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Originally Posted by curves2000
I am a little surprised at some of the sentiment here with regards to Ken Holland and his track record in Detroit and what he may or may not be able to achieve in Edmonton.
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Why is that?
there's an ongoing thread, numbering in the hundreds, if not over a thousand, pages called Edmonton=No Good.
pretty easy to maintain a slow descent into mediocrity when you are coming down from a Stanley Cup winning team... that's not to say Holland wasn't instrumental in creating that success; he very well may have been.
Since that time, the arrow has been pointing down, and it coincided with AGMs Yzerman and Nill leaving... There's a good argument that can be made that this was a causal relationship, as he's never been able to stop that descent in mediocrity
funny thing about looking at Holland's record is that Chiarelli had a better record in boston in his nine years before he was fired:
Won Stanley Cup 1 time in 2 finals appearances (2011, 2013)
Won Presidents' Trophy (2013–14)
2 conference titles, 4 division titles, and 7 playoff appearances
i was little worried when Chiarelli was hired; clearly i misjudged how dysfunctional the Oilers organization was...
Not going to worry about Holland until there's tangible results.