NHL star texted Jay Woodcroft to make Oilers lineup changes, and it worked

On a recent edition of the Dropping The Gloves podcast, hosted by John Scott, former Oilers' defenceman Jason Demers had an incredible story about his former coach Jay Woodcroft.

Demers played 57 games with the Oilers AHL team last year in his age 34 season, and he was just one game short from 700 in his NHL career. One night, Demers said his former teammate and former NHL star Dan Boyle saw him playing in the AHL, and reached out to his friend Jay Woodcroft while he was coach of the Oilers to make sure Demers played his 700th game.





It's a great story and a great gesture from Woodcroft and the Oilers organization to make sure that their depth veteran players hit the milestones that they can easily achieve. The Oilers called up Demers for just one game last season against his former team in San Jose, and gave him the opportunity to retire with an even 700 games on his career ledger.