04-04-2019, 09:56 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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No way Sather takes a job where he answers to Lowe.
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04-04-2019, 10:51 AM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Originally Posted by browna
The arrogance, and the myth of his perceived abilities certainly laid the ground work for Lowe who tries so hard everyday to be like Sather. But, it’s not the 80s anymore and letting players just learn on the ice without a plan doesn’t work anymore, and most players don’t need a father figure to help them tie their shoes each day like Slats was for some of the Boys on the Bus.
His proclamation in his last year or so with the Oilers that he could win multiple cups if he had the funds and resources of the Rangers, tells you all you need to know about him. He got to the finals once with the Rangers, 15 or so years after joining them. And they got swept.
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I always thought he was a much better coach than GM.
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04-04-2019, 10:57 AM
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#23
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
He's 75 years old. I'd put money on him hanging up his hat and yelling at clouds.
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Maybe he will finally work in Banff - which is the "usual" requirement for owning a house there.
Last edited by troutman; 04-04-2019 at 11:36 AM.
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04-04-2019, 11:10 AM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
Maybe he will finally work in Banff - which is the "usual" requirement for owning a house there.
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Two houses, which are connected by an illegal underground tunnel...
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04-04-2019, 12:14 PM
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#25
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Stampede Grounds
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Truth be told, Slats was the perfect fit for the 1980s NHL and while most here just don't want to admit it he engineered what remains one of the greatest NHL dynasties ever. As a Flames fan his smirk and ego behind the bench irritated me to no end ... but as time has passed i've come to realize that was simply a fun era to be involved in - intense Battle of Alberta - and one which will not likely return.
He did what he could to help Theo Fleury in his darkest days, and for that he earned my respect.
Sometimes this place is just too much. Let the man retire for pete sakes!
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04-04-2019, 12:55 PM
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#26
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
No way Sather takes a job where he answers to Lowe.
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If you're part of the OBC in Edmonton, you answer to no one.
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04-04-2019, 01:48 PM
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#27
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Djibouti
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Originally Posted by getbak
If you're part of the OBC in Edmonton, you answer to no one.
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I wish....
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04-04-2019, 02:08 PM
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#28
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Propaganda Minister Baghdad Bob Stauffer just had Brian Burke on his afternoon ministry approved public announcement show, and he asked Burke if the Oilers should reach out to Sather about their open GM position. Burke in his best Flames Secret Agent performance enthusiastically agreed.
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04-04-2019, 02:24 PM
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#29
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Not cheering for losses
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Oh this would be so oilers and so glorious. I hope it happens.
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04-04-2019, 02:40 PM
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#30
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
Propaganda Minister Baghdad Bob Stauffer just had Brian Burke on his afternoon ministry approved public announcement show, and he asked Burke if the Oilers should reach out to Sather about their open GM position. Burke in his best Flames Secret Agent performance enthusiastically agreed.
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OH BOY!! I have to listen to this!!! 
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04-04-2019, 02:47 PM
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#31
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
Propaganda Minister Baghdad Bob Stauffer just had Brian Burke on his afternoon ministry approved public announcement show, and he asked Burke if the Oilers should reach out to Sather about their open GM position. Burke in his best Flames Secret Agent performance enthusiastically agreed.
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This is so good. Stauffy starts off the interview with an inaccuracy which he should have known. He starts wanting to talk about the Leafs 2013 playoff collapse from Brian's perspective, being part of the Leafs, which was after Burke was let go. This is basic level competency.
Brian handled it with class, which is expected.
https://player.fm/series/2342418/230679298
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04-04-2019, 02:48 PM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by nobles_point
This is so good. Stauffy starts off the interview with an inaccuracy which he should have known. He starts wanting to talk about the Leafs 2013 playoff collapse from Brian's perspective, being part of the Leafs, which was after Burke was let go. This is basic level competency.
Brian handled it with class, which is expected.
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Basic Level Competency? Haaaaaave you met Oilers?
Oilers gunna Oil...
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04-04-2019, 02:52 PM
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#33
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Draft Pick
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Please let this happen. I do enjoy watching the continuous oiler train wreck
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04-04-2019, 02:56 PM
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#34
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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04-04-2019, 02:58 PM
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#35
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: A small painted room
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There's a funny video somewhere about the 85 Oilers and Kevin Lowe was hilarious in it. He jokes about how he took over the GM role and ruined everything. The look on Sather's face was awesome, haha.
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04-04-2019, 05:18 PM
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#36
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And I Don't Care...
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The land of the eternally hopeful
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The luckiest coach/gm in the history of the league. To have that much young talent (including probably the greatest player ever) come together in such a short time might never happen again. He is/always has been overrated as a coach and a gm. I love that he was quoted as saying something like he could win the cup every year if he had unlimited money to spend and then went to the Rangers and as their GM never won jack squat. What an arrogant goof.
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04-04-2019, 05:21 PM
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#37
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Franchise Player
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Why would anyone who has the means to live comfortably in New York, want to move back to Edmonton? Especially someone who has nothing left to accomplish?
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04-04-2019, 09:52 PM
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#38
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Franchise Player
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Bob Mackenzie thinks John Davidson likely next Pres
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04-04-2019, 10:14 PM
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#39
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First Line Centre
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Davidson makes the most sense.
Messier makes the least.
Messier needs to be in Edmonton.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...angers-sather/
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Shannon reported Thursday night that Mark Messier, Steve Yzerman and John Davidson are among the possible replacements for Sather.
Messier spent 10 of his 25 NHL seasons playing with the Blueshirts and famously led them to a Stanley Cup championship in 1994. Despite being a recognized ambassador to the game, however, Messier has a dearth of NHL front office experience.
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04-04-2019, 10:27 PM
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#40
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by nobles_point
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Davidson makes sense.
Typical Shannon, blowing sunshine up everyone’s butt about former Oilers and their accomplishments to make sure Lowe and Katz keeping having him up for lunch, by extolling Messier’s greatness and his “dearth” of front office experience.
He was Slats lackie in NY, the special assistant to the president and GM, from 2009 to 2013. That’s it for dearth. And he left after AV got the coaching gig, that he didn’t get after being interviewed for it.
Yzerman is going to Detroit, so Shannon tossing that name in there is silly. And Messier name is a name drop, but setting up for the narrative that the Rags were considering him, but he chose Edmonton instead.
So yes, when Messier comes back to help in Edmonton, it will be good because he learned all he needed to by fetching coffee for Slats and shaking hands as an Alumni, with the Rags for 4 years.
Last edited by browna; 04-04-2019 at 10:31 PM.
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