Oilers hire Stan Bowman as GM & EVP of Hockey Ops

[DaaaaB's]

Are you serious? He gave a known sexual predator a positive performance review to his next employer and then molested a kid while in that position. If you don't think that makes him a POS then we have nothing to discuss here. Maybe try using Google next time.

 

[Slats432]

Oilers fans have always fully supported the team, buying tickets even when the team were losers. Will that continue?

Oilers fans are a cult of the highest order. The answer is yes.

 

[SJFanQC]

The NHL really makes it hard to like it sometimes

 

[Canovin]

Uh, Talon was the GM when Hossa signed?

You're right. I always thought it was Bowman.

 

[WarriorofTime]

And I don't really have the stomach to listen to a bunch of people minimizing the role of the individuals involved in covering up the sexual assault of a teenager. But being good at sport ball cleanses all sins so maybe I should expect it.

Give me a break when you immediately leaped to comparing Stan Bowman to OJ Simpson. Nobody "minimized" anything. Please step off the soap box.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

my point is that the backlash to hiring a guy who covered up sexual abuse of a player + gave the perpetrator a job recommendation that allowed him to go on to assault minors should be far greater than the backlash that the jackets got last year for hiring babcock, which was deafening at the time.

It seems like the Oilers president and interim GM has already put his Twitter profile to private.

No one is defending it, not even Oilers fans, and I legitimately have no idea why the Jackets are a topic of conversation here. Even if some of their fans did defend the Babcock hire + doubled down when the speculation of his bullshit spread again the instant he met with BJ players.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Oilers fans have always fully supported the team, buying tickets even when the team were losers. Will that continue?

This will be forgotten about by the time pre-season games start. Let’s be real here. Nobody will stop buying tickets because they hired Bowman.

 

[joestevens29]

Oilers fans have always fully supported the team, buying tickets even when the team were losers. Will that continue?

I mean a lot have already hated ownership and management for years

 

[Kranix]

So what exactly did he do?
Seeing everyone jumping on the guy and it makes sense that Oilers could have easily avoided this drama.. but exactly what makes this person a POS so that I could join in the bashing fun.

He did nothing. He knew what happened and didn't report anything or follow up on anything. And Aldrich carried on. He portrayed himself as basically not wanting to rock the boat, and not having any power, at the time.

 

[AD1066]

Just so you know, he wasn’t the one that acquired Toews, Kane, Keith, Byfuglien and Seabrook. He inherited the core pieces for those cups.

A natural successor to Ken Holland, then.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Uh, Talon was the GM when Hossa signed?

There was power struggle going on at time that started when John Mcdonaugh and eventually Scotty Bowman joined organization

It culminated in offseason of 2009 though was first apparent with Savard/Q situation

Tallon was on outs and wanted to sign Havlet Longterm. Bowmans could bring in Hossa and got approval of Hawks ownership

Add in RFA fiasco (Blame pointed at Bowman's or Tallon depending on side of fence people were on)

Tallon was out less then 2 weeks later officially, but he essentially was out of power before FA. 2009 moves were Bowman moves

Signing Havlat longterm would have crippled franchise and likely Hawks never win a cup if Tallon had won power struggle

 

[Big McLargehuge]

What a sick f***ing joke the Oilers have become.

It's not even like Bowman is a competent GM, this is a Chiarelli-level hiring. But, you know, with covered up sexual abuse thrown in. Shameful.

 

[LOFIN]

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Forget the baggage, the guy isn't even that good of a GM.

Bizarre stuff from the Oilers.

 

[Jussi]

For why?

 

[ClydeLee]

You're right. I always thought it was Bowman.

Uh, Talon was the GM when Hossa signed?

Well that's were the politics get involved. Who was GM for this summer signings for the Oilers?

Tallon didn't want to sign Hossa, he wanted to sign Havlat. Tallon didn't want to fire Savard as HC the season before either. That didn't stop him from having to do that. The team president McDonough the also most responsible for not doing things about Aldrich, followed the ideas of the Bowman coalition over Tallons desires. So while Dale was still GM, many decisions Stan/Scotty Bowman recommended were done like signing Hossa over Havlat. And in multiple ways Tallon made things clear he didn't want to do them, like firing Savard and saying it was a team decision.

But the value of Stan was his father's connections, but do they even help at this point anymore? Not like they did 15 years ago

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Nice to see Oilers embracing their villain role.

Ah yes the villain role of hogging all the 1st overalls for half a decade and getting the best forward since Lemieux Gretzky, they would still be collecting top 5 picks if they never drafted McDavid , how could anybody dislike the oilers !!

 

[Kranix]

A cost-controlled bottom 6er is more palatable than having Artemi Panarin!! it was a solid move

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I seriously doubt McDavid wasn't consulted on this.

 

[cc]

If enough season ticket holders and corporate sponsors voice their displeasure, maybe this can be reversed.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Sorry Oilers fans. That sucks.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Ew

 

[timw33]

There are plenty of jobs not as an an multi million dollar NHL executive out there that guys like him can apply for.

Great that we've set the precedent for sexual assault cover up at a 2.5 year time out for the perpetrators , really sets a strong tone.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Oilers fans have always fully supported the team, buying tickets even when the team were losers. Will that continue?

Yes

Oilers fans are a cult of the highest order. The answer is yes.

Oh please like any other fanbase is different

 

[Unbiased Fan]

Just so you know, he wasn’t the one that acquired Toews, Kane, Keith, Byfuglien and Seabrook. He inherited the core pieces for those cups.

Hossa? I thought he was tho.