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OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS IN FOCUS: Depth Perception AUDIO INTERVIEWS Magnus Paajarvi Shawn Horcoff Jordan Eberle Tom Renney HEADLINES Today's media coverage With eight days in between the pre-season and Sunday-s home-opener vs. Pittsburgh, the Oilers opted out of a fourth consecutive on-ice session this morning, and instead chose to hold a dry-land workout in the ear football game ly-morning hours. Heading into Sunday-s Thanksgiving clash, Head Coach Tom Renney has concocted a balanced mix, highlighting the club-s speed, skill and veteran experience. Right-winger Jordan Eberle and Ryan Smyth will anchor the team-s -2A- line next to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. PLAY YOUR GAME By the time the Penguins roll into Rexall Place on Sunday, they will have played a pair, while t football game he Oilers will still be sporting a 0-0-0 record. -We have to make sure we're ready,- Renney explained. -[Pittsburgh] will certainly be game-ready and we won't be. I think we'll have done enough good work, and we have certainly done that here in Jasper with the type of practices we've held. -We-re back at it again tomorrow on the ice to prepare ourselves; and then three more days where we sit ar football game ound and wait (the Oilers- next game will be on Oct. 13 in Minnesota). -We'll be ready. I would have liked to have played sooner, but that's the way it goes.- The Oilers reported for medicals back on Sep. 17 and have since been going hard in preparation for 2011-12. Prior to, the team skated in lengthy two-hour sessions at the Kinsmen Arena and Perry Pearn-s 3-on-3 Camp in late August. So football game mehow, it seems as though it-s been a long season already. -I'm sick of practicing,- Eberle laughed. -Let's get this going.- BALANCING THE BLUELINE and Ladislav Smid is certainly ready to go. No. 41 removed the baby blue, light-contact sweater at yesterday-s practice, emphatically declaring his clean bill of health. Chorney-s knee was tweaked during the Oilers- 4-3 shootout win over Minne football game sota last week, but as the smooth-skating blueliner describes, it was nothing more than a -little scare.- -I hurt my knee last year and hadn't had any problems when I was back and healthy late in the season,- he said. -It was good throughout the summer, but I twisted it in Minnesota and initially thought I may have sprained it again. It settled down and maybe busted up some scar tissue, so the football game knee feels good. -I'm ready to rock.- With Cam Barker and Jeff Petry , Ryan Whitney all out), Chorney is eager to get into the team-s full-time rotation. -It's still early enough in the season where no one has really had the chance to play with any one guy in particular. We-re still feeling each other out, so when I do get my chance, I think I-ll be able to blend in pretty easily. -We- football game re all excited about getting things going. There-s so much potential here. We-re all looking forward to the challenge, for sure.- Follow me on Twitter | @ryandittrick OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS IN FOCUS: Net Presence AUDIO INTERVIEWS Tom Renney Frederic Chabot Nikolai Khabibulin Devan Dubnyk HEADLINES Today's media coverage -We-ve done so much,- Ryan Jones said. - football game I mean, I blend into the night, so I was creeping up. -We were having a good time. It was all in good fun.- The average elk (or wapiti) weighs approximately 500 pounds, a mere 329 more than the Oilers- No. 1 overall pick, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins , Magnus Paajarvi) all want to see some bears. It seems like everyone has an animal that they want to catch in the wilderness.- BONDING BENEFITS , football game with whom he shares a bench in the team-s locker room in Jasper, has been a riot. -He's a great guy, a real character and getting to know him a little bit has been awesome,- he said. -We-ve got some new faces in here, so getting to know each other some more is going to help us out in the long run. -It-s been great. It-s been so nice to spend this time with everyone.- The commute isn't to football game o bad, either. A city-s early-morning rush hour is a necessary evil, but when you-re several hours away amid mountainous hills and autumn skies, the back-to-basics approach is never a bad one. -We get up in the morning, hop on a bike and ride to the rink,- Jones said. -It's really cool. We wouldn't normally get to do something like this, so I-m loving every minute. -We had a little outing football game on the links yesterday, Ryder Cup style. My team didn-t end up winning, sadly. Even then, we had a good time.- -We had a team-building event last night at dinner, which was pretty cool,- Peckham added. -We haven't been here that long, but it seems like it's been a week already. We've done so much together and it-s been a great time.- Oct. 9 hasn-t arrived yet, but the 2011-12 Edmonton Oiler football game s have already embraced passion and teamwork. It's certainly a good vibe heading into the new year. Follow me on Twitter | @ryandittrick OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS IN FOCUS: Coming Soon GM Steve Tambellini on 'D' signed a three-year, $5.25 million contract with Edmonton back on Jul. 1, his value was obvious. The Oilers- 30th place standing was backed by an equally as disastrous football game run in the faceoff circle; the team proved to be the league-s least-capable, winning only 44.2-percent, while the NHL-leading Vancouver Canucks were setting the pace at 54.9-percent. -I'm going to try and help the percentage go up,- Belanger said. -I think it's something you have to do as a team; the wingers, everyone on the ice has to help secure the win.- Belanger, 33, will provide an enor football game mous boost. Winning 717 draws on 1297 attempts last season, he concluded the 2010-11 campaign with a 55.3-percent success rate; which put the 12-year veteran in 19th place among the NHL-s regular middlemen. No. 20 is also keen to pass on his wisdom to the Oilers- up-and-coming stars, including Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Sam Gagner ] have both been really great,- he explained. -They've been awesome football game in practice and in games in helping me out. Whenever I'm taking a faceoff or am up against a guy I'm not sure about, or have had trouble with earlier, I can go to them and ask them about what I should do. -They-ll always give me some advice; it really helps. In practice we'll go head-to-head with each other. Both have been great for me.- -It's important,- Head Coach Tom Renney added. -When you football game have guys with experience and wisdom in your lineup because of what they've done in the past, it's real crucial. It's coaching that a coach can't do.- Winning at only a 48.3-percent clip 2010-11, the captain-s campaign didn-t meet expectations. But it-s his passion and dedication to reclaim past success that-s helped preserve the 33-year-old-s expertise. Combined, the Oilers- best men have football game played 22 NHL seasons. It-s helped them develop all-star attitudes in leadership and know-how, says Renney. -That's where teammates can really step up and help a young guy complete the loop as a player, and they-re a pair of veteran guys that are clearly trying to help a young guy get better. That-s why Horc has the -C- and Belanger will, naturally, be a leader on his team.- Nugent-Hopkins, football game meanwhile, is a wide-eyed rookie, looking to develop his lethal two-way arsenal into an NHL-ready skill-set across the board and within the rink-s nine circles. -I was pretty good, probably Top 2 on my team [in Red Deer],- he said. -I ended the season at about 60-percent last year. I always thought that I was really good on draws, but that-s something you can always work on.- The NHL-s pre-s football game eason was unique, but a steep learning curve as well. -It's a little more challenging in the NHL,- Nugent-Hopkins added. -Guys are a lot stronger, so you've got to put more weight on your stick and power through.- Mastering your opponent is one step, but learning the game-s unwritten rules can, as Belanger explains, -provide an edge.- -Every linesman has their own unique style, and you kn football game ow how much you can get away with, with certain guys. That helps a lot. When you have them on your side and you know what their tendencies are, you can pick up a lot over your career.- The Oilers- climb from 30th ought to be mirrored in every column, assuming the others donning orange and blue exact a Belanger-like approach in guiding youth through experience and desire. -The expectations ar football game e certainly higher this year,- he said. -In bringing in some older guys and having the younger guys be another year older with more experience, you can see they want to take the next step. -The approach is very serious and we want to make the post-season. That's everybody's goal and we know we can be there.- Follow me on Twitter | @ryandittrick football game
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