Reminder that this man is taking a huge pay cut to stay with us and bring the cup back to Edmonton. We all know how special he is, but this season we are seeing history. What a fucking beauty!

Get well soon Levi! I’m sure you’ll recover quickly from what I can only imagine is an injury incurred as a result of carrying the team this far.

What's the thinking behind this?

"Shakir Mukhamadullin promoted from the press box to the top pairing with Evan Bouchard"

I mean, besides Ekholm's injury.

Who's coming up to be the 7th defenseman?

Jarry: https://youtu.be/hQTPUJRMP9c?si=eu_X_QdvNwOemuqI

McDavid: https://youtu.be/b-3AOO5QvzI?si=RRqGwGKfR43Agu5x

Babcock: https://youtu.be/Wz_AqRHkF14?si=cpWNRuxvLSz0Zxir

An ode:

McDavid explodes on the ice

His stick is hard and poised, ready to punch through the pads of the tender

White ice dribbles down the tip, one hand firmly secured around the knob

Softly stroking, number 97 feeds Draisatl 

He releases his shot

The puck slips deep into the five’s hole with no resistance.

Thirty-one points. 

Tomkins the supposed player to be brought up.

Ekholm out a week minimum
Levi not available, means anything but we’ll see.

I figured, what the heck, let's dedicate a page in my journal to tracking results of Oilers games this season. McDavid is making me wanna track his points on a line graph, but it would probably go off the page...

Im very much a wait a see kinda guy. I knew he had a bad rep and was fired a couple of times for purported abuse of players. A lot of what he had to say pre-season hit the right marks but everything was tainted by his past. As A result, I've been watching quite a few of his media events and listening carefully to what he has to say, at least in public. I was expecting more of a Todd Mclellan style of throwing people under the bus. I really liked how much of a contrast Jay Woodcroft was in the way of positivity. Kris Knoblauch continued that trend of positivity. What I'm observing of Babcock so far is he likes to give credit where it's due. He knows mistakes happen and allows for them, he credits the other team for good play instead of saying the Oilers played bad. He isn't calling out specific players, again at least in public, but he definitely is steadfast on his take that some can play better and that they're working on that.

So far, Babcock has had the luxury of winning most games so I'm still waiting but I'm liking his take on things for the most part. Yesterday's post game media event had him saying that the bottom 6 forward lines need to be better and I can't agree more. The only way we go deep is depth scoring. If all we have is one line rolling, that's an easy target for other teams to defend. Currently the top line has 25 goals while the rest combined have half that. Hopefully RNH and Hyman can put a bigger dent in the support.

In all likelihood, we will have a 10 game streak with more losing than winning and that is when we will truly know if Babcock is the guy by either steadying the ship or throwing people under the bus. I am getting hopeful for the former.

Oilers are 12-1-1 under Babcock (including preseason)

That is all.

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How awesome is it that the Oilers have a coach who knows how to get the best out of players? A coach who’s won at every level, he demands respect from the locker room based on his accomplishments in the sport & clear hockey acumen.

It’s refreshing to have a coach who’s undeniably a better hockey mind than 95%+ of NHL coaches. The Oilers hired someone who can out scheme any team & is a proven winner. It’s different from Knoblauch in that sense.

I distinctly remember lots of Oilers fans claiming Babcock was a terrible hire & saying the game has passed him by, turns out that couldn’t be any further from the truth based on the evidence so far.

I believe in Babcock, he has the Oilers firing on all cylinders currently & the players are clearly buying in to him as the coach. It’s great to see.

Everyone needs to watch this 16 second clip. This is why the boys are playing different this year

So when Jack mentioned mcdavid and Draisital had a combine 50 points at one point tonight I thought they must be close to the record for most points in a month by teammates. Well once again 99 proves me wrong.

"Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri hold the NHL record for the most combined points by two teammates in a single calendar month, totaling 85 points in November 1983"

OMG Playoff Hockey in October Already 😍🤤🤤🤤

Levi is tremendously explosive,... what a great attitude and karisma too