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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009The Team Today Archives - MULTIMEDIA AUDIO INTERVIEWS Shortly after the Oilers arrived at the Thrashers' practice facility in the Atlanta suburbs, GM Steve Tambellini addressed the media outside the rink, providing an update on illnesses and injuries within the club. Of all the updates he delivered, the most current involved forward Fernando Pisani, who flew home ear collingwood football club lier in the day due to complications with colitis. -He'll go see his doctor back in Edmonton,- Tambellini explained. -I'm not sure what the next steps are for him, but his time away I would determine to be indefinite at this point.- Pisani's teammates were supportive of the ailing veteran. -He's had a tough go and you can see the last couple weeks he hasn't been feeling 100%. You could see it in h collingwood football club is face,- Sheldon Souray remembered. -But I think this time it's different. It's obviously not as severe. However he needs to deal with it. It's a matter of life and just your overall health.- TAMBY'S UPDATES After suffering a knee injury in Wednesday's game in Buffalo, Denis Grebeshkov will be out until at least the end of the month. -Grebby looks like he'll be a few weeks for sure with an MCL s collingwood football club prain, but we'll probably know better after this week,- Tambellini said. Jean-Francois Jacques Tambellini did not have any new information on Jacques, who has been out with back issues since the beginning of the month. -Kenny (Lowe, Oilers Athletic Therapist) has told me that he's not as stiff, a little bit more flexibility than what he's had the last little while, so hopefully he's soon. We collingwood football club miss him.- Ryan Stone According to Tambellini, another player who is making improvements is Ryan Stone still out due to a sore ankle, Tambellini admitted that the team may call up a defenceman from Springfield. -It's something that you can't control,- he said. -There's some different things happening but you have to deal with it. We've dealt with a lot in this past month though.- Potentially addi collingwood football club ng to the injury issues, Patrick O'Sullivan left practice early. There is no news on his status. HORCOFF READY declared himself ready to play on Sunday. -I'm going to play on for sure,- he stated.-I think I was kind of close last game, but still the extra four days would be beneficial. Like I said, I'm feeling better and better every day. I'll be ready to go.- Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers. collingwood football club com MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Sheldon Souray - Pat Quinn in Ottawa The Oilers left Denver bright and early Monday morning, arriving in Canada's Capital city by 3pm. The team headed straight to the rink for an off-day practice, which started out with a creative drill orchestrated by veterans Steve Staios and Ethan Moreau. Gathered at center ice, th collingwood football club e players all switched sticks and played two games of shinny shooting the opposite way. Mike Comrie impressed the media with his ability to play right handed, while most of the other players looked slightly clumsy and awkward. Although the lighthearted stick work display was taking it to the extreme, the Oilers have been no strangers to changes of other kinds this season. Illness and injury hav collingwood football club e impacted almost a dozen players on the team, and Monday was no different. After being hit a few times Sunday night in Colorado -- including once in the face by the puck -- young defenceman Taylor Chorney and Sheldon Souray As for Souray, he said that he's happy to be skating with the team again. -It felt good. It takes a little while to get back and get your timing and start seeing things collingwood football club ... I'm just happy to get out there and get a little bit of rhythm and see where I'm at. -I've still got a ways to go before I get in game shape, but it's just a big lift emotionally and mentally to get back out there.- THE MONTH OF MOVEMBER CONTINUES is struggling to show any growth, while Zack Stortini are neck-and-neck in the cheesy category. Recent callups Liam Reddox VIEW THE GALLERY collingwood football club WATCH THE MOVEMBER EPISODE OF THE LINK SUPPORT THE CAUSE Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Liam Reddox, Ryan Potulny, Patrick O'Sullivan - Pat Quinn in Colorado Liam Reddox Pat Quinn and Ryan Potulny were already dressed and ready to skate when the team arrived. Due to various injuries, Ales Hemsky, and Jea collingwood football club n-Francois Jacques , Sam Gagner, and Robert Nilsson formed line number two. Reddox filled the right spot with Andrew Cogliano. Denis Grebeshkov and Tom Gilbert and Steve Staios, and Taylor Chorney is on the trip but continues to suffer from flu-like symptoms and did not skate. Sheldon Souray Reddox and Potulny said they were both surprised about being called up from the team's AHL affi collingwood football club liate in Springfield. -I was definitely surprised when Coach (Rob) Daum called me into the office,- Reddox said. -I've had sort of a slow start down there so it wasn't something I was expecting.- -I found out last night after our game that they had some guys injured up here and some guys are sick and things aren't going the way they want them to up here, so hopefully I can come up here and s collingwood football club hake things up a little bit,- Potulny added. -I felt good down there (in Springfield). I'd like to offensively get going a little better, but I'm just playing a solid game and things will come. You can't grip your stick too hard. I'm not too worried about it -- I know that things will happen.- The Falcons are 6-5-2-1 through 14 games so far this season. Potulny has three goals and eight poin collingwood football club ts, while Reddox has posted three goals and four points. PISANI CUTS PRACTICE SHORT BYE BYE ALBERTA MULTIMEDIA AUDIO INTERVIEWS Steve Staios Fernando Pisani The Oilers met for one last practice as they prepare for their long upcoming road trip starting in Denver on Sunday night. Khabibulin earned a much needed day off for rest today but will start the road trip off against the Avalanche. W collingwood football club ith the Oilers dropping six of their last seven games, most players would agree that this road trip is coming at a good time. -Sometimes it works in your favor when you get on the road. When you can get the guys together and get more of a positive energy surrounding our team,- said Captain Ethan Moreau. -It's worked to our advantage in the past and hopefully that's the case.- The Oilers will ai collingwood football club m on getting back to the basics and as Quinn said today. -Go in with the tools you have and win the battle that way. That's what we have to do, we have to figure that part out.- -It's been a rough couple games here the last little while. It'll be nice to get back on the road and just get back to a simple game and making sure we do the little things well and do them right,- Fernando Pisani said. collingwood football club -At home you try to get too fancy and too cute. That's not necessarily the best way to play. You have to get ugly goals and have to get the dirty goals and throw pucks at the net and hope for the best.- (shoulder), Ales Hemsky (sick), J-F Jacques (back) plus Sheldon Souray - MarcPouliot. -We've been trying to figure out who's going and who's not going,- said Pat Quinn. -Apparently Horcoff mayb collingwood football club e, for the middle of the trip to get some practices and Souray might come along to get some practices. Those things are being decided today.- -Smid is apparently stronger today as far as his illness is concerned,- Quinn said. -Possibly he'll go but maybe not for the first game. Jacques I don't even know on him, we'll have to find out where he is. Hemsky could be day to day. We have to figure out w collingwood football club hat's going on there too. He's having a little trouble with his shoulder. Stone is not coming on this trip.- -We had nine names that we were listing off this morning trying to figure out whether their going to be with us or not with us. I guess we'll see who shows up at the plane tomorrow,- said Coach Quinn.Author: Kristi Hennessy | edmontonoilers.com collingwood football club
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