The Edmonton Oilers are well aware that their current winning strategy, known as the Incredible Hulk Method, of giving the opposing team a few punches before becoming angry and retaliating, isn’t going to work.
It’s a risky game to let the other guys score first, as they have done in each of their previous five games, before they go green, rip their shirts off with muscle, and thrash the opposing team into submission.
The Oilers are winning it; they will try to defeat the Calgary Flames for a record 13 straight wins tonight, but they are aware that they are tempting fate.
Head coach Kris Knoblauch remarked, “You can only get away with that so many times and we’re at the point where I’m not sure we can get away with that anymore.” “Starts are critical to success. It’s critical that we start achieving that initial aim because it’s very crucial.
However, Edmonton’s retaliation has been impressive to watch. Of their 12 victories, eight required them to come back from behind. They take great satisfaction in never giving up and in their ability to consistently force their way back into a game, even if they are aware that they need to be more proficient right away.
“We’re looking to improve on it because it takes a lot of energy to crawl back from that,” Leon Draisaitl stated. However, there is a mutual understanding among us that as long as we keep playing our game, we can always get back into it. However, there is a narrow line between playing too frequently and too much.
“We have a good opportunity to start with a lead on Saturday.”
An additional crucial opportunity for the Oilers to demonstrate their turnaround is when they travel to Calgary on Hockey Night in Canada with the goal of becoming the Canadian team with the longest winning streak. It appears to be yet another thrilling development in the Battle of Alberta.
“I’ll be unfamiliar with this,” Knoblauch remarked. “They’ll be motivated because they know these clubs are rivals and because they live in Alberta. We’re always driven to defeat the Calgary Flames, just as they are driven to defeat the Edmonton Oilers.
But now that we’re on a roll and they’re chasing us in the rankings, there will undoubtedly be even more competitiveness and hostility. It will be fantastic.
What makes tonight even more exciting is that Edmonton will attempt to set a Canadian record in Calgary.
Playing against the Flames is always a special night; the intensity of the game is always a bit more than it is in other games, Draisaitl stated. “We know that we have the opportunity to create history. Simultaneously, our goal is to maintain our current approach, game, and trend.
