the 403. Bob, I gotta tell you, I have serious anxiety over their pressure of these next two years and the impacts if we don't succeed. Watching Toronto acquire Marshenko today while we sit around and acquire project players. Yeah. uh while we have the best player in the world is really uh starting to get frustrated. Here's here's my response to this, okay? So you went out. And you trade it and you can you can make the argument, ah, the others blew it when they went out and got Wallman and Frederick. Well, let's see. Let's see what happens here. They gave up a first for Wallman, they gave up a second for Frederick. They extended both players.
Then they turn around last year, Stan Bowman, and traded a second for Murphy and a first for Dickinson, while dumping a contract with Dickinson and getting c uh Colton Doc as well. And they've got all three of those guys. Murphy re signed five years, five years for Dickinson, who is likely to start the year on IR. Um Doc doing a a short term extension of two years. Okay. Still they've done that. Now here's where I tell ya. Yes, Muroshenko is a really good player.
Do the Edmonton Oilers have enough defensive depth and young talent?
I don't think he would have been Ebonton's primary focus, and I don't think the Oilers had a player like Nice. That Columbus was that interested. I like uh Savoy. Let's see where it goes. We'll see what happens with Howard, okay? For the four hundred and thirty ninth time, I will tell you. And we're gonna hear from Stan Bowman on tomorrow's show. The team thinks they've got depth in goal. They think they've got depth on defense. I can tell you right now, what did the head coach say last night at our event? You were there, Aiden. What do you say about the defense? Oh I can't remember Bob.
I mean it's got Spencer Stashney and Ty Emerson playing in in the fourth pairing. Okay? And he definitely likes Muka Medula. He in fract frankly, he likes him more to this point than I do. Okay? Like I'm watching Muka Medulin and I see a guy that's raw. But Philip Roberts didn't kill it either. Right. And and Mukabadoulin was not a top ten pick, but he was a top twenty pick, and he is a six-foot forward of D-Man, and he is a left shot. There's something there. I'm not sold on the polish on his game yet. But the coach likes him. That matters more than the useless radio guy. Okay? So anyways, here's what I would say to you. They th Stan Bowman has repeatedly stated they have depth in goal and they have depth in defense.
They're gonna end up with cap space. They don't have cap space in twenty three minutes from now at five o'clock Mountain Standard Time. But they're likely to have cap space in a month from now. So where are they going to spend the comp space? My guess is they will be adding a top six forward at some point. Okay?
Where could the Oilers spend their salary-cap space to add a top-six forward?
Top six forward. Now it could be a distressed asset and a cheaper guy, or maybe it's a home run play for a higher end guy that you hope to resign. Time will tell in that regard. Don't forget the Maple East just didn't get Marshenko and sign him to a six year extension at twelve and a half. They took on Elvis Murzlichkins and they took on Miles Wood. Who's already dealt on the miners? Let me tell you something about Columbus. Columbus is tight. Tight like a tiger. Okay? They're tight. They're not exactly rolling with Maple Leaf's money.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are Oilers fans anxious about the team's roster moves?
0:00–1:55
2
Do the Edmonton Oilers have enough defensive depth and young talent?
1:55–3:45
3
Where could the Oilers spend their salary-cap space to add a top-six forward?
3:45–5:40
4
What do the Oilers' preseason results and latest NHL news mean?
5:40–7:23
5
What role could Vasily Podkolzin play alongside Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl?
7:23–9:45
6
What made Cal Nichols and the Edmonton Oilers community so special?
9:45–12:52
7
How did Craig MacTavish and the Oilers reach the 2006 Stanley Cup Final?
12:52–17:14
8
What values defined the Oilers teams Craig MacTavish played on?
17:14–18:49