Oilers voices.
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I'm real lucky the way the games have been spaced out and that we've been able to do that a little bit. But that's not the NHL. It's impossible. We'll give those guys a day off [Friday] and get back at her for the next game. But it has to stop. I look at it every night and I go, 'What the heck am I doing?' But I'm also trying to survive right now. So that's what we've been doing. A lot of our other guys have done a phenomenal job for us. We're in a good spot right now, and I'm just hoping that we bought enough time to get some guys.

The good thing for us is we're getting to see everyone in the organization. We're seeing who can play and who can't, (Utah) has got a deep team, and we're going to have a deep team too. But right now we're not as deep, and I thought that showed tonight.

I’m real lucky with the way the games have been spaced out that I’ve been able to [ride the first line] a little bit. But that’s not the NHL, it’s impossible. Tonight we were behind and we pushed. We’ll give them a day off tomorrow and get back at it for the next game, but it has to stop. I look at it every night and I think, ‘what the heck am I doing?’ I’m also trying to survive right now and that’s what I’ve been doing. A lot of our other guys have done a phenomenal job for us, so we’re in a good spot right now. I’m just hoping that we’ve bought enough time to get some guys [back]. I think you’re going to see right away as we get deeper, we’re going to get more production from people. But that’s just not our situation right now.

I thought as it went on in the later part of the game, we started to get on our toes and make more plays to get in their end and get cycles and try to climb on their goalie and get shots from the point. So, we simplified and were able to start to execute and win pucks that way. We just didn't start the game off that way.

one 1st line and three 4th lines....hurting unit

I liked a lot about this game. I liked that everyone competed and dug in, and it was a hard, tight checking game, much like the rest of them lately. So I like the game better tonight than in LA, so that's a positive. We get another crack at them on Saturday.

We're going to start getting some players back, and we're going to get way deeper and way harder to play against, and that's a positive thing for us,

I notice I see a team that’s upbeat; I see a team that’s energetic, has speed, is aggressive and wins a lot of puck battles,

Honestly, like it’s pretty impressive how we’re able to score ballistically and also play like a really solid defensive game. The message that (head coach Mike Babcock) sent is that we have better. I mean, if that’s our bad game, that’s a great game. That’s a great bad game.

It's a hard-working group. It wasn't an oil painting tonight for sure, but Dev did a great job of holding us in there. We got off to a good start and kind of held that all the way through. It wasn't the prettiest for 40 there, but a win's a win. It's a good road trip and we're in a nice spot.

They told me he’s not playing tonight,

It's a big game for us here tonight. We gotta get our mind right, and we gotta get ready to play. They're not gonna give up a ton. Through the neutral zone, you're gonna have to work. You're gonna have to win the game in the O zone, on the cycle and climb on the goalie, because they won't give you anything off the rush.