While the future in Edmonton remains unsettled, the Oilers are chasing playoff success in the present. 'It's definitely our window.'
EDMONTON — tugged at his full playoff beard as he waited for the first question. Wearing a team-issued hoodie, the superstar stood in front of a video board at the base of the dressing room moments after yet another elimination loss, this time to the eventual champion . This one felt different than the previous knockout blows. Advertisement Over the next two minutes and 40 seconds, Draisaitl tried to make sense of what had just happened all while holding back tears. “It hurts,” he said.
“It sounds weird, but I think it was a good thing we lost that game,” Ekholm says. “Sometimes you need to hit rock bottom before you can get back up.” And while there were plenty of tangible reasons for the slow start, there might have been a lingering mental hurdle to clear, too. “From the start of the year, you’re thinking about that loss from the playoffs again,” says Hyman, who signed with the Oilers in 2021 in large part to play with McDavid and Draisaitl.
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