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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
Not enough rape on his resume
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Recall the Oilers let McTavish's contract expire at the end of the 2006 regular season, and then he (Pronger) got them to within a game of the Cup. Flames had to overpay then and kept him as coach.
Like others, and having been in the game long enough, Holland knows it's not worth the telling of tales out of school, but one time I'd love for an ex Oilers coach or GM to spill the details.
He knew he was done months ago, long before the playoffs, likely when it was made known through back channels that Bowman would be available come the offseason.
Really, if he didn't know when he was hired that he had no control, he knew when Lowe rushed to sign Kassian after the Tkachuk incident, how much time he really had in actually control.
Could say the same for Chia, Tambellenni, and the coaches Macllelan, Eakins, Renney. Kruger didn't find out until he answered a Skype call.
Katz likes collecting shiny pieces that had cache in the league. It started with Nicholson, who had zero experience with an NHL team but everyone knew him from Hockey Canada. Renney and Quinn as co coaches because of their name. Getting Gretzky onboard. Hitchcock even. McLlelan and Chia were named back when, and to get them was an apparent coup, just like the others.