Oilers hire Mike Babcock as head coach, DJ Smith as associate coach

[LTIR]

Yeah Stan Bowman is widely known for holding people accountable for their shitty actions.

If he is fine with it , NHL is fine with it, NHLPA is fine with it, Oilers players were consulted and are fine with it then who cares.

 

[Strangle]

Revenge of the ‘cock

 

[Johnny Concussion]

If he is fine with it , NHL is fine with it, NHLPA is fine with it, Oilers players were consulted and are fine with it then who cares.

 

[MCR74]

Hide your phones, boys. There's a new sheriff in town.

 

[daver]

Hopefull he's got whatever phone fetish he had out of his system by now.

 

[Curufinwe]

Perhaps a divergent view, but....

My son last year applied to the local police force. One of the unspoken rules (which I found out later) is part of the original vetting process was that that a senior cop showed up (it was not quite unannounced but the nature of the visit was not fully disclosed) and the first thing the cop did was to ask to see the prospective recruit's phone.

He scrolled through it for about 5-7 minutes and then handed it over to my son. When asked why, the cop said that the force is looking for two things in particular: 1. anti-cop or anti-government sentiments and 2. gambling apps or any signs the recruit was an online gambler. Either one of those found on the phone would have pretty much disqualified him.

Now, I don't know why Babcock went through the phones of the Columbus players, but perhaps it was to gauge whether they were distracted by anything else that would have been a detriment to a hockey team. Now, I don't know if this was sanctioned by the team - I suspect it wasn't, since he was released shortly thereafter.

Imagine taking that explanation at face value

 

[RobHood]

Hopefull he's got whatever phone fetish he had out of his system by now.

He's into face washes now. Giving and receiving.

 

[Strangle]

After knowing everything about him why would McDavid and the rest of the team want him.

Because they want to win. As they should and as all us fans should want for our teams

Remains to be seen how it works out

 

[Johnny Concussion]

Because they want to win. As they should and as all us fans should want for our teams

Remains to be seen how it works out

I don't want my team to win at the expense of another human being's well being. You do you tho.

 

[KAWAIlllI]

Really sad seeing posters defending the Oilers thinking here. But silly me for thinking more of ”fans”

 

[ElysiumAB]

"How can you be hard on them, but not be a dick?"

Finally, some real journalism.

 

[Strangle]

I don't want my team to win at the expense of another human being's well being. You do you tho.

Sure thing man

I want to win. You can hang out with all the other losers in loserville

Can you imagine Babcock becoming only the second coach to win a cup with two different franchises?

Oh the salt will be thick

 

[Johnny Concussion]

You can hang out with all the other losers in loserville

That's so crazy because that's what I think of you too! Wow. What a cowinkydink.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

So Mike is letting his wife make decisions for him?

 

[Johnny Concussion]

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So Mike is letting his wife make decisions for him?

Just like Gretzky's wife was betting for him.

 

[The GM]

"How can you be hard on them, but not be a dick?"

Finally, some real journalism.

That's a very good question. Thanks for asking it.

 

[MoneyManny]

I don't want my team to win at the expense of another human being's well being. You do you tho.

 

[LeafGrief]

Oilers and Leafs cast offs, name a more iconic duo. Stolarz is their next goalie, you heard it here first.

 

[MoneyManny]

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So Mike is letting his wife make decisions for him?

Don't we all? That's why wives exist.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Question for Toronto fans, did Babcock ever prevent them from (re-)signing someone they wanted?

As in a player said "F-no, I'm out. Peace"


Like I feel like he got on well enough with the top 9 forwards / top 6 D during his time there (outside of Barrie). It was the NHL-fringe guys he went after and was a egotistical a$$ towards.


I don't even recall him ever getting into massive beefs with even the old core guys like Bozak, JVR, or Gardiner (guys I wouldn't really expect to thrive in life under Babs). Or where they fine with him because he wasn't any worse than Carlyle.

 

[MCR74]

He's into face washes now. Giving and receiving.

I feel sick...

 

[ITM]

Wellness check on Mike Commodore?

He’s fine.

Bigger question is: When do the Oilers play the Knights?

 

[AuraSphere]

I think he'll be a good fit and will be exactly what the Oilers need ngl

 

[ITM]

Question for Toronto fans, did Babcock ever prevent them from (re-)signing someone they wanted?

As in a players said "F-no, I'm out. Peace"


Like I feel like he got on well enough with the top 9 forwards / top 6 D during his time there (outside of Barrie). It was the NHL-fringe guys he went after and was a egotistical a$$ towards.


I don't even recall him ever getting into massive beefs with even the old core guys like Bozak, JVR, or Gardiner (guys I wouldn't really expect to thrive in life under Babs). Or where they fine with him because he wasn't any worse than Carlyle.

Dude…Not NHL fringe guys:

 

[WhataKnight]

that’s what I call UNGUENT!!!!