Derk Unterschultz

Father, Youth Mentor, Life long learner, All around nice guy, Teacher. I Love My Family (wife and 4 boys), Waterskiing and Driving my 65 Chevy Impala

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@01HockeyMan01 Do you have one of these for sale?

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@HawkEmDownChris Jaroslav Pouzar

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@JasonGregor @DeclanKrueger Adiós. Gets me 3 vowels and 2 common consonants.

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@JasonGregor Someone is going to get a career ending injury before they get it.

[🅶🅾🆁🅺 @Raclure03]

Même la flûte elle savait pas qu'elle pouvait faire ça 😱😱😱

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

Brutal. Two non-calls in a row lead to goals. Thought refs don’t want to impact the game.

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@JasonGregor Looks like the West playoff matches would be the same (as of this moment), but East would have 3 out of 4 different match-ups. Did I do that right?

East:

Buf. V. Mon.
TBL v. OTT

Car v. Bos
Pen v. CBJ

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office.

Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known.

He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions.

Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?"

I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well."

The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year.

Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there.

But at game time, the tires were flat.

I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands.

Now it was time to reset.

"Shower well" means exactly this:
• Watch the frustration circle down the drain
• Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind
• Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest

Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight.

Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization.

I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball.

Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home.

You can carry all of that through your front door.

Or you can shower well.

I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them.

The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up.

Either we win. Or we learn.

The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day.

So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well.

Tomorrow is a new at-bat.

What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@OilersDayByDay I remember this very panel.

[Cam Tait @camtait]

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[Paul Almeida @AzorcanGlobal]

Games changes on two awful calls by the officials. Diabolical.

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@PuckPedia @JasonGregor Thanks!

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@joray2jo @camtait @Sports1440 Maybe Bowman tried?

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@Bob_Stauffer @EdmontonOilers Podkolzin had a good game tonight. Hard working, had some opportunities to score, sticking up for his teammate, good forechecking. Best Oiler out there tonight.

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@AzorcanGlobal I really like that line.

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@Thriobologist @BrianRoemmele Exactly what I was thinking!

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@AzorcanGlobal That was my favourite Chip & Dale cartoon!

And no kidding! That’s quite the drubbing.

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@CanadaWorldJ Gotta admit, I’m puzzled by that one. And only a 2 min minor for that hit to the head???

[Derk Unterschultz @diggyderk]

@jpolly22 Biggest two for me: Hyman and Scheifele.
And a bit surprised Bedard is not there.