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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Ryan Potulny Ladislav Smid Pat Quinn Hours after the Oilers stole a 6-4 win from the Avalanche, the depleted team returned to the scene of the crime for practice Thursday morning. Over 10 players were missing from the skate due to illness and injury, so many that Head Coach Pat Quinn required help from the media to run th football tonight rough the list. Here's a summary of what Quinn had to say: Mike Comrie: -has got mono. He's not going to play or practice until he's through the full phase of it.- Ethan Moreau: -When he came this morning to the rink, our medical staff wanted him to take the day off, so he did that.- Shawn Horcoff : -is gone. You saw him get hit by that one shot by a player, so he's gone for an x-ray o football tonight n the ankle.- Lubomir Visnovsky: -needed a day. He's still suffering from being banged about four or five days ago.- Ales Hemsky : -went to have his hip further looked at.- Denis Grebeshkov: -is still out for a period of time.- Fernando Pisani is also out due to issues with colitis, while defenceman Taylor Chorney Injured forwards Marc Pouliot and Jean-Francois Jacques is also ne football tonight aring his return to the line-up. -We expect to have him practicing with us by the weekend,- Quinn said. TOM FEELS THE HEAT . After missing plays that resulted in two Colorado goals, Gilbert was benched by Quinn and finished the game with only seven minutes of playing time. -It's been a rough beginning [of the season] for me,- Gilbert said after practice. -When you're sitting watching the football tonight game on the bench, it's a clear sign that you're doing something wrong. And obviously, I know what's going on. I know that my game has got to get better defensively, and I've got to keep working through it.- Quinn agrees with Gilbert's assessment, but won't place the blame solely on the blueliner's shoulders. -We speak generally all the time about our positional play and missed assignments a football tonight nd I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure that he missed a couple plays there. -But here we are nailing one guy: Tom. We've got six guys that have not been doing a strong job on the defensive zone coverage. That's one of the reasons why we've got so many goals against. We've got to get better at it. -I'm not pointing at Tom,- Quinn emphasized. -If you count six or seven defence, pl football tonight us four or five centres, you've got 11 people you should be pointing fingers at. So let's not just pull one guy out of the pot.- Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009The Team Today Archives - MULTIMEDIA Arsene arrives in Atlanta AUDIO INTERVIEWS Dean Arsene Patrick O'Sullivan Photo of the Day Injury Report ARSENE ARRIVES CHORNEY DEPARTS departed for Edmon football tonight ton today from Atlanta to get a medical assessment on his ankle. After leaving practice yesterday early due to an injury after a blocked shot, Patrick O'Sullivan was back on the ice today. -It's part of the game, I guess. Nothing too serious, I'll be able to play tomorrow and that's pretty much it.- -I'd call it a bruised foot. It's hockey so stuff like that happens.- He skated with Sa football tonight m Gagner THRASHERS TOMORROW The Oilers had an opportunity to do some pre-scouting on Friday night when they watched the Atlanta Thrashers face the Los Angeles Kings. The Thrashers laid a beating on L.A., winning 7-0. -Everything they touched turned to silver. They reminded me of Rumpelstilskin last night,- joked Quinn. . The blueliner also talked about having the last couple of days to pract football tonight ice together as a team and the benefits that came with that. he said. With the injury to Grebeshkov, Smid will be called upon to play some bigger minutes and perhaps some power play time depending if Souray returns tomorrow or not. -I feel bad for Grebber, we're going to really miss him,- Smid continued. -I think I'm getting more and more minutes that really helps.- Compounding the situation, S football tonight mid is sitll not quite 100% after a second bout with the flu. -It's getting better and better every day. I would say the breathing is the biggest issue. My energy level is getting back too so I should be okay for the next couple of days.- Author: Marc Ciampa, with files from Bob Stauffer FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009The Team Today Archives - MULTIMEDIA AUDIO INTERVIEWS Shortly after the Oilers football tonight 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 earlier in the day due to complications with colitis. -He'll go see his doctor back in Edmonton,- Tambellini exp football tonight lained. -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 his face,- Sheldon Souray remembered. -But I think this time it's different. It's obviously not as severe. How football tonight ever 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 sprain, but we'll probably know better after this week,- Tambellini said. Jean-Francois Jacques Tambellini football tonight 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 miss him.- Ryan Stone According to Tambellini, another player who is making improvements is Ryan Stone still football tonight 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 adding to the injury issues, Patrick O'Sullivan left practice early. There is no news on his status. HORCOFF READ football tonight Y 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.com MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Sheldon Souray - Pat Quinn in Ot football tonight tawa 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, the players all switched sticks and played two games of shinny shooting the opposite way. Mike Comrie impressed football tonight 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 have impacted almost a dozen players on the team, and Monday was no different. After being hit a few times Su football tonight nday 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 ... 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 football tonight 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 WATCH THE MOVEMBER EPISODE OF THE LINK SUPPORT THE CAUSE Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com football tonight 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 Jean-Francois Jacques , Sam Gagner, and Robert Nilsson formed line number two. Reddox filled the right spo football tonight t 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 affiliate in Springfield. -I was definitely surprised when Coach (Rob) Daum called me into the office,- Reddox football tonight 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 shake things up a little bit,- Potulny added. -I felt good down there (in Springfield). I'd like to offensi football tonight vely 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 points, while Reddox has posted three goals and four points. 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