Craig MacTavish
Craig MacTavish
Craig MacTavishis a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He is the current Vice President of Hockey Operations for the Edmonton Oilers, and has also served as the team's head coach and general manager. He played center for 17 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues, winning the Stanley Cup four times. MacTavish later coached the Oilers from 2000 to 2009 and also served...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth15 August 1958
lots seamless
You think it's going to be a seamless transition. (Right now) he's making lots of plays.
factors handle maybe number pressure stretch success
It's maybe the most important stretch we've had in a number of years. It can be a little overwhelming, but how we handle the pressure is going to be one of the big factors in the success that we're going to have.
gets intense regular season situation
It's kind of comical in a situation like this. But it's going to be pretty intense when the regular season gets going.
good guys work
It's good that the young guys go through that. Now they know how much work they have to do.
effort pathetic trying
At least we were trying in the third, which is more than I can say for the first two periods. At least we started trying. It was a pretty pathetic effort by our group.
coach crop curve early everybody learning saying struggle teams work
It will be a work in progress. We like to think, as everybody would at this stage, that we're progressing and we have our teams prepared. But there will be things that crop up. Every coach is saying we don't want to struggle with the learning curve early on. But some will.
both close games
The games have both been very close in this building, yet we've been outscored 6-1.
couple establish feet wet
You want to give them at least a couple of games. One to get their feet wet and try to establish some confidence, and then you give them another to see what they can do.
argue
It's a big win. I can't argue that.
create definitely great league
It's great for the fans. The league wanted to create these rivalries and they've definitely done that.
ourselves pick
It's devastating for a team. We'll have to pick ourselves up tomorrow.
bring depend good guess largely looking mike point poorly pressure season start until worked year
Up until this point it hasn't been a distraction, but I guess it will largely depend on how well we start the season. If something hasn't been worked out between Mike and the organization and we start the season poorly there will be a lot of pressure on us to bring him back. We're looking to have a good year with or without Mike.
best both couple edmonton everybody felt few game home hopefully hurt impatient injuries last leaves losses playoff sixth starting tough wanting wondering
We were up 2-1, and both of our losses at home were tough to swallow. I thought that even the sixth game was our best game of the playoffs, a game we felt that we should've won. It was difficult, but we had a few injuries that hurt our chances. The thing about Edmonton is that there is no better place to play playoff hockey. When it's over a prematurely as it has been in the last couple of years it just leaves everybody wanting more and wondering why more hasn't been delivered. We're starting to get impatient and hopefully we can deliver.