Oilers hire Stan Bowman as GM & EVP of Hockey Ops

[Savard18]

Panarin, Danault, Daley, Hjalmarsson, Toews and Kane contracts, Jones trade and contract.

Am I missing any other bangers?

Nick Leddy. Bickell contract. I know we’re missing a couple others too but there’s so many it’s hard to keep track of them all.

 

[Rubi]

I, like so many others, am baffled by this hire. However, as a Flames fan, a small part of me is delighted.

 

[WhataKnight]

Nick Leddy. Bickell contract. I know we’re missing a couple others too but there’s so many it’s hard to keep track of them all.

Wasn’t Brouwer another?

 

[WhataKnight]

As much as I wanted - and still want - a Canadian team to win a Cup, I now feel less weird about being happy the Panthers got theirs.

Next up, the Oil will unretire “Rock & Roll Part 2” as their goal song.

 

[JPT]

The recommendation letter thing appears to be a misconception. My understanding is that it's been conflated from the internal review letters that were written. There was also at one point an allegation in a lawsuit from one of the students he later abused saying that the Blackhawks provided a positive reference, but I believe that was later amended to only allege that they verified his employment.

HOWEVER, I think the sentiment is correct anyway. Even without a recommendation letter, simply letting him walk away quietly obviously amounts to an implicit reference. Worse than quietly, someone submitted his name to be engraved on the cup and I don't think why or how that happened has been adequately answered. What better reference could you ask for? Stan Bowman and the Blackhawks' actions directly resulted in him having access to minor victims.

The recommendation letter(s) thing came from a lawsuit filed by one of the John Doe victims. The Blackhawks legal team tried to have it dismissed due to lack of evidence. I didn't get much further than that when I looked into it.

 

[Eyeseeing]

I don’t understand why these teams just keep recycling the same coaches/ staff/ GMs over and over again. Hockey old boys network really needs to go.

Who is your pick ?

 

[La Bamba]

I, like so many others, am baffled by this hire. However, as a Flames fan, a small part of me is delighted.

Not surprised that a Flames fan is delighted to see a sex offender enabler be employed

 

[Kurtosis]

I’m just laughing.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Did the 16 year old kid who was abused AFTER Aldrich left the Blackhawks forgive Bowman? Bowman knew what he did and knew Aldrich was going to work for a school and still said and did nothing.

"Let's move forward" is a shameful take on this situation.

Bowman didn’t know what he did. Bowman was informed of an allegation of sexual assault. The President of the Team and the HR director gave Aldrich the chance to resign or go thru with the investigation. Bowman didn’t know cause his boss and HR head didn’t do an investigation.

Chevyeldayoff had the exact info Bowman had, he knew Aldrich was getting hired by a high school, so why did he say nothing?

 

[Mr Positive]

I haven't read the whole thread but has anyone looked at what Kennedy and Beach's opinion would be here? Bowman has been working with Kennedy and Kennedy has endorsed him.

He also talked with Beach before the hire. They have what is described as a positive relationship with Beach for about a year. Imo we should be interested in what he has to say.

Bowman himself hasn't been wishy washy on this. He acknowledges his failure and owned up to it.

I still don't like the hire but I do think Bowman paid dearly for what he did. Depending on what Beach says about this I think I will be marginally okay with this, after being puzzled and confused (and angry) earlier today

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Yeesh. Are we gonna see the Oilers go out and sign Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Michael Mcleod, Cal Foote, and Dillon Dube?

 

[Dan Kelly]

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

I have seen it online everywhere for years now, where you been?

 

[CaptainBenn]

absolute yikes

and ofc some people in here defending this hire. not surprising lmao

 

[Artemi Panarin]

Most of that falls on President McDonagh who said he would handle it. And he handled it by sending it to the HR dept. The HR dept then handled it by giving Aldrich the option to have the claim investigated or for Aldrich to just resign. Aldrich resigned. A fail by McDonagh and the HR dept to let it slide like that, but the other guys in the room that included both Stan Bowman and Kevin Chevydayoff were under the impression that McDonagh and an appropriate HR response would suffice.

You’ve turned into Stan Bowman’s forum attorney

 

[Mr Positive]

absolute yikes

and ofc some people in here defending this hire. not surprising lmao

But is it surprising that Sheldon Kennedy and presumably even Kyle Beach are defending the hire?

 

[PanniniClaus]

If you are going to hire a douche bag, you make sure you do it at the end of July when eyeballs are truly off the game of hockey. Edmonton is strong enough to weather this storm, unfortunately.

 

[jgs]

Was Bowman responsible for Chicago winning the Cup? Yes. But he was also responsible for Chicago's demise and the Hawks are still trying to recover from it.

 

[FissionFire]

I hear Babcock is available. Why not hire all the baggage!

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Bowman didn’t rape anyone my guy.

Could he have done more yes, but he didn’t, he made a mistake a human mistake, for which the NHL punished him for.

Bowman has served his punishment, let’s move forward Beach has forgiven Bowman can’t you and others do the same.

Bowman was an enabler.

 

[67 others]

Most of that falls on President McDonagh who said he would handle it. And he handled it by sending it to the HR dept. The HR dept then handled it by giving Aldrich the option to have the claim investigated or for Aldrich to just resign. Aldrich resigned. A fail by McDonagh and the HR dept to let it slide like that, but the other guys in the room that included both Stan Bowman and Kevin Chevydayoff were under the impression that McDonagh and an appropriate HR response would suffice.

Any time I have any sort of issue that falls outside managing my department logistics, I do the same. Bring it to my boss and Human resources, who are paid to take care of the more uncommon human rights issues, and step back from it. My part is done.

They may or may not tell me how it was resolved, but often don't due to "confidentiality "

 

[Jeune Poulet]

This also reflects poorly on McDavid, who makes all sorts of personnel decision over there to get whatever coach lets him play all-out offense, and has no problem being surrounded by creeps like Bowman.

As great as Patrice Bergeron was, the guy didn't have half McDavid's notoriety and yet, he had no problem putting his foot down when the Bruins picked up that creep Mitchell Miller.

The Oilers are a top to bottom scumbag organization.

 

[Rubi]

Not surprised that a Flames fan is delighted to see a sex offender enabler be employed

Only by the Oilers my friend. Only by the Oilers. An organization thats been a dumpster fire ever since Daryl "Ballerina" Katz became the guy steering the ship. Carry on.

 

[Double Dion]

Not surprised that a Flames fan is delighted to see a sex offender enabler be employed

It's not the Flames who are employing him. There's a demonstrable pattern of hiring/signing guys like this in Edmonton. Nicholson, Kane, Virtanen, Perry ect.

I couldn't cheer for a team like that personally. I get that things happen in organizations, but it's almost as if they go out of their way to try to acquire every sexual abuser/enabler associated with the league.

 

[robertmac43]

This also reflects poorly on McDavid, who makes all sorts of personnel decision over there to get whatever coach lets him play all-out offense, and has no problem being surrounded by creeps like Bowman.

I mean it's already been reported that the players did not have a say in this hiring.

 

[ElysiumAB]

McDavid's situation reminds me of one my late father found himself in: he enlisted in the Army during the Vietnam War knowing he...

Well, that's enough HF Boards for me today.