I remember how absolutely stoked I was when my ducks signed him. He was so key to that teams run. He had a stellar playoffs as well. What a player

Adam Oates was awesome in NHL '94.

Adam Oates talks hockey with Mark Schiefele every day!

"Jim Carey, the net detective" hahahaha that's gold.

Man if Oates didn't miss those 20 games in 90-91 then Hull would have taken Gretzky's single season goal scoring record, and shattered it.

Growing up in Detroit, I was heart broken when he was traded, too.

The Oilers got him in the end of his career, but he had a big impact on Hemsky, Horcoff, and Stoll which helped them get to the finals in 05-06. He was a leader in the locker room in 03-04. It was sad as an Oilers fan to see him not to his old self, but he taught the Oilers how to win draws and pass the puck.

Washington really blew Oates, I remember how they rarely played him with Bondra, and would play Oates with Chris Simon and Konowalchuk/Nikolishin instead. Bondra who could score at will almost, would generally get centered by Michal Pivonka who was well past it at that point.

Oilers Legend Adam Oates

This guy gotta be one of the most unseen players..wow

Centered *three* 50-goal scorers 👌 Brett Hull Cam Neely Peter Bondra

He and Taylor Hall had a great music band in the 80's.

Imagine if the Blues had Hull, Oates, and Gretzky all on one line. If only what could of been.

I think he’s right up there with Mike Gardner for most underrated legends of the game

Oates might have been done by the time he came to Edmonton, but his presence and effect on Jared Stoll, Shawn Horcoff, Ales Hemsky etc played a major role on that team making it to the finals in 06

Two beautiful jerseys in the thumbnail that I don’t see enough of anymore

My fav player of all time. Miss watching him play.

Would love to see Bobby Clarke and Bill Barber videos! Thank you for all of the great content!

Adam Oates is one of my favourite players of all time! ive always been a fan of those elite playmakers, love you covered him shannon!

Oh, one more thing - Neely actually hit 50 in 44, the 2nd fastest in league history (behind Gretzky's 50 in 39).

Love this, thank you Shanny!

Could you imagine if Oates and Ovechkin primes coincided on the same team? Oh geez!

Love the videos keep up the great vids

Every time I see Adam Oates name I puke in my mouth a little bit. This guy should have been a Wing for life, should have 3 rings, and his number in the rafters. Trading Adam Oates was literally one of the worst trades of all time. To top it off by defeating Washington in the finals the Wings crushed his soul a second time. 99% of the time I am proud to be a Wings fan but Adam Oates will forever haunt me.

Loved oats when he was in Boston

You are so much better than anything on ESPN.

I played lacrosse in a mens league where the guy that ran it was having a good laugh at Oates as an NHL coach. Oates was complaining about players "running up the score". This guy was on the floor for a junior A lacrosse game when Oates scored 9 goals and had 11 assists....

Love these and all other content! Shannon Please please could U do a video of Saku Koivu's career. Im sure that Your fans on Finland would love that. He is a so respected figure and Captain here:)

The Oates/Neely accomplishment of 50 goals in 49 games was even better than that... Neely actually reached 50 in the 43rd or 45th game that year with no goals scored during the last few games.

I can't explain how excited I was when the flyers traded for him. I was like 8 and didn't know much about hockey but I knew he was great. Unfortunately it didn't work out for us

Legend

Adam Oates was traded in a bonehead move by the Blues. Him and Hull had unreal chemistry.

He was very underrated

I think everyone in st louis agreed Oates deserved more money, the fans just didnt like the way he tried to get it. Holding the team hostage and threatening to sit out and not play (the equivalent of holding your breath till you get what you want). And by going public with it, he basically put management in the position where they had to trade him. Imagine if they had met his demands? Then every player who does better than expected would hold the team hostage for more money. and thats how Oates greed broke up the best goal scoring tandem the world will ever see.

It's so sweet how in the beginning his assist totals are surely and steadily rising all the way down from the ground and then BOOM

Brett Hull willing to take a pay cut to keep Oates in the team was a really classy move on his part.

I remember hearing that Oates was a remarkable lacrosse player in his youth. It might even be said that lacrosse was his true passion. So maybe that is why Oates' game was so unusual looking. He was always using lacrosse passing strategies while everyone else primarily used traditional hockey passing strategies. Oates and Neely, like Oates and Hull was some of the most beautiful hockey I've ever seen.

great vid!

Always liked him, even when he was on teams I didn’t care for.

Great video

How about a Zarley Zalapski video?

Great Vid ✅

Adam Oates is one of the most underrated and forgotten playmakers of NHL and hockey history! But my question is that did he benefit more from playing with Hull and Neely than Hull and Neely benefitted from playing with him?

Up and adam,Adam Oates!Great player-doesnt get much recognition.

Oh wow I was ahead of my time as a youth hockey player back in the 70s..always wanted to lead my team in assist never cared much about goals.... nobody payed much attention.😂

Most assists -93, -01, -02.

Oates played with 3" cut off stick curve, you didn't mention that. Think of cup team couldve had if won the Stevens debacle, Oates,Shanny,Hull, Cujo, Stevens,McInnis

92-93 Oates played a lot with juneau and leach and he helped Juneau break a rookie record for assists, can't believe Bruins management traded Juneau after his rookie season, that the reason why Oates scored 45 goals.

13:50 Sidney Crosby?

Love the review of his career. Please do one for Craig Janney I feel like he was in Oates’ shadow during the early-mid ‘90s

you should make these videos of a legend once a month man

Adam was a beast

I like my scorers like I like my cereal... with Oates.

Can you do more of theses please?

I didnt realize that oates only played 61 games in the year that Hull scored 86 goals. Hull did a lot of that 86 goals on his own. Hull deserves a lot more credit than people give him.

If his nickname wasn't "Quaker" I'm gonna be so upset

Do Neely, lots of the younger crowd don't know

Greatest play maker of all time

No he was never the face of the capitals especially in the 90's it was Bondra and Hunter. Additionally there was a reason why Oates wasn't resigned by the caps, he wasn't happy at the end of the 00-01 season asked for a trade but instead of a trade the caps ripped the C off his chest and gave it to Brandon Witt and Steve Konowalchuk for the 01-02 season. So management fall out... Which Ironically happened again with the caps after he missed the playoffs in 2014 we bounced his butt out of town.

You bring up Craig Janney - he's an interesting case. Put up big numbers, but was universally hated by pretty much everyone in the league, especially his own teammates on whichever team he happened to be playing on at any given moment.

I remember wishing the Blues would pay him. Could have been our 1st cup then. But, having suffered thru the Harry Ornest years, it was hard to fault Blues management.

Imagine how many assists he would have got if cam Neely wasn’t injured in 92-93

Hull was thinking about the record books asking to send his money to keep Oates

Funny to think Detroit went from being impatient to constantly overripening their prospects.

Hey i was wondering if you could do a Russian 5 vid or what i might consider the best draft in the NHL in my lifetime im 41 ( home town bias ) 89 wings and i believe they ended producing over 5000 (?) games played in the NHL .... unless you already have done them ill go check 👍and thanks

Please make a video on your opinion of the new All star jerseys. 😭

Top!

He played hockey.

"These days you don't really see guys walking out when they have a contract." Already forgot Berglund?

I always find it interesting on how management of a Pro Sports team can miss the mark so badly, especially on a player like Adam Oates. 1,420 career points!!!!!!! Not bad for a player who some consider to be a poison pill with not drinking the team’s Kool Aid. (Irony alert) Egos get in the way with sports management. I admire Adam Oates no-filter approach in calling out management and other players not pulling their own or delivering on what they were hire to do for the team.

I know it's a bit early to say, but Marner reminds me a bit of Oates.

I remember him being traded from St Louis. I can't believe how bad a trade it really was.

1337 is elite indeed

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As a Caps fan I always liked Oates. Yeah he wasn’t Bondra but he was still solid.

Adam Oates played for the Oilers?

Do you watch spittin chicklets?

Backstrom is just like him except he never says anything😂

Adam Oates and Washington Capitals fans definitely have a toxic relationship. I respect the guy as a player, but he was a pain in the ass more often than not and was a bad coach. Still enjoyed watching him as a player.

I have acquired thee oates brother......srry

I liked him until Forsberg showed up and now O'Reilly is my guy.

Is he one of the best players never to win the Stanley Cup?

worst Wings trade ever!!!!!

how did he play 84 games? in 92”-93”

I liked Adam Oates, but is he HOF worthy? No Cups, major awards, 50 goal seasons, or Big time gamer moments. His only claim to fame is getting 2 HOF's to get 50 in 50, and 2 90 plus assist seasons. Great playmaker, but who did he ever beat?

I personally applaud Adam Oates' chutzpah!🏒🇨🇦

Adam Oates' career assist ratio of .81 ranks among the best all-time.Let's realize he averaged a point per game as well!🏒🇨🇦

Craig Janney had a productive albeit short NHL Career.🏒🇺🇲