Oilers working to hire Mike Babcock as coach, officially cleared by NHL

[Jumptheshark]

Aside of the Habs, I'm also cheering for the western Canadian teams, but Man is the Oilers make it hard to love Them

After Bowman, possibly Babcock?

f***ing Yikes

that is my reaction

 

[Chet Manley]

All drama aside, the game has changed a lot since he was last successful coaching it.

 

[Hippasus]

Good news. Let's see how he can help, if this comes to fruition. Kinda wanted Darryl Sutter, but whatever.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

They’ll be red hot for a month or so but then cooked by January if not Christmas

 

[PaulD]

Edmonton's next gambit will be to tell the league they plan on adding Slava Voynov to their defense

and retired Ushers from MLG

 

[PaulD]

1 year*

If next season goes off the rails he'll ask out. It'll be another year of his prime wasted.

another year wasted ??

 

[PaulD]

I don't think Babcock falls under the Michael Jordan category of antagonizing his subordinates because he wants to win more than anything.

I think he does it because he enjoys it.

As did Jordan and Bryant

 

[PaulD]

It is what it is at this point. If McDave and Draisaitl signed off at this point then lets see how it plays out. Of Course its HF so we'll just see another 8 Shit on the Oilers threads cause people have nothing better to do.

Go Oilers.

 

[PaulD]

If Babcock failed, the speculation was that the oilers were going to offer iron Mike Keenan the job.

They should have offered it to Sutter.

 

[jackjohnson]

It is what it is at this point. If McDave and Draisaitl signed off at this point then lets see how it plays out. Of Course its HF so we'll just see another 8 Shit on the Oilers threads cause people have nothing better to do.

When you hire Bowman who was involved in that Chicago scandal and hire babcock who was abusing his players, what do you think? Oilers always seem to sign controversial characters

 

[NeverForget06]

When you hire Bowman who was involved in that Chicago scandal and hire babcock who was abusing his players, what do you think? Oilers always seem to sign controversial characters

Right before those things happened there were never any Canucks or Flames fans such as yourself who filled endless threads trolling the Oilers - are you serious lol?

Sure, those signings are some more ammunition, but save me the part where anyone actually cares, it's just a chance for trolling.

When Anaheim signed coach Q there wasn't half the outcry there would have been if he had settled with a Canadian team.

 

[nucksflailtogether]

Assistants should be Mike Keenan and Bill Peters.

 

[mphmiles]

I won't claim to know what Babcock is really like as a person- and who knows, maybe it'll work out in Edmonton. However:

What we all know about the NHL is that players and former players are famously hesitant to say anything negative about anyone in the brotherhood. The fact that there's so many former players that have outright called him a horrible person, (Including old school guys like Chris Chelios, whom no one could ever accuse of being soft or sensitive) makes it really difficult for me not to believe.

 

[KniesMadeBradyCry]

When you hire Bowman who was involved in that Chicago scandal and hire babcock who was abusing his players, what do you think? Oilers always seem to sign controversial characters

Worst organization in professional sports

 

[NeverForget06]

Worst organization in professional sports

oh please hahahah

 

[Strangle]

lol he was a jerk to Franzen and told Laine to put the controller down - what other “vulnerable “ players ? Modano
Because he was geriatric ?

Hockey players have turned from the most mentally hardened unflappable men to ‘vulnerable’ mentally and emotionally in a single generation

 

[Beau Knows]

Hockey players have turned from the most mentally hardened unflappable men to ‘vulnerable’ mentally and emotionally in a single generation

Franzen is 46 years old, so I'm curious when exactly you think this single generation shift happened?

 

[Strangle]

Franzen is 46 years old, so I'm curious when exactly you think this single generation shift happened?

I’m not exactly sure, but it seems to have happened sometime between Wayne Gretzky crying about being traded and then getting over it and Patrick laine and Elias Peterson getting so into their own heads that they can’t even play hockey anymore

 

[Beau Knows]

Patrick laine and Elias Peterson getting so into their own heads that they can’t even play hockey anymore

I doubt they are the first players in the 100 years of the league to have anything like that happen to them.

 

[Mobiandi]

It’s been almost 20 years since you could call him a decent coach. Desperate move

 

[Orfieus]

I know it doesn't mean anything but I will actively be cheering against Edmonton if they hire Babcock. Screw that team

 

[McFlash97]

Being retooled already got younger in case you missed the trade. Oilers have Bouchard and that's basically it for top 4 dmen

Matthias Ekholm at his ripe old age of 36 would instantly be your best all around defensemen. Lets be honest.

 

[Claypool]

The fact that there's so many former players that have outright called him a horrible person, (Including old school guys like Chris Chelios, whom no one could ever accuse of being soft or sensitive) makes it really difficult for me not to believe.

Chelios has been outspoken about a number of players and coaches. Look up what he's said about Mike Keenan.

 

[ZombosNose]

Worst organization in professional sports

That's quite a claim by a leafs fan.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Matthias Ekholm at his ripe old age of 36 would instantly be your best all around defensemen. Lets be honest.