We're often reminded that the NHL stars we watch on TV are just normal people off the ice, and that's especially true given everything that's going onwith the coronavirus pandemic. The Oilers' Alex Chia son is no different."I'm not a medical expert," Glenn Robinson Jersey Chia son told reporters on a video chatWednesday. "Iget the news just as everyone else does."Chia son has been riding out the pandemicat his home in Edmonton and doing much the same things everyone else has since the NHL:hanging out at home, working out as much as po sible and waiting for this global crisis to pa s.MORE: "Obviously, life is a lot different," he said. "We're doing our best with social distancing andstaying home as much as we can. Obviously, it seems to me Alex Claudio Jersey it's the way that medical experts are saying that it's helping the most, so we're doing our best."When the pandemic first began to spread in North America, the Montreal native thought primarily about his family."I think that the biggest thing was my close family," he said. "Mygrandma, my mom and dad . . . My parents arehealthy,they're doing well,but I think the biggest me sage was trying to make my point thatthis COVID-19 could really impact them. So I think for us . . . we Jesus Aguilar Jersey 're hockey players but we're also human beings and you want everyone around you to stay healthy. For me, I was reallyprotective of my mom and dad, just making sure that they stay home."On the ice, Chia son has helped theOilers climb to second place in the Pacific Division this season. He hastallied 11 goals and 13 a sists in 65 gamesas a reliable fourth-line winger.The team, led by explosive playmakers Connor McDavid and , who have 110 and 97 points, respectively,was building momentum ahead of the playoffs. Then everything froze but Chia son still likedwhat he saw."There werea lot of new faces at the start of the year. Obviously a new coach (Dave Tippett), with that comes a new system, a different way of playing and practicing and things like that," he said. "I think it took a little bit of time as a teamto mesh together and for everyone to find where they fit and how they fit on the team, so it was a little adjustment period. We've had a few ups and downs throughout the year but it felt like thelast month the team wasreally coming along together."MORE: He added that he had Josh Hader Jersey been looking forward to a postseason run."We've had a few injuries and we've had guys stepup and play well," he said."I thought our team wasprepared to go into the playoffs and be a good playoff team."As for a return to action Jim Gantner Jersey ,Chia son is hopeful, but he knows it will be difficult if the seasonresumes in the next few months."Whatever decision the league makes, everyone's going to start atthe same point," he said,"so that's going to be on us.We're profe sional athletes, we've got to make sure weprepare, and it's not easy, but it is what it is and you've got to deal with the situation as best as you can."