Oilers to hire Stan Bowman as GM

[gvitaly]

I thought he assembled a pretty good Hawks power team. That said, they didn't win anything after he had to pay Kane, Towes, Keith, and Seabrook.

I thought they lucked out on Panarin, but totally messed up the trade.

His last trades:
Zadorov for a 3rd was even

Tyler Johnson + 2nd for Seabrook's contract was a loss IMO, but probably saved them some money.

Seth Jones + 1st(#32) in 21' + 6th for Boqvist + 1st(#12) in 21' + 2nd(#44) in 21' + 1st(#6) in 22'. That's a huge loss! Compounded by the contract given to Jones.

Caleb Jones + 3rd for Keith + Soderlund that's a win.

2nd + 3rd for Janmark(50%) + DeSimone is another win.

So I guess he did well on the marginal trades but really failed the big trades with Saad(for Panarin) and Jones.

I look forward to him completely messing up a Draisaitl trade.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

I honestly feel bad for Stang and the fans that are (rightfully) bothered by this. They shouldn't have to be put through these type of ordeals again and again. It's a deplorable move, no one should be forced to resign their fandom to a team. It's a depressing situation, especially after they came oh so close to winning the Cup.

Bravo to Stang (and others) for maintaining his word. It can't be easy, especially after being a lifelong fan.

I suspect that, by October, all will be forgotten. And forgiven.

[Bubba17]

Just a thought I have. What IF, as a person playing for the Oilers, you have been raised in a moral and decent family. The team continues bringing in these horrible people and you sit by and say nothing. Then you reach the time to sign a big contract but tell the team you are going to wait and see how the season goes first.

I don't know but let's use Draisatl as this player. At the end of the year you still haven't signed and on July 1 you publicly announce to the Oilers and other teams that you have decided to move away from the club because they don't have any moral standards and you would feel more comfortable somewhere else.

How would the fan base feel at that time when one of the stars has taken this time to make a very loud statement?

[dirk diggler]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Hopefully someone in the media will be brave enough to ask McDavid this question and put him on the spot.

i feel like if a media guy asked Mcdavid this, he would be led away like someone in north korea and would never be seen again.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by stang

That was me. I’ll write them an email explaining my disgust and I’m out. No more NHL for me.

I admire a person with integrity, good for you.



Even though I plain don't like you because you are/were a fan of the Oilers, you are a welcome member here.

[dirk diggler]

Originally Posted by Reign of Fire

How much has he really learned from his experiences if he doesn't want to talk about the past?

taking the Rocky Wirtz approach here

[Hockey_Ninja]

The craziest thing to me is that the Oilers aren't even gonna be dealing with this PR nightmare over a GM that is actually good. But Oil are gonna Oil

[Sylvanfan]

An Oiler fan I used to work with claimed he was done after they lost to San Jose last November. Come February he's accusing the Flames of misconduct over the Dube incident and how they should be banned from the league. I wonder what he's thinking today.

People have short attention spans. By October most people will forget all this and be wondering about other things.

[Flame On]

God the sickening spin by Hrudey and Freedman and all the pundit sycophants of that team will be turning cartwheels to endorse the move. Gross.

[All In Good Time]

At least their young prospects can be comfortable knowing the organization will take care of them ……….

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by bluejays

I find this all hilarious. I have no problem giving any of these guys a second chance. To me everyone mostly deserves that. But the organization will give them all second chances and to me that’s crazy. Justice League of ReformedDirtbags.

That term is far too generous and without any basis in fact for at least three of them. And even I may be too generous saying that.

I wouldnt be surprised if the Oilers went on to hire Gary Glitter to produce their in-game entertainment.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by stang

I’d rather eat white dog poop

Who told you about our secret tradition?

I bet it was Slava.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Imagine being Draisaitl. If he wanted to leave anyway he can now request a trade on principle, get out of somewhere he wanted out of anyway, and get applause from 90% of the league.

[dino7c]

McDrai were in on the decision dont kid yourselves

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

i feel like if a media guy asked Mcdavid this, he would be led away like someone in north korea and would never be seen again.

In Edmonton for sure but when he's home in Ontario for the summer he may face the occasional microphone that's not bought and paid for by Katz.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by dino7c

McDrai were in on the decision dont kid yourselves

I have a hard time believing they were in on it as neither remotely has the knowledge or qualifications to know who would be the best man for the job as all these guys know is playing and practicing. I believe it's possible they have some input on head coach hire but not GM. I'm sure they were both given the heads up that the hiring was going to happen.

[MonaTone]

I wonder how I would feel as a parent of an 18 year old drafted by a team that employs alleged perpetrators of sexual assault, those who have dismissed and ignored it happening under them, and also those who oversaw the cover up of crimes and pay off of assault victims.




Quite a collection they have up there.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by dino7c

McDrai were in on the decision dont kid yourselves

Jackson specifically said that he didn't consult with any of the players.

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by Muffins

So 38% misread that they were hiring Scotty Bowman?

Betcha that 38% saw the name "Bowman" and thought, "We are getting Scotty? HELL YEAH!!!"

[Meers]

Never change, Oilers!

Looking forward to Bowman announcing the signing of Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Dillon Dube.