So the Oilers canceled their day off today after a team vote that was apparently urged by TM.
LOL!
This is a strangely terrible move by a veteran coach, and also demonstrative as to why Mcdavid is not fit to be a captain.
So a 19 year old with no real commitments other than hockey comes into the room and tells guys who fought and lost money for CBAs, and the mandatory day off thing being the only thing they really got out of it, that they should hold a vote to cancel the day off tomorrow? Ya, that will go over well. Talbot lost 5 months of pay in the last lockout and has a wife who is expecting twins any day, but since he had a bad game, he's going to look like a bad guy if he says that he has commitments on the pre assigned day off. Ya, there'll be absolutely no resentment for a teenager who causes issues in your home life.
Did the vote need to be unanimous? Or were there a handful of guys in the room who actually voted against it, but are now being forced to practice? We'll never know, but my bet is the latter.
Who is the player rep on this team? Guaranteed he knows this is a terrible idea and is going to look really amongst all of their peers.
Players would respect a captain who walks out of Todd's office after calming him down and letting him know that canceling days off is not what a 2-1 team needs. It shows panic and is going to do more harm than good at this time. It also is demonstrative that TM doesn't really respect Mcdavid as a captain. Can't see a single other coach calling in a single other captain in this league to ask them to ask the room to vote on this. What a gong show this team is. Every decision they make is horrid.
http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/ho...loss-to-sabres