Oilers’ Babcock caught leaning on stars: ‘I played them too much’

Oct 16, 2026, 9:43 AM ET|Comments (0)

from Sportsnet, by Mark Spector,

EDMONTON — For hockey coaches, over-playing Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl is like a drug. A drug that Mike Babcock swore he wouldn’t take.

Then his entire second line landed on the injured list, and his third-line centre has been dropping in and out of the lineup as well.

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