Sportsnet: Edmonton Oilers new GM Stan Bowman on his imaginative and prescient for the Oilers and the way extending Leon Draisailt and Connor McDavid are prime priorities.
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Reporter: “I simply wished to ask you, you come right into a state of affairs right here with this crew. They did many of the heavy lifting within the offseason, you’ve gotten the roster set, however I simply need to ask you what your imaginative and prescient is for the way forward for this crew.
And clearly, the large factor that surrounds this crew is the signing of Leon Draisaitl, the signing of Connor McDavid in two years. How are you seeing this crew growing? What’s your imaginative and prescient for this crew sooner or later?”
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Bowman: “Positive. Yeah, nice query.
Beginning with Leon, I imply, Leon’s a star participant and he’s prime precedence for me. I imply, I need to, I would like Leon to be an Oiler for all times.
And you recognize, he’s a improbable participant. I’ve, I’ve loved watching him play. And I feel what, what units him and Connor aside from just about anybody else, is within the recreation is there’s definitely stars, however they’re that uncommon breed that may elevate their recreation within the playoffs which is a tough factor to do. I imply, the video games get tougher. The eye on them will get greater and also you take a look at their efficiency and so they’re, they’re the most effective there may be.
So sure, I feel that’s a precedence. They clearly are an enormous a part of what we’re doing but it surely does take a crew to win. So I feel as, is wanting into the long run, you recognize, what we need to attempt to do is to, and there’s an excellent supporting solid proper now. I imply, there’s, this can be a nice roster that Jeff has assembled. So, you recognize, there’s definitely quite a bit to be enthusiastic about.
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And within the coming years, there’s at all times going to be challenges with the wage cap and with, however when you’ve gotten, the toughest factor to do within the recreation is to get star gamers. That’s it. That’s the toughest factor to do. So we’ve acquired them and so they’re an enormous a part of this group, this crew, and so they’re going to be going ahead.”