OT: Around the NHL: "Aaaaah, Ricky Bobby! Now we shall dance. And yes, it will be a slow jam."

[Josey Wales]

& People here Bitch & Moan about Sullivan, The Oilers are a Mega Clusterf***

 

[Turin]

Lol what are you doing firing Woodcroft after Seattle when you could have done it after San Jose? They just promoted from inside anyway.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Lol what are you doing firing Woodcroft after Seattle when you could have done it after San Jose? They just promoted from inside anyway.

Waited for the road trip to be over

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrots]

Apparently the goalie coach that the Oilers fans keep complaining about wasn't fired? Pretty funny, if true.

Yeah, they seem to complain about him as much as, if not more than, Woodcroft.

Which makes sense, given how goalies seem to fall off a cliff there after a season at most.

Interesting choice to keep him on.

Edit: spelling

 

[Turin]

Bedard is gonna mess around and win the rocket

 

[BHD]

I'm sure they will get the "coaching bump", but I'm skeptical about them actually getting out of the hole.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Seems odd to fire a coach and keep a GM who handed Nurse $9.25 million AAV, and put the team's chances on the shoulders of Mike Smith, Stuart Skinner and Jack Campbell.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Seems odd to fire a coach and keep a GM who handed Nurse $9.25 million AAV, and put the team's chances on the shoulders of Mike Smith, Stuart Skinner and Jack Campbell.

Apparently no matter what happens Holland retires at the end of the season. So Im guessing they dont see the point of an interm one.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

As a Penguins fan there's a part of me that feels like a big hypocrite laughing at the Oilers/McDavid situation.

But it IS still funny.

 

[cygnus47]

Oilers are rotten from top to bottom, ownership through to coaching. It's felt very frustrating watching Bylsma and Sully waste so much of Sid and Geno's great years but f***ing hell, it's tragic what's happening with McDavid and Draisaitl.

 

[Turin]

As a Penguins fan there's a part of me that feels like a big hypocrite laughing at the Oilers/McDavid situation.

But it IS still funny.

How?

 

[66-30-33]

As a Penguins fan there's a part of me that feels like a big hypocrite laughing at the Oilers/McDavid situation.

But it IS still funny.

That core are coach killers. 5 coaches in 8 years? really? toxic.

 

[Turin]

Wow watch the press conference. Jackson is McDavids PR, just blatantly contradicts Holland about talking to the vet players before making the decision to pour water on the idea that McDavid has undue influence. Dude is actually the GM, more than Eichel

 

[Gurglesons]

As a Penguins fan there's a part of me that feels like a big hypocrite laughing at the Oilers/McDavid situation.

But it IS still funny.

Why exactly?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Oilers are rotten from top to bottom, ownership through to coaching. It's felt very frustrating watching Bylsma and Sully waste so much of Sid and Geno's great years but f***ing hell, it's tragic what's happening with McDavid and Draisaitl.

It's wild. The only thing I can even think of to compare is how the Lions wasted Barry Sanders' career.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

As a Penguins fan there's a part of me that feels like a big hypocrite laughing at the Oilers/McDavid situation.

But it IS still funny.

Why? All we hear is how McDavid/Draisaitl is superior to Crosby/Malkin, so it IS funny that Sid and Geno were able to do "more with less" while McDavid and Draisaitl can't win no matter how much is added to the team.

A big part of what made Crosby and Malkin so great was the fact they could win Cups with guys like Hornqvist, Sheary, Talbot, Fedotenko, and old man Guerin on their wings and didn't need elite linemates to do it.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

How?

Why exactly?

Why? All we hear is how McDavid/Draisaitl is superior to Crosby/Malkin, so it IS funny that Sid and Geno were able to do "more with less" while McDavid and Draisaitl can't win no matter how much is added to the team.

A big part of what made Crosby and Malkin so great was the fact they could win Cups with guys like Hornqvist, Sheary, Talbot, Fedotenko, and old man Guerin on their wings and didn't need elite linemates to do it.

Sorry I was VERY vague there haha

Nothing to do with Sid/Geno at all. I was thinking more how people are down on McDavid/The Oilers for not doing anything to this point in his career but the same thing happened to Mario his first like six seasons.

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrots]

Wild are considerably worse than expected.

 

[66-30-33]

Lol Kane to Sabres according to rumor on a 2 year deal? that team seems to disappoint every year.

 

[Turin]

I miss NYR being coached by that fraud Gallant

 

[Fiji Water]

Oilers are rotten from top to bottom, ownership through to coaching. It's felt very frustrating watching Bylsma and Sully waste so much of Sid and Geno's great years but f***ing hell, it's tragic what's happening with McDavid and Draisaitl.

Meh, I'm not going to shed any tears for them. Sid and Geno did much more with far less on their wings throughout their careers.

 

[66-30-33]

Meh, I'm not going to shed any tears for them. Sid and Geno did much more with far less on their wings throughout their careers.

3 cups, but all it will take is 1 cup to be better apparently ignoring the other 2 cups because 1 if you have 3 it means you got 0 compared to having just 1 cup, the ultimate thing.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

And now i'm reading Paul Coffey in as assistant coach. Wtf???? Coffey must be McDavid's favorite puck-feeder at practice.

Coffey hire had nothing to do with McDavid. It came from Katz who grew up watching his idols like Lowe, McTavish, Coffey etc get roles they are infinitely not qualified for.

Katz is the problem as he's enabling McDavid to essentially call the shots for the roster.

 

[Turin]

Czikas is such a baby.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Wild are considerably worse than expected.

They only have three fewer goals allowed than a Sharks team that gave up 10 in back to back games. MAF and Gus have been awful so far.