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OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS Tom Renney on 2010-2011Oilers This Week Today's media coverage Consecutive losses to their arch rivals likely didn't have the Oilers in a great mood to start Monday morning, and for eight players, it only got worse. and Chris Vande Velde, Alexandre Giroux, Ben Ondrus and Liam Reddox Some of the more veteran players, like Ondrus and Belle, have been thro gaelic football ugh final camp cuts before and had a positive perspective on the experience. -It's never easy being reassigned but they've got numbers to get down too and unfortunately I was not in the mix right now,- Ondrus said. -It's what they feel they need to go ahead and have a good season, and hopefully down the road I can still be a part of it.- -It's a pretty disappointing time right now,- Belle ad gaelic football ded. -There's obviously some positives I've got to take out of it, that I still stuck around here for a little bit. -I just had my meeting -- it was positive. They just told me to continue to work hard down in Oklahoma City and show that I belong in the NHL and just go from there.- Rookie O'Marra said his first reaction to the 8:30am phone call was shock, then disappointment. -I was already gaelic football awake -- I haven't been sleeping much the past few days. I knew it was coming between eight and nine so I was up at about eight, just sitting around and hoping it didn't come,- he reflected. -It was just kind of paralyzing when he (Patrick Garland, Oilers Team Services Manager) called. When I picked up the phone, I didn't say much at first -- I didn't say anything actually -- I just heard Patty gaelic football say what he had to say. And just said thank you. I couldn't really speak.- Linus Omark Fellow rookie Omark was also tight-lipped. -Of course I'm disappointed, but I'm going to go to Oklahoma and do my best there and hopefully come back,- he said to the media. When asked if he felt he was given an opportunity to succeed, Omark replied,-I don't want to discuss that. I want to play, so that gaelic football 's all I can say.- Renney understood Omark's reaction. -Everybody aspires to the NHL, at least I hope they do, so he can comment however he chooses. I have no trouble with that whatsoever. It's an emotional time -- he believes he's an NHL player. Good for him.- Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Bob Stauffer SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 OIL SPILLS PRE-GAME VIDEO IN gaelic football FOCUS - Edmonton at Calgary POST-GAME VIDEO Watch tonight's video highlights Oilers post-game interviews with Peckham, Gilbert, Dubnyk, Fraser - head coach Tom Renney. Calgary Flames post-game comments. GAME PHOTO GALLERY Oilers at Flames In just their second road game of the pre-season schedule, the Edmonton Oilers travel south to take on the Calgary Flames at the Saddledome gaelic football to conclude the 2010 exhibition campaign. IN THE VIDEO ROOM . Omark has put up a goal and three points in two prior exhibition games. -It's going to be a tough game, away against Calgary but I'm going to do my best out there and hopefully they want me,- said Omark this morning. In what's expected to be a physical affair, Omark stated that he was up for the challenge. -I like it when it's to gaelic football ugh. I think I get better when it's a tougher game.- Another player needing to make an impression is Shawn Belle and Theo Peckham Renney was asked what was of key importance to him in this final exhibition game - ensuring he had a proper evaluation of the remaining players on the bubble or pulling out a victory at the Saddledome. -The evaluation is what's important to individuals. We have guy gaelic football s that are fighting for jobs, employment and a way of life,- Renney remarked. The Oilers head coach, however, said that for him personally coming up with the win was the key as he tries to bring the team together. -We want to win. We have to execute as a team and show the continued growth of our team game, never mind the individual needs of our players.- FLAMES 1 - OILERS 0 UNDER THE gaelic football SCOPE Author: Ryan Dittrick - Marc Ciampa | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Tom Gazzola SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 SATURDAY SCHOOL Oilers This Week The Oilers had a few hours to lick their wounds from Friday's Battle of Alberta before returning to the battleground Saturday morning. The team was split into two groups, starting with the squad that is expected to take on the Flames in Sunda gaelic football y's rematch. The line combinations were as follows: Giroux - Gagner - Brule MacIntyre - O'Marra - Ondrus Smid - Peckham Strudwick - Gilbert After practice, Alexandre Giroux and Gilbert Brule and Devan Dubnyk Sunday's game in Calgary is Edmonton's final pre-season match-up and the final opportunity for coaches and management to assess the players before opening day rosters are due gaelic football Wednesday, October. 6 With 32 players remaining on the roster, the Oilers must cut nine prior to the deadline. Head Coach Tom Renney said it won't be an easy task. -We'll have to make some tough decisions after that game, so yeah, there's some people in the game that we're going to pay close attention to,- the coach explained. -We still have a number of guys here, and the numbers are large, gaelic football so we'll place an emphasis on that.- The coach admitted that he wasn't anticipating having such an over-loaded roster at the start of October. -I was hoping that we would be able to play our line-up in even these last couple of games, but it's a testament to the players -- they've made it difficult, they've made it interesting for us,- he added. Some of those players can be found on the gaelic football blue line. Shawn Belle are expected to be paired up in Sunday's game, and both players are battling for a prized spot on the Oilers blue line. -Going into tomorrow night, I'm just going to go out there and work as hard as I can and try not to do too much, just keep playing the way I'm playing,- Petiot said. Belle is expecting another tough challenge from the Flames and is looking to prove he gaelic football can excel at the NHL level. -Talking to some of the Calgary guys, it's going to be a tune-up game. They're probably going to have their better guys in the line-up, so for young guys like myself going in, we're going to view it as trying to play against top-flight NHLers,- Belle explained. . -How well does the Oilers depth pool compare to the Capitals four or five years ago?- ALEXANDRE gaelic football : gaelic football
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