McDavid

2022 - 6 - 7

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This is probably as close as Connor McDavid will get (Deadspin)

There's not much more that Connor McDavid can do. For that matter, Leon Draisaitl should be attached to that lament permanently now, after he also averaged ...

Even if the Oilers had a lot of room this summer, the list of free-agent goalies isn’t making anyone weak in the knees, at least not for the right reasons. Smith spit up Games 1, 3, and 4 in this series for Edmonton. But because he was only slightly worse than Francouz and slightly better than Jakob Markstrom in the second round, the aforementioned goalie who couldn’t maintain solid form, the Oilers will convince themselves that he has one last run in him at age 41. Or a genuine second pair on the blue line, if not a genuine partner for Darnell Nurse (who inexplicably played through the playoffs with a torn hip flexor, leaving him nothing more than chum for the jet-heeled Avs). They’ll still be paying Zack Kassian over $3 million to be, perhaps, the worst player in the league, and certainly one of the stupidest. The Oilers only have about seven million in cap space for next year, and if you are a betting man you would side with Evander Kane and Kailer Yamamoto taking up most if not all of that space. Only in Game 3 were the Oilers the better team, and their goalie let the Avs by anyway. Eight wins and a four-game sweep by the Avalanche. For that unheard of production, the kind we might not see again, and Draisaitl battling through his body falling off of him like hot wax, in reality the Oilers still never got close to a Stanley Cup. They were mostly rolled in the conference final by Colorado, which is an obvious thing to say in a sweep and something the Avs would do to a lot of teams.

Oilers news: Connor McDavid reacts after getting swept by ... (ClutchPoints)

Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid got his first taste of the Western Conference Finals this season, but his time there was short-lived thanks to a ...

As McDavid noted, it often is a progression when it comes to winning a Stanley Cup. It’s hard to go from a fringe playoff team to a Stanley Cup win overnight. The Oilers must now focus on how they can get better defensively in order to make a Stanley Cup run. They get there most years and go on a little bit of a run, and they learn that lesson, and then it becomes their time to win.”

McDavid: 'It's a step in the right direction, but that's all it is' (TSN)

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid tried to find the positives from his team's playoff run after reaching the Western Conference final for the first ...

Edmonton was swept by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round last year and eliminated in the qualifying round of the 2020 playoffs by the Chicago Blackhawks. Zack Kassian scored to push the game to overtime, where Artturi Lehkonen ended the series just 1:19 in off of a rebound. They become a playoff team and then they get there most years and then they go on a little bit of a run and they learn that lesson and then it becomes their time to win.

"Step in the right direction": McDavid, Draisaitl encouraged by Oilers ... (Daily Hive)

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each called a trip to the Western Conference Final for the Edmonton Oilers a step in the right direction.

“It’s always fun being in the playoffs and competing for the Cup. With that being said, we don’t play for the outside noise. McDavid, who had 33 points (10 goals, 23 assists), netted multiple points in 12 of 16 games this postseason, becoming just the fifth different player in NHL history to record as many in a single playoff year. The Oilers then topped the Calgary Flames in their second-round Battle of Alberta series to move to the conference final for the first time since that 2006 run, too. “With that being said, we expected to be here and we want to be here and we want to be even further, right? I’m proud of the group, but obviously it’s very disappointing and it sucks right now. It’s a step in the right direction.

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl deserved better in the Stanley ... (For The Win)

The Edmonton Oilers season ended Monday night in the Western Conference Final after being unceremoniously swept out of the playoffs by the Colorado Avalanche.

The 40-year-old goaltender had some standout moments in the playoffs, but it’s well past time for the Oilers to move on. After yet another season of both McDavid and Draisaitl cresting over 100 points, the pair were the most electric players in this postseason. The Oilers finally seem to have gotten a talented supporting core around their two stars with Evander Kane and Zach Hyman, something Edmonton can build upon in the seasons to come. It’s been 32 years since the Oilers hoisted the Stanley Cup, with this trip to the Western Conference Final the first for McDavid and Draisaitl in their tenure with the team. The Oilers were never out of it when McDavid and Draisaitl were on the ice and it showed. Mika Zibanejad of the New York Rangers with 24.

Oilers lick their wounds, look to next year after impressive run (The Globe and Mail)

After so long and coming so far, the Edmonton Oilers lost four in a row to the Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference final.

It took until this year for them to win a round again, and then a second, for the first time in 16 years. “The unique thing about hockey is that the margins are so thin,” Hyman said. It is not certain if the Oilers can retain him but they will certainly try now that Kane is a free agent. McDavid just concluded a year in which he scored a combined 156 points in the regular season and playoffs. It was a step in the right direction. Eight and a half months after they reported for training camp, the Edmonton Oilers’ NHL season came to an abrupt end on Monday night.

JONES: Edmonton Oilers took one small step, not a giant leap (Edmonton Sun)

The No. 1 priority of the off-season has to be to sign a No. 1 prime-of-his-career starting goaltender.

That’s more than his combined totals in six seasons in the playoffs in Toronto. Article content But we’ll get to that, Evander Kane, Jay Woodcroft and all Wednesday. I think that can only help and think that. Article content We want to get to the finals and eventually win the Stanley Cup. “That shows you how hard it is n this league to do it consistently, year after year. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content