Just hope it doesn’t eventually get bought by Matt Duchene…Yes, Hyman bought it.
Keith- Jokiharu was a fine pair. Colliton is a bad coach
I'm honestly shocked Oil fans aren't absolutely stoked that Bouchard is gonna be a full time player next season tbh
His play away from the puck started to deteriorate and continued slowly down. Hope he is working with some coaches this summer. His career can probably be saved.....but Edmonton's garage is piss poor.He fell out of favor in Boston with the coaching over conditioning issues, work ethic, or some other issues.
Not really sure what happened there since I don't follow boston, but anytime you hear that kind of stuff, it's concerning.
I'm not liking this....
A "Take what you can get" strategy? Yeh I think its possible. Holland probably knew what the Edmonton GM job entails before he took it, 2 years later he must know even more.I wonder if Holland took Keiths full salary on b/c he didnt think he would sign that many UFA's? Makes you wonder. Doesnt absolve him of the trade though.
A "Take what you can get" strategy? Yeh I think its possible. Holland probably knew what the Edmonton GM job entails before he took it, 2 years later he must know even more.
Any offers on Halls new house here?
I hate the thought of providing any picks back to Toronto....just because its Toronto.I'm not liking this....
He is not the man for the job that lays in front of him now. At the very least he needs some outside help. I suggest Chris MacFarland.Yeah who knows. I also really havent seen any creativity from Holland to try and make nothing from something, so to speak. I think he takes what he is given and focuses on signing the players who want to be here.
Rewatched it. He made an attempted poke and missed. He braced himself for an incoming shot instead of squaring up the streaking Jet to the net. I dunno, its the Oilers and maybe if he clips the incoming Jet he's worried about an interference call or maybe he was too worried about the incoming shot and protecting himself to make the play that needed to be made.The first goal of the series is on him, has body position on a Jets 4th liner and just lets him skate straight to the net to bang in a rebound. Totally deflated our momentum.
Don't know what the f*** he was doing on the game 4 winner either.
Awful in the Blackhawks play in too.
The Oilers D was "fine" because Mike Smith made them look fine. Nothing more, nothing less.
He seems to take a very simple approach to this job. I don't think its a good thing. Creativity will obviously solve more problems than just doing the job straight up as he has been doing.Yeah who knows. I also really havent seen any creativity from Holland to try and make nothing from something, so to speak. I think he takes what he is given and focuses on signing the players who want to be here.
I thought about this too. Holland is an old vet with loads of experience but many miles on the brain, there's value there and he showed it in the negoation with Pulju. A young assistant GM or co-GM, someone with a deep analytics background to balance out Holland's hopefully still good eye test would have been smart. But that ship has sailed.He is not the man for the job that lays in front of him now. At the very least he needs some outside help. I suggest Chris MacFarland.
Give Chris co-GM with a promise for two hence.