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I want him to come back after the All Star break even if he is ready a week before then. No need to rush anything with him
when i first looked at the calendar and when i thought he would come back, this was be exact thought.... even if he is ready a week before the all-star game, you wait until after it to give him another 2 or so weeks of healing.... it just makes sense
My one Christmas wish is for a McDavid on boxing day please and thanks.
All I want for Christmas, is a healthy McDavid.
I hope so. I don't get all these don't rush him guys, if he is 100% he is 100%, if you wait two more weeks after that he won't go to 105%, doesn't work like that.
It was interesting that when Chiarelli was asked about if the timing of going back to Boston so soon after their last game meant anything, he said something along the lines of "No, the timing doesn't mean anything to me, aside from the fact that it's before Christmas"....
He knows
That's dumb, if he's healthy before then he should play.
What you don't like holding guys out 13 weeks for a 6 week injury?
December 29th against the Kings. That's my prediction.
December 26th, McDavid returns. Calgary and Edmonton both don't lose until that meeting.
The Force. Its calling to him.
Damn I'm so pumped for when this kid comes back
There was so much pressure on McDavid to start this season with so much expectations. And the Oilers were struggling as a team early in the year. It must have been draining on him. I'm looking forward to seeing McDavid return to the lineup now while the team is playing so well, which means there will be less pressure on him now to help turn things around. I think he's gonna thrive once he gets back from this break.
And this is the reason why Oilers have to keep things hush hush to EDM media and fans.
The force in Edmonton seems to call players back too early because they want the short term entertainment. We have waited a decade .. I am willing to suppress the force and wait an extra month.
you're tempting fate pretty hard core. We'll have to go through some good teams for that to happen, and it's not like we're winning all these games comfortably so far.
Imo we're just flipping a coin and always getting heads. Having said that, I do feel our 'true' winning probability has increased as the season has gone on. We are better.
Oilers games starting DEC 21st: Jets > VAN> CGY > LA > ANA
Oilers games after Jan 01 : ARI > CAR > TB > FLA > ARI
There is 0 chance Oilers rush McDavid back in Dec and throw him against the "bigger" teams right away.
Aside from CHI game, all the other games are winnable in december. NYR are struggling 2-6-2 in last 10 and a 3 game losing streak. That defense is weak with Klein out.
Flames would be the toughest game after CHI..
but if he's ready, he's ready. He broke his collarbone, which isn't a joint and they even said that when it's healed it will be stronger than it was before even due to the reinforcement.
We want to shelter McDavid, but we also want to make the playoffs. Priority #1 is his health of course, but that second priority matters a lot too. Again, I agree we shouldn't rush him but it's not like we'd be paying off doctors to clear him.
Oilers always have a tough time against LA and Anaheim..despite Anaheim's record
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