from Dan Rosen of NHL.com,

Is it time for your experience to lead to higher expectations for yourself and the Oilers?

"As goes for the rest of the guys, we're not that young, inexperienced team anymore. We still have young guys, but we have a lot more experience now. We have to find a way to take a big step this year. We have some key pieces coming into place and that should help us along, obviously, but we have to find a way to make that jump. We can't just always fall back on being that young team and not put those expectations on ourselves and each other. We have to expect ourselves to be at the top of the League, making a push for the playoffs and to be competitive every night."

Is the pressure on in Edmonton now? Do you feel it? Is it real? Do you want it?

"Exactly. This doesn't happen all the time that you get this many first overall draft picks in a span of six years. There are expectations for us to make a jump and with Todd [McLellan] coming in [as coach]. He's an experienced guy, been around the League, and I think that's going to help us a lot, having that experience. Most of us have a few years in the League now too, so I think it'll be a big help to us to have a guy like Todd there now."

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