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NHL December 2014 |OT| Clearsi is the only stat that matters
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bananafactory
Banned
any chance the Oilers can get Bylsma? or am I just dreaming?
Bylsma is retired. Carlyle is just the veteran coach with Stanley Cup winning experience that the Oilers need.
Sorry, TUSR
Hope you land back on your feet soon
I am confused.
Sorry, TUSR
Hope you land back on your feet soon
Wait what happened to TUSR
bananafactory
Banned
Fata1moose
Banned
Yeah I posted it.
That looks like a man ready to lead a struggling organization out of a hole, you just don't see confidence like that very often.
Sorry, TUSR
Hope you land back on your feet soon
What happened to TUSR?
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Watch the Sens and Oilers Trade Coaches
Coldnoodle
Member
Katz too cheap to get a free agent head coach.
Forgot about that LOL
Calamari41
41 > 38
Every time I see Patrick Roy, I am reminded of the time in the late 90's when he skated out for warmups at the Pond and just kept going full speed off the bench, slammed into the wall on the opposite side, dropped like a sack of bricks, and missed the game after having to be carted off the ice. I have no idea why that happened, but I'll be god damned if it wasn't one of the best hockey-related moments of my life.
Coldnoodle
Member
:LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Realistically, I don't think there was much of a choice but to fire Eakins. The team I saw last night simply did not give a shit about playing hockey.
Granted, pretty much everybody above Eakins should have gone too. That entire organization is just a complete clusterfuck.
Granted, pretty much everybody above Eakins should have gone too. That entire organization is just a complete clusterfuck.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
It's really a shame too... Maybe the oilers do need McJesus.
bananafactory
Banned
This is my feeling as well. I have nothing against Eakins and most of the team's problems don't seem to be his fault, but they've clearly stopped giving a shit about playing for themselves, each other, and especially their coach.
Had to be done.
This team is rotten to the very core, from the losing culture in the room to the old boys club up top. It's going to be up to Katz to clean house from top down and I don't think he'll ever do it.
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
Fata1moose
Banned
Coldnoodle
Member
Coldnoodle
Member
Leafs Lunch :lol
It's such the best.
It's such the best.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Hehehehe
Coldnoodle
Member
"I had no real good reason to do this apart from performance." - Mac T
Duhr.
Duhr.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Why does he randomly wink?
Calamari41
41 > 38
Another in a string of micro-strokes, I would guess
On CBC radio they had the Chief Entertainment Manager on I believe here in Edmonton and he explained that there has been too much change recently in the organization and that things should stay the same, even though the same people have been in charge for over 15 years in some form or another (Change in the form that 2 people keep getting promoted)
The problem with that situation is that every fan will tell you here, when you promote idiots from all positions upwards with only some riots to show for it (2006), something else has to change. IE: Fire the old boys club:
CRAIG MCTAVISH
1999-2000: Assistant Coach
2000-2009: Coach
2012: Senior VP of Hockey Operations
2013: GM
KEVIN LOWE
1998: Assistant Coach
1999-2000: Coach
2000-2008: GM
2008-Forever: President of Hockey Operations
(The best I can do with limited time)
Fata1moose
Banned
He's just letting us know that the losing is all a plan to tank for McDavid.
Edit: Damn, pulled from HF Boards on Voynov police report.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
What a bunch of dumb shits. Oh, sure. It's the fucking coach's fault. How many coaches have been there now? Terrible organization.
Come back and lead the Marlies, Eakins!
Come back and lead the Marlies, Eakins!
Lone_Prodigy
Member
If the Oilers had lost to the Sharks last week Eakins could've been fired earlier.
And yes, their problems are systemic. Sure, their roster from 2006 has been completely overhauled. But all they've done is replace a roster from a losing team with a new roster from a losing team. Different players, same results.
Heck, the Oilers are one of the youngest teams in the league and they're already stale and tired.
And yes, their problems are systemic. Sure, their roster from 2006 has been completely overhauled. But all they've done is replace a roster from a losing team with a new roster from a losing team. Different players, same results.
Heck, the Oilers are one of the youngest teams in the league and they're already stale and tired.
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
Yeah... Voynov shouldn't have even gone to that optional practice
FUBAR McDangles
Member
I don't even know what to say about that.
Except if the Kings knew these details and still had him come in that practice the other week......wow
Nathan Fenno @nathanfenno ·
Officer: Voynov pushed her into flat-screen TV where she cut her face.
Nathan Fenno @nathanfenno ·
Officer: Voynov's wife required eight stitches to close wound above left eye.
Nathan Fenno @nathanfenno ·
At Voynov's home, the officer noted blood all over bedroom, including covering comforter and a bloody handprint on floor.
Nathan Fenno @nathanfenno ·
Officer: "There's bruising, red marks, scratches on the victim's neck."
CreeperBlocks
Banned
How fucking terrible. I still don't understand why he went to that practice with the kings. What a Scumbag.
There's a massive difference between the caliber of players that Malkin / Crosby / Letang / Fleury are than Hall / RNH / Yakupov / Schultz
ActStriker
Member
Voynov is scum, holy shit
Coldnoodle
Member
They should have never fired Renney or Krueger.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
Oh yeah I agree. I was just trying to look at it from Edmonton's perspective. Who succeeded with young talent before? Bylsma.
You can argue that the players did more for the team's cup win than Bylsma or that they were already a good team when Bylsma came in (like Solo did above), but he certainly enjoyed success while coaching those guys. And he did okay at the Olympics.
Edmonton could do worse. But they're promoting their AHL guy so my guess was wrong anyway.