Don't tell Oilers' Connor McDavid that his team has no chance in the playoffs due to their injuries, as the Edmonton captain has fired back at all his critics. Connor McDavid has grown tired of the <a href='https://www.nhl.com/oilers/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Edmonton Oilers</a>' sympathy. The <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/edmonton-oilers/oilers-defenseman-suffers-injury-vs-jets-and-his-playoff-status-could-be-in-doubt' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>club has been injured by late-season ailments</a>, being forced to go short-handed on multiple occasions. As the playoffs approach, anxiety is building that these setbacks will sabotage the Stanley Cup aspirations of the Oilers. Not so fast, says <a href='https://www.nhl.com/oilers/player/connor-mcdavid-8478402' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>McDavid</a>. <h3>McDavid says the team is ready to go without any excuses for Game 1</h3> After their skate at Rogers Place on Tuesday morning, the Oilers captain addressed the media, shutting down the chatter of injury and making it clear: there won't be excuses when the puck goes down for Game 1. Guys are healthier than it may seem, McDavid said. I don't like this whole notion that we're the walking wounded here; we're ready to roll. Everybody is going to be ready to roll, everybody is doing whatever they can. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1912210092549894431'> </a></blockquote></div> <img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/550080.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /> <a href='https://www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-kings-edmonton-oilers-first-round-playoff-series-lookahead#' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>The Oilers will host the LA Kings in the first round for the fourth year running</a>, this time starting on the road for the first time since 2006. Injuries would be an easy crutch to fall into, but McDavid won't let that sort of thinking infiltrate the dressing room. He wants the narrative surrounding the Oilers to shift, and for the skepticism to stop. McDavid himself recently came back from an <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/edmonton-oilers/connor-mcdavid-leon-draisaitl-and-mattias-ekholm-return-timelines-revealed-after-latest-injury-update' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>eight-game hiatus due to a lower-body injury.</a> I just don't like the theory that people are counting us out, McDavid said. We're a great team here, bumps and bruises along the way obviously, but we're a dangerous team when we're rolling and we're healthy, and we are healthy. I think you'll see that over the next little while, and looking forward to showing that. While he skipped Monday's 5-0 loss to the Kings as a precaution, he's confident he'll be good to go when the playoffs begin. One thing is certain: McDavid is intense, driven, and ready to lead, no matter who's not in the lineup.