Oilers hire Stan Bowman as GM & EVP of Hockey Ops

[Leafidelity]

Any publicity is good publicity as they say.

Outrage sells and in the days of social media engagement, good or bad, brings the dollars in. Sports love a good villain and this move puts an already disliked team over the top. Hated teams are usually the ones people engage with the most and taking a look at social media today, this is probably the most engaging story of the summer for the league.

It’s a win win for the league. They get their villain that people will closely follow because they want the team fail and on the other side of the coin, if the Oilers win they just sell it as a story of successful reform. Only thing left to do is for the Oilers to hire Beach in some capacity.

This is one of the worst things ever posted on this site

Nasty work

 

[kingsholygrail]

Bowman and the entire trash organization Chicago Black Hawks. Comical they got the biggest joke of a fine because Bettman is a disgraced loser himself. What they ignored and allowed to happen is criminal and vile and now the Oilers are all like hey cool, let's add him.

Meanwhile teams draft these dirt bags because boys will be boys or some ridiculous explanation to justify sexual assault or toxic behavior that is hidden and not held to a proper accountability or standard at all so these players keep doing it because others tell them - they just wanna tear you down!

It's hard to see that video and not be emotional. If that doesn't make someone emotional and understand why Bowman and his cronies don't deserve a job in sports and the Hawks deserved hasher punishment then they're a big part of the sports culture that enables these types of losers.


His idiocy along with the entire Hawks organization and the others that were banned - allowed more abuse to happen.

That should be end of story for their careers and the Hawks should have been fined and punished harder, giving up multiple first rounders for at least 5 years.

The fact that the NHL keeps denying CTE, allowing abusers and toxic people into the league via management, draft, etc, shows they really don't understand a damned f***ing thing.

Now the Oilers players are quiet. I respect the Bruins players a f*** ton more for speaking out about Miller while players on the Habs, Vegas, etc seem cool about their loser drafted players. Either they will speak up and this goes the way of Babs and CBJ or they play the he paid his dues bs.

Then your ire should be with the NHL, not the Oilers.

 

[Dan Kelly]

Because awful things are going on and we can't discuss because no politics allowed doesn't mean this is any less egregious.

Stan shouldn't be vilified the rest of his life, he's learned from his mistake, talked to Kyle Beach and Sheldon Kennedy and this kind of thing will now never happen again on Stan's watch !

 

[LTIR]

Because awful things are going on and we can't discuss because no politics allowed doesn't mean this is any less egregregious

Lol at any less.. as if this really compares.
The man can't even be charged for anything. If someone comes out and confirms that Bowman knew full extent of the assault and had not escalated it up to the top then he would be close to a jail candidate..
He is guilty but Kane and Toews aren't?
I blame Scott Bowman too. POS must have also guided his son wrong.

 

[Draiskull]

Then your ire should be with the NHL, not the Oilers.

Thats not how things work around here. must bash Oil!

 

[Maurice of Orange]

This is a good hire for Edmonton hockey.

Stan Bowman made some decent trades and drafted some good players that are still playing in the league.

 

[Muffin]

Sure, sure....you guys have claimed he'll never even get to the finals but here we are !

When has anyone ever said that? Seems like an oddly specific thing to say.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Of all the awful ways to look at this...

Awful but that’s the reality of the world.

 

[Draiskull]

When has anyone ever said that? Seems like an oddly specific thing to say.

probably went something like "As if they could get past Canucks, Vegas or Avs"

 

[wetcoast]

Weird did Sheldon speak to the 16yr old (at the time) lad that was raped by Aldrich who shouldn't even have been in that position if the Hawks and their cronies reported him to authorities?

I don't know what you are talking about and everyone knows what Aldrich did afterwards but most organizations don't act strictly off of rumours.

the bottom line is that the NHL allowed the 3 guys to be reinstated.

None of that means a damned thing.

Is that reference to Kennedy's comments?

 

[DearDiary]

I haven't seen a McDavid statement yet which I find very curious.

People familiar with McDavids thinking have said he's excited about the hiring and looking forward to putting in his trade request.

 

[LTIR]

This is a good hire for Edmonton hockey.

Stan Bowman made some decent trades and drafted some good players that are still playing in the league.

Doubt it. Drafting is from good scouting and players falling in your lap.
His trades weren't great either

 

[SupremeTeam16]

This is one of the worst things ever posted on this site

Nasty work

I know it’s upsetting and hard to hear but this is the world we live in.

The league doesn’t care about Bowman one way or the other, he’s not some NHL guru, there’s more than enough hockey executives out there, they could of kept him sidelined indefinitely but they didn’t. They reinstated him so one of the best but most polarizing teams in the league could hire him. It’s all about marketing.

 

[Kingsfan1]

Fk Bowman and the Oilers

I wonder if he will have a hard time with rival GMs or players making deals in the future

 

[thewookie1]

It will always be hard for me to parse through what happened in Chicago in regards to how much Bowman and Q actually knew.

If Bowman and Q have made good with Beach and John Doe 2 over their lack of knowledge/action then who are we to deem them both to never holding a job again in hockey.

The Blackhawks obviously did a horrid job handling it but frankly I’m not entirely sure what exactly happened as a whole in order to judge their individual actions.

 

[Voight]

To be fair Toews & Kane signed their extension in 2014 after winning two cups with a third coming the next year. Likewise, Seabrook signed his deal in 2015 when he was still an effective player, mind you giving a 30 year old an 8 year contract wasn't the smartest idea.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Doubt it. Drafting is from good scouting and players falling in your lap.
His trades weren't great either

Bowman makes the call in the end who to draft after collecting all the information from several scouts and other members of the front office that have to do with drafting.

Look at the 2010 Hawks then look at the 2013 and 2015 Hawks who Bowman brought in.

Bowman didn’t build the Hawks from the ground up but made some decent moves to keep Chicago competitive in the form of two additional cups after 2010.

 

[3074326]

Any publicity is good publicity as they say.

Outrage sells and in the days of social media engagement, good or bad, brings the dollars in. Sports love a good villain and this move puts an already disliked team over the top. Hated teams are usually the ones people engage with the most and taking a look at social media today, this is probably the most engaging story of the summer for the league.

It’s a win win for the league. They get their villain that people will closely follow because they want the team fail and on the other side of the coin, if the Oilers win they just sell it as a story of successful reform. Only thing left to do is for the Oilers to hire Beach in some capacity.

Yeah ask Columbus how awesome that Babcock publicity was

Or ask Chicago how awesome their sexual assault publicity was, and continues to be

What an absolutely terrible opinion. It’s also clearly wrong. What the f*** are you thinking

EDIT: laugh away, maybe try to make your first good point in response. I’ll wait

 

[thedarkstark]

From a on ice standpoint he’s a great GM

He's really not. He inherited 3 Hall of Famers and an absolutely loaded prospect pool.

He gave away panarin for a roll of quarters, traded 2 top 10 picks for Seth Jones and then proceeded to sign him to possibly the worst contract in the entire league. His one good move was signing Hossa.

Stan ****ing sucks at his job.

 

[Voight]

… and Jeff Jackson has gone “private”…

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I think he’ll regret this move, if he isn’t already.

I'm sure he expected a lot of backlash amongst media and the fans, and took that into consideration when making the decision.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

Yeah ask Columbus how awesome that Babcock publicity was

Or ask Chicago how awesome their sexual assault publicity was, and continues to be

What an absolutely terrible opinion. It’s also clearly wrong. What the f*** are you thinking

EDIT: laugh away, maybe try to make your first good point in response. I’ll wait

lol are you comparing the irrelevant BJ team vs a team with the history of the Oilers, who just went to game 7 of a cup final, have the best player in the world and are primed for another cup run?

Great comparison

 

[Unbiased Fan]

He's really not. He inherited 3 Hall of Famers and an absolutely loaded prospect pool.

He gave away panarin for a roll of quarters, traded 2 top 10 picks for Seth Jones and then proceeded to sign him to possibly the worst contract in the entire league. His one good move was signing Hossa.

Stan ****ing sucks at his job.

Not blaming him for jones but my opinion has changed after hearing he inherited those boys.

 

[3074326]

lol

I’ll take this as a W for me. Try to get smarter.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

I’ll take this as a W for me. Try to get smarter.

Big W for you! Glad I could make your day.

 

[JPT]

Any publicity is good publicity as they say.

Outrage sells and in the days of social media engagement, good or bad, brings the dollars in. Sports love a good villain and this move puts an already disliked team over the top. Hated teams are usually the ones people engage with the most and taking a look at social media today, this is probably the most engaging story of the summer for the league.

It’s a win win for the league. They get their villain that people will closely follow because they want the team fail and on the other side of the coin, if the Oilers win they just sell it as a story of successful reform. Only thing left to do is for the Oilers to hire Beach in some capacity.

Publicity stemming from a sexual assault is, in fact, not good publicity.