“We have a lot of stuff that we need to figure out. I want to play in the playoffs. That’s the bottom line.” Connor McDavid spoke candidly about the Oilers' year. SportsnetSpec has the details:
McDavid harboured no ill will towards Giordano, and when asked if he could possibly take that net-front collision scenario out of his game, he grinned.
Amazingly, the vast majority of the Oilers players who spoke as they cleaned out their lockers Sunday put the blame on the current roster. Draisaitl stood out in that regard, despite how painfully obvious it is that management has failed to surround him and McDavid with enough talent to get anything done here.
McDavid made his frustration clear last week, on the night that Edmonton was officially eliminated from the playoffs by Vegas, and we can report that those words shook the Oilers front office like a small earthquake. He stepped up again on Sunday, in his own, understated way, and made it clear that his expectations are a hell of a lot higher than blaming the plumbing for this interminable rebuild in Edmonton.
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