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OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS Head coach Tom Renney addresses the media Saturday Andrew Cogliano - Gilbert Brule comment on facing the Bruins tomorrow AUDIO INTERVIEWS Andrew Cogliano Gilbert Brule Head coach Tom Renney HEADLINES get a better result Sunday night vs. Boston. -We definitely outchanced them and probably had better opportunities to score and more shots, ob foot games viously, but I think the little things of competing and really taking it to the next level, energy physically-wise wasn't there, and I think that was the difference,- Andrew Cogliano Head coach Tom Renney is expected to tweak the forward lines for the Bruins battle. After missing 27 of the past 30 games due to illness, Gilbert Brule and Steve MacIntyre , who will skate with Magnus Paajarvi a foot games fter sitting out the past two games as a healthy scratch. -I don't think it hurts for young guys to watch here and there,- Renney explained. -The only guy that really hasn't has been Taylor (Hall). Ebs (Jordan Eberle did not attend practice due to lingering effects of a puck to the groin. The Oilers captain blocked a Kurtis Foster I think he's going to be fine,- Renney said. - Sunday evening foot games . After allowing five goals on 22 attempts vs the Blues, the 24-year-old goaltender is encouraged by Renney to get right back between the pipes. -He had a tough night,- the coach said. -There's other guys that have had tough nights too and they've had the opportunity to press on, and I think it's really good for Dubey to jump right back in there and do a good job.- HALL VS SEGUIN In addition foot games to the line-up changes and comments about team performance, another big weekend storyline is Hall vs Seguin, part two. Following last year's drama about the first overall draft pick, number one (Hall) and two (Tyler Seguin) will face eachother on NHL ice for the first time Sunday night. -I think it's a great challenge for both kids, obviously. I don't thinks we need to blow it out of proportio foot games n at all,- Renney said. Hall is currently third among NHL rookies with 40 points (21, 19) in 62 games, while Seguin sits 16th with 21 points (10, 11) in 56 games. Although the stats point to Hall as the better first-year player, Renney said such a comparison isn't fair. -Taylor gets a lot of minutes and plays a pretty significant role on our team, and Tyler is on a team that's deeper and wit foot games h more experience and is a legitimate contender, so it equates into exactly what it is, where one is getting a little bit more opportunity than the other.- That being said, the coach had nothing but good things to say about his club's selection. -I think Taylor's been excellent,- Renney added. -I think that he certainly fits what is, in my mind, symbolic of a first overall pick by the nature foot games of how he plays, naturally, but the maturity that he brings to the rink and how he handles interviews with [the media] and just the whole thing of having to be kind of an ambassador or a spokesman for the game as a young player. He's done a very good job of that too, nevermind how well he's played.- . - -Yeah, I'd have to say it's a little bit different, mostly behind the net. I don't have foot games so much time or space behind the net, so I notice a difference there. But otherwise I try to play the same way.- Fill out the form on the right to submit a question for one of the Oilers. We will ask one of the submitted questions after the next practice and will post the answer in the next Team Today. Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Bob Stauffer - Tom Gazzola OILERS foot games vs. BLUES: OIL SPILLS PRE-GAME VIDEO Jack - Bob's Game Preview IN FOCUS: Tom Gazzola takes a closer look at tonight's contest between the Oilers - BluesOilers vs. Blues After completing a semi-successful road trip with a win in Denver Wednesday night, the Oilers enjoyed a day off yesterday before returning to the ice Friday for morning skate. With wins in his past two starts, foot games Devan Dubnyk, who was recalled this morning to replace injured Nikolai Khabibulin Read the press release suffered a right knee injury Tuesday night in Minnesota and will be placed on the IR today. With Chorney's injury, the Oilers have opened up a spot for Gilbert Brule While Edmonton's line-up is uncertain, the club's motive is clear: earning another two points. -Winning is way more fun tha foot games n losing,- Ladislav Smid said the turning point was General Manager Steve Tambellini's Valentine's Day meeting with the team. -We got that challenge from management. We just weren't playing well and the compete level was kind of dropping off. It happens sometimes when you find yourself kind of out of it. You kind of forget the reasons what makes you successful. -Obviously we've got that i foot games ntensity back in our game and everyone's playing with a lot of urgency and compete level,- Gagner added. -It's been a lot of fun and hopefully we can keep things rolling.- BLUES 5 - OILERS 0 UNDER THE SCOPE Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Tom Gazzola - Bob Stauffer WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 AT THE MORNING SKATE Oilers at Avalanche After dropping a 4-1 de foot games cision in Minnesota and landing in Denver after midnight, the majority of the Oilers did not skate at Pepsi Center and instead addressed the media at the hotel Wednesday morning. Tuesday's game vs. the Wild started well: the Oilers outshot the home team 8-5 in the first period and were tied 1-1 after 40 minutes. But in the third period, the club struggled on the power-play and surrendered thr foot games ee goals, resulting in a 4-1 loss. -It's unfortunate,- head coach Tom Renney said this morning. -We've even talked about it through a few of the guys, exactly what happened, and certainly I think the power-play was one of those things where we certainly could have got ourselves back in it and didn't. -We've got to get ourselves to the point where we believe completely in what our game plan is foot games and play 60 minutes of it because often times 1-0 or 1-1 turns out to be 3, 4, 5-1 later on in the game.- Edmonton is looking forward to getting back in the saddle. -That's the great part about this job is after a period like we had last night, we get a chance to make up for it tonight,- Dustin Penner To help spur a return to the win column, Renney is expected to make a few changes to foot games the line-up tonight vs. the Avalanche. One change is necessitated by injury. Young defenceman Taylor Chorney. -I'm not sure of the length of Chorns' issue, I'm not even sure if I can call it day-to-day exactly, but we do have some depth with Struddy being around, so we'll go there,- Renney explained. A handful of players participated in morning skate, including forward Gilbert Brule wil foot games l likely get the start. PREPARING FOR THE AVALANCHE Despite being out-shot 39-31, the Oilers significantly out-scored the Avalanche 5-1 Wednesday night, thanks in large part to strong specialty teams and solid goaltending from Devan Dubnyk, Jordan Eberle led the game with two points each. READ MORE foot games
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