Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | Post Free Agent Frenzy, Will JJ Show His Pimp Hand Again to Upgrade the Defense?

[McDNicks17]

I guess we're the villains now.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Bowman officially coming.

God damn it.

No way.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Bowman officially coming.

God damn it.

Based on what?

 

[Skolman]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1816103112941117511

 

[oil Leaks]

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

JFC

Well not happy with JJ anymore

 

[oil Leaks]

A great offseason all down the drain. This season went from must watch to easy skip for me.

 

[joestevens29]

I'd almost look for a GM that has strong ties to the NCAA or Europe.

Someone that understands those programs to help us first of all identify players from those leagues and then second of all bring those players in. Whether it's at draft age or free agent age.

Not going to be your regular day to day type of GM, so might as well try bring someone in to help us seek talent from places we haven't exactly had the best results.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Reminds me of when we hired Eric Tillman

 

[SupremeTeam16]

I’m

I guess we're the villains now.

this is the only reason I like this move.

Makes everyone hate us even more.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Those 2 guys on a podcast were legit I guess.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Utterly abysmal, he should know no peace from fans until he resigns

 

[stewy04]

Lol who cares! JJ has done everything right so far. Maybe he knows something we don't. Hope he's right but people saying they won't watch McDavid because of the new GM are crazy. Everyone loves to hate!

 

[Broberg Speed]

The dramatic narrative, pronounced via Gary and the Board of Governors, news officially delivered by their number one stooge.

Utterly abysmal, he should know no peace from fans until he resigns

Let the dominoes fall.

Lol who cares! JJ has done everything right so far. Maybe he knows something we don't. Hope he's right but people saying they won't watch McDavid because of the new GM are crazy. Everyone loves to hate!

The counter point.

 

[Paralyzer]

A great offseason all down the drain. This season went from must watch to easy skip for me.

Don't you think you are over-reacting? I mean, yes, the Kyle Beach incident wasn't good, but if you read the amount of work he put into correcting himself (I read tons of things he did in his time being suspended, as well as Quennville and they definitely did more positive than negative), and trying to better himself, isn't that something to consider as well? Is he perfect? no. But there must be a reason for the Oilers organization going with him. I can't see them passing over every possible stone to see what would be the best fit for this team, and to say "I'm gonna throw this season away", just shows how much of a fan you and others over-reacting really are.

Am I happy about Bowman? It's to be determined for me. But I never would ditch my team because of an incident we don't know much of and I will not over-react on any situation that happened in the past.

 

[alphahelix]

Those 2 guys on a podcast were legit I guess.

They said some other wild shit recently too, should go back and see

 

[oil Leaks]

Don't you think you are over-reacting? I mean, yes, the Kyle Beach incident wasn't good, but if you read the amount of work he put into correcting himself (I read tons of things he did in his time being suspended, as well as Quennville and they definitely did more positive than negative), and trying to better himself, isn't that something to consider as well? Is he perfect? no. But there must be a reason for the Oilers organization going with him. I can't see them passing over every possible stone to see what would be the best fit for this team, and to say "I'm gonna throw this season away", just shows how much of a fan you and others over-reacting really are.

No.

I feel like what he did doesn't warrant him a second chance in the NHL.

 

[RandomGuy79]

This is going to divide people just like politics.

Good luck to the mods.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

I mean from my understanding Bowman didn’t know much about the whole situation and his boss told him he would handle it. It’s not great but I feel like people are exaggerating his role in the whole situation a bit.

 

[Paralyzer]

No.

I feel like what he did doesn't warrant him a second chance in the NHL.

Then go cheer for the Flames. They got a new arena in 3 years nicknamed the dumpster fire. Or are they just as bad because of all the 'controversial' hires they did as well?

 

[Kerberos]

A perfect example of failing upwards. This is a disgusting hire. In all the wrong ways.

 

[alphahelix]

Don't you think you are over-reacting? I mean, yes, the Kyle Beach incident wasn't good, but if you read the amount of work he put into correcting himself (I read tons of things he did in his time being suspended, as well as Quennville and they definitely did more positive than negative), and trying to better himself, isn't that something to consider as well? Is he perfect? no. But there must be a reason for the Oilers organization going with him. I can't see them passing over every possible stone to see what would be the best fit for this team, and to say "I'm gonna throw this season away", just shows how much of a fan you and others over-reacting really are.

It seemed pretty clear that Wirtz was an old school type of geezer and his direction for the org was buck up Man Up quit screwing with my toys.

Quenneville was “in the room where it happened”, figuratively speaking, and Bowman is somewhere in between these 2 dudes.

At the end of the day, I feel he’s somewhat less culpable than others but also he could have done more and if necessary extricated himself from the situation (he was really like 3rd on the chain with involved ownership and POHO and other execs).

Ultimately, I dont know that his track record justifies jumping through hoops. He must have interviewed well. Planarian for Saad is garbage, and the beach situation is garbage. Hard to overcome.

 

[48g90a138pts]

I'm happy Coffey will return to the bench next year.

 

[Broberg Speed]

This is going to divide people just like politics.

Good luck to the mods.

It is politics. Candidates follow instruction to the t while pissing off 50% of the people. Outcome no different than democracy.

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Purely from a GM performance stand point I don’t like the hire.

Feels like a downgrade from Holland.