Confirmed with Link: Oilers hire Stan Bowman as GM & Executive VP- press conference at 10:30

[CantHaveTkachev]

I'm sick of looking through 3 threads about Stan Bowman..let's go with one!

https://x.com/i/web/status/1816106427053924409

rage away

 

[The Nuge]

Well unless he’s really honest about how badly he f***ed up, I’m not sure I can cheer for the team next year. What a horrible decision

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Truly disgusting. Failure on every level, morally, ethically and hockey-wise.

 

[Kaniac]

Hate the hire with a passion, but this has to count for something?

https://thehockeynews.com/news/sheldon-kennedy-of-respect-in-sports-group-reflects-on-his-work-with-stan-bowman

Sounds like Bowman spent a better part of his two years working with Kennedy.

 

[oobga]

Fix the D Stan. That's your path to redemption.

And don't take coach bump win streaks and once in 3 decade miracle playoff performances from 2 of your inherited players for granted. This team needs better D.

 

[GOilers88]

I guess I have to retract my previous comment about having no concerns of who JJ would hire.

This is baffling.

 

[sepHF]

f*** sakes

 

[ManofSteel55]

Time to re-evaluate a few things...

 

[McDoused]

The optimist in me is hoping that this means that the Oilers will also win 3 Stanley cups before Bowman ruins the team, if he hasnt already.

 

[Johnny McBravo]

I don't know how you justify this when there were much better gm's available without the baggage. The Oilers continue to make the worst decisions possible when it comes to GMs.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

No excuse.

And even without the 2010 incident what has he done previously to deserve this position?

 

[syz]

Have to win a cup this season honestly. He's gonna f*** it up after that.

 

[Stauf4Prez]

Queue Draisaitl signing his "team-friendly deal" that JJ has been working on with the now GM Bowman getting all the credit for to boost credibility.

The SA stuff aside, he is NOT a good GM. This is the same Bowman that traded Panarin for Saad, and set the market standard for #1 defenseman a la Seth Jones contract.

Barf.

EDIT: Forgot the braindead Fleischmann for Danault trade. Can't forget that one too.

 

[Draiskull]

Oilers just want all the spotlight

 

[KanesThrowaway]

Hilarious, love the online panic. 90% of fans outside of X/Reddit/HFBoards won't care nearly as much.

Go oilers.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Hate the hire with a passion, but this has to count for something?

https://thehockeynews.com/news/sheldon-kennedy-of-respect-in-sports-group-reflects-on-his-work-with-stan-bowman

Sounds like Bowman spent a better part of his two years working with Kennedy.

Good for him but he shouldn't have been immediately the GM (and vice POHO!?) of a cup contender right away

 

[Canovin]

Okay dirt aside.

What good he did in Chicago:
Brought in Hossa
Brought in Panarin
Kept the Kane, Toews, Keith, Seabrook, Saad first deals manageable

Anything else?

 

[sepHF]

i'm all for 2nd chances but this guy goes immediately back into the GM chair, i mean what the f***

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Hilarious, love the online panic. 90% of fans outside of X/Reddit/HFBoards won't care nearly as much.

Go oilers.

Here comes the classic "culture war" guy.

 

[Cloned]

I was halfway through building a JJ statue. Ugh.

 

[GOilers88]

Hate the hire with a passion, but this has to count for something?

https://thehockeynews.com/news/sheldon-kennedy-of-respect-in-sports-group-reflects-on-his-work-with-stan-bowman

Sounds like Bowman spent a better part of his two years working with Kennedy.

I think it counts for something.

Still a nightmare move from an organization that has a looooong history of nightmare moves.

 

[Draiskull]

Hilarious, love the online panic. 90% of fans outside of X/Reddit/HFBoards won't care nearly as much.

Go oilers.

its not just the fans.. it will be media and other NHLers.. Horrible signing based on optics. How to ruin a fine running organization.

 

[oXo Cube]

Shameful hire and shame on all the media that have spent the recent weeks trying to carry water for this terrible org on this one.

Jackson had a great Summer. All he had to do was hire literally anyone else for this position and he would have gone down as a hero.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

I thought JJ was going to hire a younger guy to mentor and do the day-to-day grunt work

 

[Paralyzer]

Blackhawks sexual assault scandal, explained: GM Stan Bowman steps aside, full timeline of 2010 incident | Sporting News

https://www.respectgroupinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/my-work-with-stan-bowman-sk.pdf

Posting these so people can read this before flapping their gums about the whole incident with Kyle Beach. I said my piece in other threads.