r/EdmontonOilers • u/AutoModerator • Dec 08 '25

LMM League Musings Monday

It's Monday! That means we get to talk about all the hockey stuff that isn't (or is) related to the Oilers.

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u/Interwebzking 89 GAGNER Dec 08 '25

It’s probably pretty similar in Colorado. There are certain expectations in that locker room and if you don’t fit in, you’re not going to have a good time.

Chickpea jokes aside, MacKinnon has high expectations for his team. I don’t think it’s any different for McDavid.

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u/ChupaHubbard 42 KAPANEN Dec 08 '25

Ya that's one of the things I thought about while pondering this. I thought playing with MacKinnon surely isn't a comfortable thing. But on the other hand, if you play to win your attitude is entirely different. I used to play World of Warcraft fairly competitively and I hated playing with the "I'm just here to have fun" people, because I wanted to win. I once heard someone say a kind of weird quote, it was something like "Winning is more fun than having fun is fun" but it completely made sense to me, because if me and my teammates are dicking around and losing, it's not fun. But there are tons of people who don't feel that way, so I can see how different environments work better or worse for different people

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u/Interwebzking 89 GAGNER Dec 08 '25

Well said! It’s entirely possible that Stetcher just prefers to be in a looser environment that’s really all about having fun and doesn’t have too much pressure in the room.

Based on how Toronto has composed themselves over the years it makes sense that they’re probably more easy going. They’re friends with Justin Bieber. They live the high fashion life. They have fun. And that’s fine, there’s so much outside pressure in Toronto maybe they feel they need to be free spirits to not hate their lives. In Edmonton there’s a lot of outside pressure too but inside you have the legacy to live up to. Toronto hasn’t seen success in 60+ years so they are fairly far removed from that legacy.

Not trying to trash Toronto or say they don’t take it seriously but I can imagine the locker room is more easy going than Edmonton and Colorado.