McDavid Asks Teammates to Come to Camp 2 Weeks Early

[MrHeiskanen]

Vancouver owns the record for most losing seasons in the row...they've been a loser franchise since the day they entered the NHL

sit this one out


wow, the ignorance

Ignorance?

"lack of knowledge or information."

Brother, go look at the video.. Campbell and Draisaital are on the ice.. 2 NHL players. So like I said no one wants to show up early.

Then the second piece of evidence is the Captain needs to request players to come in early..

How is there a lack of knowledge or information when all evidence points to the conclusion that no one is rushing back to Edmonton?

lmfao

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Ignorance?

"lack of knowledge or information."

Brother, go look at the video.. Campbell and Draisaital are on the ice.. 2 NHL players. So like I said no one wants to show up early.

I looked at the 3 minute video...and this is your evidence? LMAO
what about the previous 7 years? can you prove "no one wants to show up early" between 2015-2022?

like I said, ignorance

Then the second piece of evidence is the Captain needs to request players to come in early..

How is there a lack of knowledge or information when all evidence points to the conclusion that no one is rushing back to Edmonton?

lmfao

show me that evidence then

 

[Ninety7]

Also it’s always hilarious when other fans think calling the Canucks bad is some sort of high level burn. No shit, Sherlock.

You guys are bad.

And your best player wants to leave.

And you’re bad.

 

[Three On Zero]

You guys are bad.

And your best player wants to leave.

And you’re bad.

But they didn’t need a captain to ask them to come in two weeks early, they did that all on their own

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

It’s a copycat league..Pretty soon ,all the players will be coming back early to their respective cities..The players that don’t will be viewed as slack asses.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

One of the worst “news” sites out there

 

[HockeyVirus]

In similar news, Matthews has informed his teammates he will be late 2 weeks into training camp spending time in LA at J Biebs mansion.

Damn Matthews doesn't even care and somehow leads the league in goals since he joined it. Imagine if he tried, he'd be soundly better than McDavid!

 

[North Cole]

I don’t understand how you think this is funny?

The Oilers can’t win a cup with f***ing the two best players in the world for the last half decade.

That’s something you should be laughing about

I don't understand how you think that's funny. You make it sound like we're the angels. The margins are a lot thinner in hockey, as you should know.

 

[Three On Zero]

One of the worst “news” sites out there

They are like the Eklund of sport writers, usually regurgitated crap

Once in a blue moon they do have some good stuff though

 

[centipede2233]

Damn Matthews doesn't even care and somehow leads the league in goals since he joined it. Imagine if he tried, he'd be soundly better than McDavid!

Matthews only cares about his regular season success. Playoffs require extra effort and cuts into his celebrity hangout sessions with J biebz, and that is no bueno!

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

I show up to work 15 minutes early every day.

I leave 20 minutes early.

2 weeks early? Nah I'm good. You're not my boss Connor, but you sure sound like you're my boss.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

More like, your teams captain, your leader asking you guys to go all in for the ultimate team goal while he leads the way.

People shitting on this remind me a lot of some of my teammates I've had in competitive sports throughout the years. There was the guys who cared about winning and putting in OT to make it happen. Then there were the guys crying and whining about having to work hard or that their captain was being mean to them.

Blows my mind how some people are trying to make this to be a negative thing. If the guys in the room just wanna do their 9-5 crap and the bare minimum required, they'll get bare minimum results. It's obvious McDavid wants to win, he just doesn't want to play hockey for fun or for a paycheck.

Kobe Bryant did very similar things and weeded out the players that weren't about competing hard and putting in the work to win a championship. I would be f***ing thrilled as an Oilers fan, this guy is all in, leading the charge and asking his teammates to put in the extra work with him.

Maybe he should try to lead the team by back checking on a regular basis, instead of cutting a players time with his family short.

 

[Three On Zero]

Maybe he should try to lead the team by back checking on a regular basis, instead of cutting a players time with his family short.

This has been said about 4-5 times now, we need better content for this thread. Or we can just let this thread die off and go off into the sunset as it’s nothing game breaking, new or anything out of the ordinary that other teams aren’t also doing

 

[Nogatco Rd]

They are like the Eklund of sport writers, usually regurgitated crap

Once in a blue moon they do have some good stuff though

Clickbait mill that shamelessly cranks out tons of misleading content to generate page views. Who can forget this gem from earlier this summer:

Rumors that Jagr is set to re-sign with the Penguins

Let's gooooooooo!

www.hockeyfeed.com

 

[McPoyle]

This thread has generated much more discussion that it should have. People love talking about the Oilers I guess.

 

[Bank Shot]

Ignorance?

"lack of knowledge or information."

Brother, go look at the video.. Campbell and Draisaital are on the ice.. 2 NHL players. So like I said no one wants to show up early.

Then the second piece of evidence is the Captain needs to request players to come in early..

How is there a lack of knowledge or information when all evidence points to the conclusion that no one is rushing back to Edmonton?

lmfao

There are dozens of those videos. Guys come early every year. This year everyone came early. It's not a lack of coming early in the past like you stated. Just take the L and move on.

 

[Oleksiak]

Ignorance?

"lack of knowledge or information."

Brother, go look at the video.. Campbell and Draisaital are on the ice.. 2 NHL players. So like I said no one wants to show up early.

Then the second piece of evidence is the Captain needs to request players to come in early..

How is there a lack of knowledge or information when all evidence points to the conclusion that no one is rushing back to Edmonton?

lmfao

Calling Campbell an NHL player is generous to a sieve who belongs in the ECHL.

 

[Oleksiak]

This has been said about 4-5 times now, we need better content for this thread. Or we can just let this thread die off and go off into the sunset as it’s nothing game breaking, new or anything out of the ordinary that other teams aren’t also doing

The reason it keeps being said is that McDiver has consistently refused to put in an acceptable effort in his own zone. The comments will stop if he ever chooses to start playing like a real man.

 

[Seanaconda]

Isn't there a McDavid quote that he's been working on d this summer ?

 

[Reality Czech]

A real leader wouldn't have asked, he would have told them!

I kid, I kid. The Oilers are gonna get over the hump one of these years. The greatest players always manage to get it done at some point.

 

[LuGBuG]

Lol this is a thread? Isn’t that what they all do? Zegras came to early camp and doesn’t even have a contract yet.

 

[Windy River]

Alright guys, yeah thanks for coming. Go ahead and take a seat on the bench and just watch me for the next half an hour. Get used to it, that's most of what you'll be doing this year.

Lol!! I was thinking the same thing.. needs some bodies out there to dunk on while the rest eat popcorn.

 

[Divine]

Most players already do this. Matthews has been in Toronto for a while now, Tavares/Marner live here. Rielly and Nylander in Toronto already. It's almost common to just show up a few weeks early if only to sort everything out and deal with jetlag before camp.

However, I don't think they should. Didn't the Leafs get fined last season because the players voluntarily decided they'd rather travel the night before than the day of the game? The CBA ruled that it violated their off time.

How is requesting players to come early any different? It's violating their mandated CBA off-time. Also, the Stanley Cup isn't going to be won because a few Edmonton players showed up 2 weeks early to training camp, let them enjoy their last 2 weeks with their families because they're travelling multiple times a week for 8+ months.

The CBA should fine any team where a request is made by anyone of authority. McDavid's request basically becomes a demand because he's the team captain. It's not like its Warren Foegele requesting it where players can just ignore it without any consequence. Ignoring McDavid basically questions your work ethic, and everyone knows McDavid can easily demand a player be traded off the Oilers, they just hired his agent and longtime family friend to be CEO of the whole organization.

Lastly, where do you draw the line? McDavid requests 2 weeks early, let's say they have a bad season. Next year does he want them to come a month early? 2 months? Just let the players have their designated off-time. If YOU want to come 2 weeks early, go ahead. You can text your teammates privately also. Saying it to the media just puts the pressures on the players to give up time with their kids because you think it makes a difference.

 

[archangel2]

for me this is a none story. All over North America players are gather for informal practices. I remember a few years I was at 8 rinks in Burnaby and nearly all surfaces were booked out by NHL players

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

Is Kane in early?

As Andrew Ladd when captain of the Jets was calling him out on Social Media when he was one of the only Jets not to come in early….

“ Come on Mellon we need you “
“Get your suit on”

Kane was too busy in Vegas/LA - Vancouver and was not in the Wpg group clique…. And was not buying in and being a team player…. as per usual for him.

Peer pressure from team mates as we all know it was it was his WPG team mates that forced the trade that finally pushed him out of WInnipeg. ( practice and shower / track suit incident if not playing well with others on the team)!