Rumor: Ken Holland about to be hired by the Chicago Blackhawks

[Rafafouille]

Kenny
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Sir, I believe you've been mistaken, this is Lou.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

 

[Cursed Lemon]

C:

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Source telling me he's bringing Nurse in his garbage bag.

 

[Voight]

Please Hockey Gods.... please no.

 

[Donner]

Love it. Its great hes going to a Western team

 

[JaegerDice]

Most of the Chicago beats are saying this is false, per their sources.

 

[LevelingSolo]

I'm an Oilers fan and this guy get's way too much hate, I don't get it

He made some bad moves in Edmonton yeah but people act like he's the anti christ or something

 

[Drumman44]

Didn’t

Most of the Chicago beats are saying this is false, per their sources.

Yeah but for the big stories that matter our Chicago media routinely gets scooped

 

[SK13]

One day I'll find the energy to write a whole treatise about how Ken Holland was Edmonton's second best GM *ever*, that he was more good than bad by a ratio of like 5:1, and that ignorant criticism he gets (particularly from out of market) is way off the mark.

But today is not that day.

 

[Darren McCord]

Poor Hawks fans if this ends up true.

finally the punishment the hawks deserve

 

[ozzie]

Bedard trade request incoming ..

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Sweet sweet Karma if true….

 

[hotpaws]

it could be worse , they could have hired Dubas

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

Why is he leaving the Oilers? 2 goals from the Cup, there's unfinished business.

 

[Bostonzamboni]

If it's as an advisor, is that higher, or lower in status, than an assistant GM?

I never even heard of an advisor in the NHL until just the past decade or so.

Do advisors wish to be a GM, or content being hands off?

 

[Pavels Dog]

He got Edmonton to the SCF. Some great moves like Hyman, some good depth moves, and for sure some questionable ones.
But I don’t get the extreme hate for him.

 

[MoneyManny]

He got Edmonton to the SCF. Some great moves like Hyman, some good depth moves, and for sure some questionable ones.
But I don’t get the extreme hate for him.

I'm not sure one late SCF appearance is that grandiose of a feat when you have 2 of the 3 best players in the league on your team.

 

[bobholly39]

I feel like I missed the "Oilers fire GM after making game 7 of finals this year" news.

What gives? Did he get fires? Contract not renewed? Is he just choosing to leave?

 

[Kamus]

Because it will absolutely be a failure of a hire and will set the team back, the NHL has decided to punish the Ottawa Senators by taking away a future 1st Rd pick.

There is no bigger punishment then getting Holland

 

[TLEH]

Thank God this is being reported as not true.

 

[BLONG7]

Probably as an advisor or something. Similar to what Bergervin did with LA

After the PLD debacle, Bergevin now runs for coffee and snacks.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Hopefully fake news.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Oh god, please make this happen. PLEASE!!!

And I hope he hires Tyler Wright as head of scouting.

 

[ManofSteel55]

I'm an Oilers fan and this guy get's way too much hate, I don't get it

He made some bad moves in Edmonton yeah but people act like he's the anti christ or something

Yeah, he made some good moves too. The Ekholm deal made us a legitimate contender. It's really just the Nurse and Campbell contracts that are the big hold up. And the bonuses on the Brown/Perry deals could be problematic.

I feel like I missed the "Oilers fire GM after making game 7 of finals this year" news.

What gives? Did he get fires? Contract not renewed? Is he just choosing to leave?

His contract is up. The Oilers apparently offered him a different role in the organization, but he didn't want whatever they had come up with - probably a "see we didn't fire him" type position.