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Connor McDavid: “I want to win and I want to win here in Edmonton. That’s my focus.” #Oilers

“We have to have a better regular season. Maybe with our injuries if we aren’t pushing down the stretch we could rest guys,” McDavid.

“The organization as a whole has taken a step back. That starts with me and Leo and includes everyone. We all have to find ways to be better,” McDavid.

“I think a little bit. Those things happen naturally as humans. I can tell you we never thought it would be easy or a walk in the park. I think maybe me lost a bit of the fire we had the past two years. I don’t think we took it (what it takes to win) for granted, but we let it slip a bit,” Draisaitl

“I enjoyed my time here. I’d love to be back. I didn’t want to discuss it (with my agent) during the year, but now we can focus on it,” Ingram on re-signing in Edmonton.

“I wasn’t happy with my defensive play this year. I thought it slipped from last year and got away from me a bit. I can only speak for myself, but I think our team took a step back in small areas defending. It is something we need to be better at next year,” Draisaitl.

“I know we are looking to win. But we have to be better. There is no looking past that. We have two years that he is signed and we have to get better,” Draisaitl on McDavid contract.

“Yes I am concerned. Some of that leads into the players into how we played. I think we have to form moments in the regular season where you play the right way and win the right way. But I am concerned that we took a step back this year,” Draisaitl on if he is concerned about direction of the team.

“The defending is certainly a part of it in how you play in your defensive zone, but how we manage the puck in the offensive zone matters as well. It is a balance of creating offence, but giving up great chances. We want to find the balance of being an offensive team, because our best players are elite offensively, while being aware defensively. We didn’t have the right balance this year and we need to find it,” Bowman on team defending.

“I don’t think we will have massive changes. We will have some new faces and how many and who they will be it is too early to say. We need some adjustments,” Bowman.

“It is natural when you have those players to lean on them. It is hard to say we should play them less, but I see why it helps. It expands the game of others and it creates less wear and tear on Connor and Leon. It could be beneficial,” Bowman on playing 97 and 29 fewer minutes.

Knoblauch says McDavid and Dickinson had fractures around the foot and ankle area.

“I’d love to bring them back. I was impressed by their play but also their mentality. We will work with their agents and hopefully we can come to an agreement,” Bowman on Murphy and Dickinson.

“Coming back from injury he didn’t have his game and at that time of the year there wasn’t time to let him find his game. We are looking for improvement in that area (goaltending) for sure,” Bowman on Jarry.

“Freddy didn’t have a good year. We didn’t help him by where we played him. I’ve seen this before with players in the first year of a long deal. I thought he played better in March. We need him to find it sooner next year, but we also need to put him in a position to have success,” Bowman on Frederic.

“We want to improve. We need to improve. We weren’t able to put it together when it mattered in the first round. We had some positives with Matt Savoie and how he played. Podkolzin had a good year and was our most impactful player in the playoffs. I’d expect Howard and Hutson to push for a spot in the lineup next year,” Bowman.

“None of the guys will require surgery so nothing should carry over to next year,” Bowman on Oilers injuries.