06-10-2013, 03:09 PM
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#221
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Machiavelli
Don't forget Brent Sutter and the "wolf pack" mentality.
Talk means nothing.
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Brent Sutter
Genius Coaching.
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06-10-2013, 03:56 PM
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#222
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4 year contract is what I heard somewhere. Pretty easy to see why Eakins chose Edmonton.
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06-10-2013, 04:15 PM
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#223
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Originally Posted by old-fart
4 year contract is what I heard somewhere. Pretty easy to see why Eakins chose Edmonton.
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A 4 year deal for a 1st time coach???
Does that ever happen?
I'm hardly one to pay much attention to coaches' contracts but that seems odd to me.
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06-10-2013, 04:25 PM
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#224
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Norm!
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In happens in Edmonton, nobody is going to touch that team with a 10 foot pole without some security.
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06-10-2013, 04:27 PM
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#225
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Norm!
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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
I know you are trying to ham it up but your analysis of those two players is pretty off.
Yakupov didn't disregard his own end. He didn't have a clue how to play in his own end, but he competed there. Ran himself out of position trying to do too much numerous times.
Schultz wasn't prone to give aways at all. He was all things advertised with the puck on his stick. He just was bad without the puck with poor awareness.
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He was pretty prone to some outright wicked gaffes with the puck on his stick as well as without.
I'll agree with Yak, he is defensive zone special needs, but he also did a lot of floating by the red line and was intentionally slow back.
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06-10-2013, 04:50 PM
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#226
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
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06-10-2013, 05:10 PM
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#227
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In the Sin Bin
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Eakins is a hot commodity for a reason.
Then again, so was Brent Sutter. And Craig Button. We'll see how this one turns out.
I do think it is hilarious that the Oilers had to pay him a premium in years, and I expect dollars as well. They can't even get a coach to come there without paying a lot.
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06-10-2013, 05:17 PM
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#228
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Well at least the Oilers got coverage on ESPN for firing Kruger over Skype. Assuming getting any media attention was their goal. Mission Accomplished!
Oh and most of the people said firing him over Skype was pretty disgraceful. There are other ways he could have done it more professionally. As a former coach himself MacTavish should have gone the extra mile and let him go in a personal manner, even if it did mean flying to Switzerland for a day or two.
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06-10-2013, 05:42 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2011
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So who's the coach killer in edmonton? horcoff?
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06-10-2013, 05:46 PM
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#230
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by sun
So who's the coach killer in edmonton? horcoff?
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06-10-2013, 06:52 PM
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#232
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Backup Goalie
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Originally Posted by sun
So who's the coach killer in edmonton? horcoff?
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Horcoff has played his last game in edmonton, add hemsky to that list as well.
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06-10-2013, 07:08 PM
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#233
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Strange article. Despite the team actually improving in the standings and W/L record under Krueger the author says the Oilers were better under Renney because his team got outshot less despite the fact Renney's team gave up more goals.
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It's actually a decent point. The Oilers got .921 goaltending from Dubnyk and Khabibulin which put them near the top of the league in team sv% yet they finished only one spot above Calgary who only got .889 goaltending.
Unless they're assuming they're going to get that level of goaltending every year (probably not a safe bet given that their next highest team sv% in the last decade was .909), they'll need to greatly improve their shot differential and their offense just to even tread water at 24th in the league. And it's not like they were a victim of bad luck and poor percentages; they had the 9th highest shooting % in the league. With a bit of bad luck and/or poor goaltending they'd have easily been down near the bottom of the league again.
I'm not sure I agree that that's something a new coach is going to fix though.
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06-10-2013, 09:03 PM
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#234
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Originally Posted by opendoor
It's actually a decent point. The Oilers got .921 goaltending from Dubnyk and Khabibulin which put them near the top of the league in team sv% yet they finished only one spot above Calgary who only got .889 goaltending.
Unless they're assuming they're going to get that level of goaltending every year (probably not a safe bet given that their next highest team sv% in the last decade was .909), they'll need to greatly improve their shot differential and their offense just to even tread water at 24th in the league. And it's not like they were a victim of bad luck and poor percentages; they had the 9th highest shooting % in the league. With a bit of bad luck and/or poor goaltending they'd have easily been down near the bottom of the league again.
I'm not sure I agree that that's something a new coach is going to fix though.
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Yeah but that's the results of being hemmed in their own end and par for the course with the worst defensive depth in the league.
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06-10-2013, 10:32 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Originally Posted by oilboy2
Horcoff has played his last game in edmonton, add hemsky to that list as well.
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NMC
2 more years @ $5.5mil
20 goals, 26 assists and -15 in last 112 games over two seasons
I think you are going to be surprised, unless MacT is ready to throw something VERY sweet into the pot.
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06-10-2013, 10:36 PM
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#236
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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
NMC
2 more years @ $5.5mil
20 goals, 26 assists and -15 in last 112 games over two seasons
I think you are going to be surprised, unless MacT is ready to throw something VERY sweet into the pot.
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Compliance buy out.
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06-10-2013, 10:37 PM
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#237
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Eakins is a hot commodity for a reason.
Then again, so was Brent Sutter. And Craig Button. We'll see how this one turns out.
I do think it is hilarious that the Oilers had to pay him a premium in years, and I expect dollars as well. They can't even get a coach to come there without paying a lot.
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This reminds me of Eddie Sherman from Seinfeld.
Kevin Lowe: So you've been interviewed by all the clubs without coaches?
Dallas Eakins: That's right.
Kevin Lowe: How much are they paying you? I'll double it!
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06-10-2013, 10:41 PM
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#238
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Compliance buy out.
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Oh right forgot, uncle Katz is going to have to open his wallet.
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06-10-2013, 11:13 PM
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#239
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Central Alberta
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So just a quick question. Exactly how many coaches and GM's are the Oilers paying next year? Assuming that all these fired coaches and Tambellini still had time on their contracts.
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06-10-2013, 11:28 PM
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#240
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Originally Posted by Rejean31
So just a quick question. Exactly how many coaches and GM's are the Oilers paying next year? Assuming that all these fired coaches and Tambellini still had time on their contracts.
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Renney's would have expired in 2012. Although do coaches continue to get paid if they are hired to a new team? I thought that might void the old contract.
The Oilers would still be paying Ralph and Tambellini I guess.
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