Edmonton Oilers Need To Learn From Players Like Sidney Crosby To Win A Stanley Cup. It's Entirely On The Players To Push Themselves To The Limit. Don't Think A Coach Will Do This For You.

Sidney Crosby is a good example of the type of mindset a player needs to win a Stanley Cup. He has three of them! There are very few players in the history of the NHL that work as hard as Sidney Crosby to push to the limit in order to win. He doesn't rely on a coach to push him. The Edmonton Oilers players seem to think a coach will turn the switch on for them. Mike Babcock was brought in by the Oilers leadership to push the players to a Stanley Cup. Sadly for the Oilers, it doesn't work this way unless the players have it within to self push themselves to the limit everyday to be champions. There is more here on why the Oilers leadership wanted a coach that could push them.