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Chapter 1: What are the latest updates on the Edmonton Oilers and their playoff journey?
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Played parts of four seasons with the Edmonton Oilers and then became one of the biggest stars ever from Spittin' Chicklets. Former Oilers defenseman Ryan Whitney. Hello, Ryan. How are you doing?
What is up?
Chapter 2: How does Ryan Whitney assess the Oilers' chances in the upcoming playoffs?
Ready to roll. Ready to rock. Another playoffs is upon us. Playoffs? Playoffs? Playoffs. Try to be lucky if we win another game.
You know what? We're kind of getting used to it here, I got to tell you. Because we got this guy named Connor and this guy named Leon.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of player injuries on the Oilers' playoff performance?
And, you know, they've been in the mix lately. Four straight years lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion to an absolute heartbreak against the Florida Panthers in Game 7 and Game 6. Certainly the one two years ago could have gone either way. I would assert to you, Ryan, that had Zach Hyman not been hurt last year, probably would have been a seven-game series. Probably. But Florida won.
Tell me this. Two things. Number one, what are your thoughts on the Oilers as they head into the playoffs this year? And number two, with the Maple Leafs out,
Chapter 4: How does Ryan Whitney view the rivalry between the Oilers and the Ducks?
did you ensure that your good friend Paul would not be able to jump aboard the Edmonton Oilers bandwagon?
I told him, don't even come near us. Now, the problem is, He's obsessed with McDavid getting a cup. He's adamant, as many others are, that a career can kind of be defined by that when you're as good as he is. You think of a Ginla, you think of Thornton, and you think of not getting one. It's different after. All the greats have one.
And he certainly, to me, is the greatest hockey player I've ever seen. So I'm very excited.
Chapter 5: What insights does Ryan Whitney share about the Oilers' lineup changes?
Listen, it's been a weird year. I think you guys are well aware of that. And it was frustrating at times, but it's all about peak at the right moment. And I feel like they would end up getting a Stanley Cup in a year that's just been up and down. I mean, they couldn't win four in a row forever. And now all of a sudden it seems like everything's coming together at the right time.
I mean, word I'm hearing, Leon's ready to go. I think Dickinson's ready to go. You'd know more than me.
Chapter 6: How does playoff experience affect team performance according to Ryan Whitney?
And all of a sudden, the lineup, it's phenomenal. I will say I like Szymanski a lot. At Joshua, Szymanski can move. He's big. I know he wouldn't be playing tonight. I see Henriquez, fourth line center. But I'm just excited because this would be the year they win it. When everyone thinks that they're going to run away with the Pacific Division and it's going to be easy, it isn't. It's a struggle.
You get into the playoffs and they finally get it done.
Chapter 7: What does Ryan Whitney think about the importance of goaltending in the playoffs?
So let's start with Anaheim.
Yeah, it's interesting, Ryan. As somebody that's been around it now for 18 seasons, I thought they might have been capable of 50 wins at the start of the year. I realized probably 25 games in a year that wasn't going to happen. But I will say this. There is a quiet confidence about the team. There's no guarantee because anything can happen in the course of a playoff series.
You better than anybody knows that. But I'm going to give you a stat right here, right now. The lineup tonight,
Chapter 8: How does winning against Canada impact U.S. hockey according to Ryan Whitney?
is the first time all season that the Oilers have been able to ice this lineup as good as it's been. And this is the best lineup. With all due respect to Szymanski, Henrique's their face-off specialist on the penalty kill. He's had two great playoffs in a row for the Edmonton Oilers. He's experienced.
I mean, the Ducks, Ryan, are going to have nine forwards that have never played a game in the NHL playoffs. And three defensemen that have never played. I mean, that's huge.
That's hard. And I love the future of Anaheim. I mean, Dostal, he's scary. No doubt. I think that they're set up to be really good for a long time. But like you said, it's just so many guys at the beginning of this, you know, run in the playoffs. It's so hard off the bat. I remember my first playoff game.
I've told the story a bunch of times that we were outshot 20 to nothing by Ottawa in game one of Pittsburgh. And we had Sidney Crosby, we had Evgeny Malkin. It's just different. And Edmonton, the other thing about this year, and you guys all know, it's like It's hard to go to the cup final and come back and you just want to get back to the playoffs and you got to grind. They did it twice.
And so this regular season, at times it's exhausting. Like the whole time they figured they knew they'd be in. It's just like, oh, get me to April 20th. Get me to when this really matters and we can try this again. And now they're here. So the quiet confidence, I agree.
the team it's as high as it's ever been I mean is the pressure high no doubt but that's that's what guys want I think that's what makes this game so fun is having pressure at at the fingertips almost and seeing the way McDavid approaches this and those two guys him and Leon like their numbers in the playoffs I mean they're behind Gretzky and Lemieux in point per game like that is crazy they're the best I've ever seen and then they get better in the playoffs that's not common for a
I just, I think now the goaltending, no doubt. I'm not going to sit here and say there aren't questions, but I believe in Ingram and I believe that it could end up being more people than one in there as we've seen the last two years. But it's just the excitement level finally starting again because it's 82 games. It's exhausting.
And now they're here and it's like, all right, finally, like, let's try to do this thing again.
Ryan Whitney joining us from Spittin' Chicklets. Bob Stauffer with you in Oilers. Now we're live in Ford Hall. Game one tonight, Edmonton, Anaheim. You mentioned Connor McDavid and Leon Drysaddle, respectively, third and fourth all-time points per game in the playoffs. McDavid's right there for Lemieux within, you know, a striking distance of being second.
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