Connor McDavid comments on the Edmonton Oilers poor start

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Finnegan Frost
October 11, 2024 (5:41 PM)

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The Edmonton Oilers got off to a rough start to the NHL season as they were blown out by the Winnipeg Jets by a score of 6-0.

It was a sloppy affair from start to finish. The Edmonton Oilers looked like they were coming off some sort of Stanley Cup hangover. From start to finish, the team looked unprepared and quite disjointed. With that being said, we can cut them some slack considering it's only the first game of the season.

Although the game was a disappointing affair, Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid shared his thoughts on what went wrong

«I think there were just big mistakes,» McDavid said. «The mistakes that we made were big mistakes and they led to Grade-A chances, not to say there was an insane amount of them. Just the ones there were, were the big ones.»

While it's a far cry from falling behind 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Final, there is still a feeling of urgency for this team to start the season off on the right foot, especially considering what happened out of the gates a year ago, when a 2-9-1 start led to the unenviable scenario of undergoing a mid-season coaching change.

«It starts with how you show up tomorrow,» said McDavid, whose team will take on the Chicago Blackhawks at Rogers Place on Saturday (8 p.m., CBC, Sportsnet). «For the leaders of the group, tomorrow's a good day to show up and be ready to roll.

«You want to see the game start to come together. It's been a couple weeks of camp, not a very good pre-season and obviously not a very good start the other day. So, you want to see the game start to come together at some point.»

The Oilers will look for a major bounce back when they take on the Chicago Blackhawks tomorrow night.