It was an interesting week for the Edmonton Oilers.

They pulled the trigger on a couple of trades, bringing in Tristan Jarry and Spencer Stastney while shipping out Stuart Skinner and Brett Kulak. The team followed that up with a big win in Toronto and an ugly loss in Montreal.

With that, let’s get to the questions.

Yes. The team I hated playing against was the Washington Capitals, because of Alex Ovechkin. I’ve talked many times on different platforms about my troubles with Ovi, and he made me pay.

We only played them twice a year, and I was in the West pretty much my entire career, so fortunately I didn’t have to see him that often. But it was one of those games on the calendar where I knew it was probably two or more for Ovi. It didn’t seem to matter how the games went, either. I just never had a lot of success against Washington. We had a couple wins in there, I think, but not many.

The only time I can remember that he didn’t score on me was the last time I played Washington in my career. We won 2-1 in Washington. I was having a pretty good game, and they got a point shot that Ovi tipped in front. I saved it, and he leaned over and said, “Oh come on, dude, let me have one.” And I looked up at him and said, “Excuse me, let me have one. You’ve got plenty on me.” He was nice enough not to put any by me that game, but Washington was always one that I just couldn’t get a good feeling against.

Boston is another team, and I think a lot of that is because we didn’t play them that often, either. Once or twice a year, a couple wins in there, but never a lot of success. Most of the teams in the West, I played so many times that it was more year-to-year. I remember one year against Colorado where I think I got pulled three times in a row. I couldn’t get past the 10-minute mark of the second period without giving up five. It was outrageous, but it was just that one year.

As for players, Sidney Crosby is a guy who always made you a little uncomfortable when he was on the ice. He has this ability to make you feel like he’s a step ahead of you. Most of the time as a goalie, I feel like I’m in control. I know what’s going on, I know what a player is going to do, I know who’s available. With Crosby, it was just this feeling that he knew what I was going to do. He’s watching for you to make the first move, to make a mistake, to lean off your post, to look behind the net, and then he’s going the other way. He’s a special player.

Another one I’ll mention is Pavel Datsyuk. He was special. There was one game we lost in overtime to Detroit and I honestly caught myself watching him undress Jeff Petry one-on-one. I was watching him do it and then I was like, “Oh my goodness, I should probably start playing now because I’m in the net.” He was so smooth that you could catch yourself watching him while the game was going on.

There are a lot of guys I could list, but those are a few.

Great question, because there are plenty of players that fans on other teams love to hate.

Brad Marchand was one of them. I never really had any reason to dislike him other than the reason everyone else does. You watch him play and it’s hard-nosed, kind of ratty, and it’s annoying. Then I met him at the All-Star Game and he was a great guy. Everybody knows he’s a great guy now. Maybe in the second half of his career people have come around on that. There’s still hate if you’re on the ice with him, but once you meet him, he’s a really good dude. Teammates have always loved him, and he’s obviously a very effective player.

A closer one for me is Gabe Landeskog. I played against him a ton, and I could not stand him on the ice. He plays hard, goes to the front of the net, but he’s not dirty, he’s not a rat. I just couldn’t stand him. If I saw a 92 in front of me, my wires crossed. I’d slash him, punch him, push him, whatever.

We actually shared financial advisors at one point, and I remember the guy telling me, “Dude, what is your problem with Gabe? If you met him, you guys are the same person. You’d be best friends.” I said, “No chance.” Sure enough, I met him at the All-Star Game, great guy. Then I got traded to Colorado and he became one of my best buddies on the team.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: one of the best leaders I’ve ever been around. He does everything on the ice, everything off the ice. He says the right thing at the right time. He knows how to handle everybody. He’ll fight, hit, score, kill penalties, whatever you need. And in the room, he’s a presence.

Colorado is a great team, but they’re a different beast with him in the lineup. This year is a perfect example. They’re always good, they’ve got a good roster, Nate MacKinnon is unbelievable, they’ve got good goaltending. You add Landeskog and it’s another level. They’re a different hockey team with him.

So that’s probably the main one, going from a guy I hated playing against to a guy I have a crazy amount of respect for.

This one’s easy. Jordan Binnington.

I don’t know if he’ll ever be an Oiler, but he’s the one. He’s got so many antics, post-whistle scrums, always has linesmen involved, talks a pretty big game, acts tough. Never really seen the mitts come off. He’s not a big guy, but he acts big.

I wish that time in San Jose could have gone differently when he was acting out there, but I’d love to see him fight anybody, honestly. I love the clip of Marc-Andre Fleury trying to fight him when Fleury’s miked up and he’s like, “No, no, no, let us go. Let us go. The people, the fans will love it.” I think everybody would have loved it.

I don’t know Jordan at all, but with the antics he does on the ice, I think everyone would love to see him actually fight one time and see how it goes.

There are also goalies I would not fight. In the past, Ray Emery was one. Robin Lehner was one. No thank you. I’d steer well clear of those guys. I’d be doing the Youngblood, putting my stick in their face before I drop my gloves with those guys. Some goalies have found out how that ends up, and I wouldn’t want to be one of them.

My skates are hung up now, so I don’t have to worry about fighting anybody.

Confusing as hell. If they’re fighting back on a three-point system, I don’t think we’re going to a four-point system.

I like the idea of a three-point system. It makes sense. It won’t happen, and the reason it won’t happen is it separates teams and creates less parity in the league.

If you implement a three-point system, you reward teams for winning in regulation. You’d have something like three for a regulation win, two for an overtime or shootout win, one for an overtime or shootout loss, and zero for a regulation loss. It makes sense. But the NHL doesn’t want the top teams separating too early. Gary Bettman wants as many teams in the playoff mix as possible, even if they’re kind of fake playoff teams. It’s a business. They want fans engaged, they want fans going to games, believing they have a chance.

In non-hockey markets or places that aren’t hockey-first, the last thing you need is a team being out of it early and fans not buying tickets. The point system now is designed to keep more teams in the hunt longer.

So yes, a three-point system makes sense. Will it happen? I highly doubt it for those reasons.

That’s it for another episode of Ask Dubey. As always, thanks for the questions. Drop them in the comments on this video, or use the hashtag Ask Dubey on any Nation Network social media platform. Keep them coming. I love answering them and reminiscing a bit about my career.