{"id":447361,"date":"2026-02-05T17:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/447361\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:19:12","slug":"leon-draisaitl-held-nothing-back-with-blunt-review-of-oilers-defensive-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/447361\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Draisaitl Held Nothing Back With Blunt Review of Oilers&#8217; Defensive Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\">The Oilers surrendered four goals in a loss to the Flames in what was their final game before the NHL goes on a temporary hiatus for the Milan Cortina Games. It was the third straight game in which they\u2019d surrendered four or more goals, and seventh straight game in which they\u2019ve conceded three-plus.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">After Wednesday\u2019s 4\u20133 loss, Leon Draisaitl spoke to reporters, and he got brutally honest on the state of the team, not hesitating to criticize the play of the defense, the goalies and even suggesting the coaches needed to improve.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">\u201cWe\u2019re just giving up too many goals. Can\u2019t defend. Penalty kill is not great. But, there\u2019s many things that are part of it. We\u2019re just not good enough right now,\u201d Draisaitl said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\">\u201cIt goes hand in hand. We\u2019ve got to defend better. We\u2019ve got to make it easier on [goalie Tristan Jarry]. And then, I\u2019m sure he can be a little better too. It\u2019s a two-way street. It starts with us in front of him and then the game becomes a little easier for him. But, I think there\u2019s saves that our goalies need to make at some point,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Just not good enough right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Leon Draisaitl shares his thoughts after the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Oilers<\/a> defeat in Calgary. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Enterprise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Enterprise<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoOilers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LetsGoOilers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PUJgUlly5Y\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PUJgUlly5Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdmontonOilers\/status\/2019293560605216902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7c\">Edmonton doesn\u2019t play again until after the Winter Olympics. Their next game is slated for Feb. 25 against the Ducks. Draisaitl is hoping the few weeks off will be good for the team after it entered the break on a three-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">At the break, the Oilers sit in second in the Pacific Division at 28\u201322\u20138. The team has 64 points in 58 games and a +4 goal differential. But for a squad that\u2019s made back-to-back trips to the Stanley Cup Final without anything to show for it, Draisaitl isn\u2019t satisfied with the effort levels being displayed by the squad.<\/p>\n<p>More on Sports Illustrated<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oilers surrendered four goals in a loss to the Flames in what was their final game before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5125],"tags":[198,146,5300,5,4,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-447361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton-oilers","8":"tag-edmonton","9":"tag-edmonton-oilers","10":"tag-edmontonoilers","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-oilers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116019171491108728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}