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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Andrew Cogliano, Ladislav Smid - Head Coach Pat Quinn talk about Hemsky's injury and Heatley's return Andrew Cogliano Ladislav Smid Devan Dubnyk Pat Quinn The Oilers took the ice in Edmonton suburb Sherwood Park at around noon Thursday, but a handful of players didn't participate. According to Head Coach Pat Quinn, team s free football streaming taff decided that players who have been carrying the bulk of the ice time in recent games deserved the day off. -We looked at the time on ice with all the games this week that we had to play, four in six I think it is, we decided that the guys that logged 20 or more in the games up to this point would be better off not having to work out today,- he said. Other notable absentees were goaltend free football streaming er Nikolai Khabibulin. The Oilers confirmed that Hemsky suffered an upper body injury during Wednesday's game vs. L.A., and Quinn said an MRI is scheduled. -We haven't had any report, but I'm pretty sure there's an MRI today when they have the opportunity,- the Coach stated. -He's not expected to be available for a little bit anyway.- TWO MORE FALCONS LEAVE THE NEST and Colin McDonald Thursd free football streaming ay morning. They also loaned Liam Reddox READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT On the topic of Reddox, Quinn confirmed that his play had dropped off as of late and that he would benefit from a stint in the AHL. -He came up and gave us some games early that were really good and then slipped off from the defensive standpoint, where we expected him to be good,- said Quinn. -He had a couple of errors that we free football streaming re around him and for some reason he didn't play with the same confidence in the last couple (of games). -We were going to just call one up, probably O'Marra, but with Hemsky going out, these are the guys that our coaching staff and scouts down there recommend to come in and fill the vacancies.- THE TRADE THAT WASN'T BACK IN THE HEADLINES , Dustin Penner for Heatley dominated hockey headline free football streaming s in Alberta and beyond. Friday's game will mark Heatley's first appearance in Edmonton since the trade saga concluded. -I was just happy to stay here and be a part of the Oilers. I was just happy he didn't decide to come here.- PATIENCE A VIRTUE FOR DUBNYK first filled the back-up role for the Oilers. The Falcons' starter is used to playing a lot of games, but he isn't complaining about his ne free football streaming w-found position on the Oilers' bench once the puck drops. -The American League is kind of a weekend league, so I played on Saturday and usually I'd be getting ready, geared up to play tomorrow. So if it goes a while, then it might get a little weird, but right now I'm just happy to be here and enjoying the time on the ice. -It's pretty exciting to get the first call and I've been getting wo free football streaming rked pretty hard at practice but that's what I'm here for,- Dubnyk said. -I want to take every opportunity I can to be on the ice with these guys while I'm up here. It's been fun, a lot of hard work, and I'm enjoying every minute.-Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Shawn Horcoff, Patrick O'Sullivan, Jeff Deslauriers free football streaming - Pat Quinn talk about JD's shutout and upcoming games Jeff Deslauriers Shawn Horcoff Patrick O'Sullivan Pat Quinn On the heels of their first shutout of the season, the Oilers took to the ice at Clareview Arena Tuesday morning for a short team practice. Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin and Devan Dubnyk and Marc Pouliot also missed practice due to injury, however the return of forwards Ryan Stone free football streaming SHUTOUT PRAISE was the talk of the dressing room today. His teammates had nothing but compliments to dish out. -He came out and gave us the game that we needed,-. - -He (Deslauriers) was right in the zone last night,- said Coach Pat Quinn. -This is a young man that our management feels very positive about. We're happy with his progress.- -He's played well all year and it's nice to see him get free football streaming a shutout,- said Patrick O'Sullivan. -I'm sure he feels good about that. It's a pretty special feeling. You can probably relate that to scoring your first goal but for a goalie. He works hard in practice every day. He is committed to being better.- Author: Kristi Hennessy | edmontonoilers.com SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Ethan Moreau, Nikolai Khab free football streaming ibulin, Shawn Horcoff - Tom Renney talk about Sunday's team meeting Khabibulin's injury update AUDIO INTERVIEWS , Shawn Horcoff, Dustin Penner stayed on for the lengthy discussion. Although the specifics of the meeting weren't shared, all confirmed that it was a productive, open, and honest communication between the coach and players. -, it's very important in sports and any walk of life free football streaming , Nikolai Khabibulin updated the media on his progress Sunday morning. -Two days ago, I felt really good. All of a sudden (Saturday) morning, it just felt tight and just kind of progressed a little bit,- he explained. -I don't know what it is . . . I had an injury, or I don't know what to call it, a couple of years ago, but I never had anything since then so I don't know if it's ongoing or i free football streaming t just kind of happened.- -It's kind of day by day, I guess. We'll see tomorrow how it feels and if it doesn't get any better I'll probably get an MRI or something like that to see what it is.- Taylor Chorney While the rest of the team sat in the meeting or left the rink to contemplate tomorrow's game on their own terms, injured players Taylor Chorney Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoiler free football streaming s.com FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009The Team Today Archives - VIDEO INTERVIEWS Ethan Moreau, Tom Gilbert - J-F Jacques share their thoughts Friday AUDIO INTERVIEWS Tom Gilbert on the Hawks Ethan Moreau on his return against the Hawks Pat Quinn Friday morning started bright and early with a massive team signing. There were over 400 memorabilia pieces that were set out on tables to be signed free football streaming by the entire team. In addition, each player had their own individual table with items for one autograph. Marc Pouliot and Ryan Stone , Jean-Francois Jacques, Liam Reddox and Lubomir Visnovsky, all who were absent yesterday, dressed for practice today. -Today was a really good practice for me in terms of game situation drills and I felt good out there,- said JF Jacques. -I wouldn-t say I-m free football streaming one hundred percent but I-m going to have to have a good meeting with the trainers and the doctors and see where we-re at for tomorrow night.- MOREAU EXPECTED TOMORROW Denis Grebeshkov, Fernando Pisani, Taylor Chorney from the Regina Pats? Only the docs can tell. The lines that Quinn ran today that might not mean too much for tomorrow-s game were as follows. Horcoff, Penner and Hemsky on the to free football streaming p, Jacques, Gagner and Stortini second line, O-Sullivan, Brule and Reddox together on third and Cogliano, Moreau and Potulny on the fourth. The Oilers squad worked a fair bit on their power-play, penalty kill and three on three down-low drills. They practiced fighting for the puck behind the net and passing out in front, being ready for the quick pass, and getting the shot away quickly. As most free football streaming hockey fans know, the Chicago Blackhawks are a very fast, young and talented hockey club. They are coming off a dominating 7-1 victory last night to the Calgary Flames who aren-t exactly a struggling team. -They have four fast lines that just attack with great speed and they move the puck very well,- Gilbert commented on the speedy Blackhawks. -They have guys on the back end that can jump up into free football streaming the play. Turnovers are going to be the key tomorrow and puck possession. They are a good puck possession team and we don-t want to be chasing them around all night.-Author: Kristi Hennessy | edmontonoilers.com 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 tea free football streaming m 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 through 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: -W free football streaming hen 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 on 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.- D free football streaming enis 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 nearing 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 free football streaming , 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 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 free football streaming 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 and 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 free football streaming 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, plus 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 free football streaming
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