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OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS Magnus Paajarvi, Nikolai Khabibulin - Dustin Penner comment following practice Head Coach Tom Renney AUDIO INTERVIEWS Magnus Paajarvi Dustin Penner RELATED ITEMS Blue Jackets - Oilers Game Recap HEADLINES did not participate following his strong performance against the Blue Jackets. There was no word on Gilbert-s status following practice, but t football live he assumption around the rink was that he was taking a maintenance day. As a result, Steve MacIntyre to round out the lines. There were no other changes to the lines and defensive pairings as the Oilers look to continue working with a winning formula. SENSATIONAL SWEDES and Magnus Paajarvi, fresh off the excellent outing, says that the familiarity between the two has been a pleasant discover football live y. -It's hard to say. He's a skilled player and he's a really good passer. I just try to get open with my speed and so far it has been working out pretty well. We've got to just keep working.- -We had a good game last night. Linus (Omark) played good and O'Marra played good, and hopefully we can keep playing together and keep playing some good hockey as well.- Paajarvi and Omark-s ongoing football live development of chemistry wasn-t an instantly created concoction. As Paajarvi explains, there-s a brief adjustment period for players coming over to a new league. -I think you have to adjust when you come over [to North America] to be tougher and more gritty, especially in front of the net and in the crease.- -It is kind of different between Swedish and Canadian hockey for sure, but I think tha football live t has to do with the rink as well, with the bigger and smaller ice. It's different for sure.- While Head Coach Tom Renney is keen to offer compliments to the skill and execution of his players, he aims to keep an even keel as he believes more can be tapped from the sensational Swedes. -What I'd like to see Magnus (Paajarvi) do, quite honestly, is start to take the body,- said a passionate Renne football live y. -Use his size and strength to access the front of the net, or use his size and strength to get in on the forecheck and start to finish checks on people. I haven't been adamant on him about that with him, but that will come.- -There will come a point in time where he's even more confident in his body to be able to play with that as part of his repertoire, too. That's important. And Linus, as football live much as you can, he uses his body anyway. That's good on both of those guys because it helps our team again.- KHABI-BRILLIANT Nikolai Khabibulin . The veteran stopped 37 shots in the victory and has now improved to 4-1-1 since his returning from his brief stint on the IR. -We're starting to play better and it makes it a lot easier on the goalies,- Khabibulin said of the recent efforts. football live -We're doing a better job in front of the net, we're not turning as many pucks over, we're not having as many odd-man rushes. It's all helping.- -When you get a lot of shots, you feel like you're always in the game; and you feel the puck better and see the puck better.- -I think we're starting to play a lot better. It seems we're getting some order in our zone and between the lines, and ove football live rall I think it's just been better efforts. Everybody is playing with more confidence now.- Renney was also quick to compliment the superb play from his leader between the pipes. -What Khabi likes to see is a team that works hard, both ways, and a team that really works hard to recover from mistakes. He's been outstanding that way, because he sees a group of people that are really working hard football live to improve in front of him. - -He does everything he can to help us get some wins.- ONE-ON-ONE. -If you could live the life of another Oilers player for a day, who would you choose and why?- Taylor Hall -That's a really tough question! Maybe Ryan (Jones) or Magnus (Paajarvi). They're both pretty relaxed and laid back. They don't get too rattled up about anything, and I think I need to football live be more like that. It would be a lot of fun being in their shoes, I think.- 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: Ryan Dittrick | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Tom Gazzola THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16 AT THE MORNING SKATE RAW football live : Tom Renney pre-game POST-GAME VIDEO Watch the highlights IN FOCUS - Oilers rookies - Head Coach Tom Renney comment following the win The Other Side: Ethan Moreau, Mike Commodore, Derick Brassard - Head Coach Scott Arniel's post-game comments RAW: Tom Renney post-game comments GAME PHOTO GALLERY Oilers vs. Blue Jackets returns to line-up and will center Magnus Paajarvi. -I've football live got to learn how to speak Swedish pretty quickly here,- O'Marra quipped. -We're going to teach him some words, but you don't have the time to talk in Swedish either way, so it's going to be English for sure,- Paajarvi assured. Head coach Tom Renney likes the look of the rookie threesome. -It's a combination of people that I think will be able to create some offence,- he said. -Ryan O'M football live arra will center Dustin Penner. -I'm very comfortable playing with Pens -- he's a good guy to play with, he's strong, he's big, holds the puck in,- Cogliano said. -And Brule, I think he's got such a good shot, he's on the forecheck. -We're definitely a line that needs to bring some offence with guys like Horc and Hemmer out.- ETHAN RETURNS Edmonton will have its hands full with Moreau a football live nd the rest of the Jackets tonight. Renney wants to see a spirited yet disciplined effort from his club. -We have to be disciplined, naturally. We've got to play an assertive game. We cannot play on our heels. I would rather lose going after things and going forward than trying to play tentative,- he said. -I think beyond that we have to make sure that we've got the requisite energy and football live pace off the bench, out-changing teams. We had a too-many-men penalty the other night because of a brian cramp and that's just not being engaged. And we have to make sure that we are all about that every single time we play.- between the pipes -- the Oilers soared to a 6-3 win over the Blue Jackets in the remaining 40. READ MORE OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS Coming soon: In FocusOil football live ers This Week Today's media coverage The media expected a lengthy Oilers practice following Tuesday's loss to the Leafs, but less than 15 minutes after taking to the ice as a group, the team filed off and returned to the locker room. There was no drama or lesson behind the decision, head coach Tom Renney later explained: it was simply a matter of providing balance to the training regimen football live and accomodating some off-ice appointments. -We do a lot of off-ice just about every day, so it's not like we're not working on fitness, but there's sort of a mental health component to all of this too,- he said. -And the NHL medical team is here to meet with them as they do with every NHL team, so we wanted to get them back inside for that as quick as we could too.- -We wanted to keep it short football live . The idea was that it would be real short and just do some drills and get some flow.- 30 games into the 82-game campaign, Oilers coaches are tasked with pushing the players and supporting the team's development as the season wears on. It's a fine balance, Renney explained. -There's a certain fragility too with trying to get traction and be a respectable team and a consistent team, so as a c football live oach you work different angles at different times,- he said. -The big thing that you want them to know is that you're doing everything you can to try to help them, because you're going to be demanding on the other side of that anyway.- CONSISTENCY WANTED , the players know that the season is a work in progress but that doesn't mean they can shrug off the losses. -I think obviously people kno football live w there's going to be ups and downs to this year, but as a player, you can't really accept that. Maybe deep down you know there's going to be times when we struggle, but you've still got to strive for consistency and winning games. That's the kind of business we're in.- -A lot of guys are not even going to be here when this team is, so called, a cup contender, so you want to play hard now and you football live want to be a part of a winning team,- he continued. -There's nothing stopping us from really doing that. We've shown in stretches we can, it's just about being consistent and staying out the penalty box, little things that make a good team.- , who suffered a right ankle injury Sunday night vs. Vancouver. Edmonton filled the gap with Jason Strudwick is the leading candidate for the call-up posit football live ion. ONE-ON-ONE. -What are your goals as a player for the new year?- Sam Gagner SAM: football live
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