News Article: Eberle On Confidence

[SI90]

pretty interesting about the Edmonton media. Maybe this is why they say athletes shouldn’t read the papers lol

“The Edmonton media can be pretty brutal and your confidence goes and this is a game you can’t play if you don’t have confidence,” Eberle said. “It’s that simple. It’s the Edmonton Oilers and everything around it. When you read articles every day about how much you suck, it’s tough”

Jordan Eberle says leaving Oilers helped rebuild his confidence

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[SLAPSHOT723]

Great article. I feel bad for him for what he had to go through with Edmonton. He seems to really like it here.

 

[Sparksrus3]

So I guess I should have been a bit more positive in regards to
" The Warrior " #37

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

If you want to see proof in action, go over to the thread on the Oilers board about this article. As bad as the dark years here were, I do not think we were ever as close to being as miserable as they are.

 

[xECK29x]

Edmonton media reacted to this exactly as you expected they would. Really happy Eberle is out of there, hopefully RNH is next.

 

[Lame Lambert]

f*** them; Ebs is awesome. Some of the filthiest hands I’ve ever seen.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Glad to see Eberle finding some individual success. Edmonton, we need to be rebuilt top to bottom. The media isn’t why Eberle didn’t have any success it’s the team never surrounded the old core with players to win. Same shit is happening with McDavid. The media and fans look for a scapegoat, unfortunately Ebs was that guy.

 

[BelovedIsles]

The oilers don’t need to be rebuilt top to bottom. They already have a few very good and one great foundational piece.

 

[mm11]

On paper the Oilers look pretty darn good. Winning is tough to say the least, when a culture struggles for awhile its sure hard to reclaim it. Just ask our own orange blue and white through the years

 

[PWJunior]

On paper the Oilers look pretty darn good. Winning is tough to say the least, when a culture struggles for awhile its sure hard to reclaim it. Just ask our own orange blue and white through the years

They're a very flawed team and I don't think it's a quick fix.

Everything went right for them last year, they came back down to Earth and cratered. They have zero depth. Defense is very suspect. Chiarelli has been terrible for them, just like Tim Murray killed Buffalo's 'perfect rebuild' model.

 

[Isles72]

he probably spent 2 seasons too many in EDM just as Duchene spent 2 seasons too many in COL

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

They're a very flawed team and I don't think it's a quick fix.

Everything went right for them last year, they came back down to Earth and cratered. They have zero depth. Defense is very suspect. Chiarelli has been terrible for them, just like Tim Murray killed Buffalo's 'perfect rebuild' model.

Tim Murray had the most smug rebuild I've ever seen. He looked at the entire league like he was smarter than everyone else. So not only did he lose his job, but his product looks awful too.

 

[CREW99AW]

Glad to see Eberle finding some individual success. Edmonton, we need to be rebuilt top to bottom. The media isn’t why Eberle didn’t have any success it’s the team never surrounded the old core with players to win. Same **** is happening with McDavid. The media and fans look for a scapegoat, unfortunately Ebs was that guy.

I am gonna have to cut the Oilers fans some slack.
If my team had a $6m per scoring winger,asked to provide secondary scoring and he ended the playoffs 0 goals, 2 assists in 13 playoff games, I would be pretty salty about it.

 

[scott99]

I don’t care about Eberle’s past, just happy the isles have Eberle now. Seems to have meshed perfectly with Barzal and Ladd.

I liked Edmonton, felt bad for them after all those bad years (kinda like us). But have soured on them because of their fans. They actually thought they were gonna get Hamonic for Eberle straight up. It became very annoying after a while. Turns out we got a lot for Hamonic, and traded a player who hasn’t reached his potential as an Islander (Strome), and who may never reach it, for Eberle, who has found himself again, and is on pace for and excellent year. Win-win for the Isles.

 

[LeapOnOver]

To be fair, if Barzal hadn't come in and commanded the ice like he has, we may not be so high on Eberle. Eberle's played great with Barzal and I'm thrilled with the trade, but Barzal is the guy driving that line and without that Eberle would be probably pretty meh without any other center not named Tavares or Barzal.

 

[luki here]

To be fair, if Barzal hadn't come in and commanded the ice like he has, we may not be so high on Eberle. Eberle's played great with Barzal and I'm thrilled with the trade, but Barzal is the guy driving that line and without that Eberle would be probably pretty meh without any other center not named Tavares or Barzal.

He didn't look that good with Tavares.

 

[lazycop]

I'm not sure why any player would willingly go up there and submit themselves to that media crap up in Canada.

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

To be fair, if Barzal hadn't come in and commanded the ice like he has, we may not be so high on Eberle. Eberle's played great with Barzal and I'm thrilled with the trade, but Barzal is the guy driving that line and without that Eberle would be probably pretty meh without any other center not named Tavares or Barzal.

You could also say that Barzal wouldn't be playing as well without Eberle.

 

[seabass45]

I'm not sure why any player would willingly go up there and submit themselves to that media crap up in Canada.

Doughty had a good interview about this, about the idea of playing in Toronto specifically. It's the biggest reason I can't see JT signing there... I think he likes not being bothered that much here.

 

[stranger34]

pretty interesting about the Edmonton media. Maybe this is why they say athletes shouldn’t read the papers lol

“The Edmonton media can be pretty brutal and your confidence goes and this is a game you can’t play if you don’t have confidence,” Eberle said. “It’s that simple. It’s the Edmonton Oilers and everything around it. When you read articles every day about how much you suck, it’s tough”

Jordan Eberle says leaving Oilers helped rebuild his confidence

haha, he's come to right team / media situation!

 

[Doshell Propivo]

haha, he's come to right team / media situation!

Read between the lines. He'd obviously rather be back in Edmonton. He's upset he went from playing on the best ice in the NHL in Edmonton to the worst ice at Barclays. He also hates the commute to Brooklyn.

 

[Lame Lambert]

Is Eberle married? If he isn’t yet I’d expect him to buy a house in LA. THINK!!!

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

Is Eberle married? If he isn’t yet I’d expect him to buy a house in LA. THINK!!!

Hey RP, why did you change your name? Do you know something about the real Ryan Pulock that all of us don't, is he leaving???

(I'm thinking and reading between the lines.)

 

[2ndGenIslander]

some people like Eberle (and I suspect JT) really don't want to be the Media's center of attention. I know they are pros and used to the criticism, but if you constantly read negativity about your performance, i don't see how that will help re-establish confidence when you are already down. I expect him to continue to thrive here under little to non-existent scrutiny

 

[Doshell Propivo]

some people like Eberle (and I suspect JT) really don't want to be the Media's center of attention. I know they are pros and used to the criticism, but if you constantly read negativity about your performance, i don't see how that will help re-establish confidence when you are already down. I expect him to continue to thrive here under little to non-existent scrutiny

Some people actually do thrive in that environment. The "I'll show 'em!" mindset. But yeah, I'm with ya. I wouldn't want to play pro baseball in NY and I wouldn't want to play pro hockey in Toronto or Montreal.