Nugent-Hopkins on the 1,000 game milestone, the tenure in Edmonton and the season with the Oilers
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Ryan Nugent Hopkins. Great to see you, Ryan. Thank you for doing this. Are you aware of the fact that the reason you're in Edmonton is because Strutty was on the team the year before you got drafted?
Yeah, very aware. Yeah, he played a solid part in that, for sure. There you go, Stratton.
Thank you.
You're welcome. Thanks for finally acknowledging me, which I appreciate. You're the guy, Stratton, that R&H sees down the hall. It took 15 years. 15 years. He sees you down the hallway and grabs someone and says, see that guy right there? He's the reason I got drafted here. Stratton. The connection. A couple bad games for sure.
15 years, man.
What does it mean to reach the 1,000 game milestone with the Edmonton Oilers?
1,000 games. Obviously, now I'm sure it's sunk in because you've experienced it. You've hit the 1,000-game mark. They did a great job of obviously saluting you, and I thought the pregame ceremony was outstanding, but what does it mean to you to play 1,000 games and, more importantly or moreover, 1,000 games for the same team, the Edmonton Oilers?
Yeah, it definitely, I didn't know what to expect actually going in to the whole ceremony and the whole day. But, I mean, the guys definitely went over the top and beyond and made it a very special day. And kind of just listening to them, it definitely helped sink in as much as I think it could. But it was a great day, and obviously it always helps when, You have a day like that, and the guys play so well, and obviously Ingram was outstanding, got the shutout. It was a really fun day, and we had a lot of family and friends come in for it too. It was a day I won't forget, for sure. Ryan, a lot of guys seem to talk about it these days, more so than when the three of us played hockey, but playing for the same organization for the whole career...
Like playing the 1,000 games all for the Oilers, is that something that was important to you or something that you dreamt of and wanted to happen when you joined the Oilers? Yeah, definitely. When I got drafted here, I would talk to my agent and my family about that, that it was kind of the dream to, first of all, play my whole career in Edmonton. And obviously the big one is winning Edmonton. And then you play your first... five-ish years and you start to see guys going in and out of the lineup and in and off the team and start to think, well, maybe that's not going to be a possibility. But I was very fortunate to have stuck around through some tough three years and definitely now we're on the other side of it.
So it's a lot more fun to be on this side than it was for the first few years, as obviously Stradic can attest to there. Newt, you played with a lot of different players over that time, a lot of coaches. What was the most random communication text or call you got from someone that you're like, wow, I can't believe this guy sent me this note? There were some old teammates that I haven't talked to in a long time that – To be honest, I didn't have their number, so I'm sure they've got different numbers since then, but there was a lot of messages coming in, and I definitely felt the love on that day for sure.
Is it like a new phone who it is? How do you respond when you don't know who's writing you? I drop my phone in the toilet. That's the trick I use.
Yeah, no, it's more so just a thank you and appreciate the message.
Yeah, I think that's the play with Ryan Nugent Hopkins. Yeah, I mean, that run of first overall picks, Taylor Hall in 2010, yourself in 2011, Neil Yakupov in 2012. what was that experience like? Because it wasn't like the Oilers were dead last in the league every single year. They won lotteries in a couple of those to get the first overall pick.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–1:07
2
What does it mean to reach the 1,000 game milestone with the Edmonton Oilers?
1:07–6:22
3
How did Ryan Nugent-Hopkins feel about the pregame ceremony for his milestone?
6:22–12:55
4
What significance does playing for the same team for an entire career have for Nugent-Hopkins?
12:55–13:45
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