05-15-2019, 09:51 AM
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#21
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Originally Posted by Firebot
Good special teams is the best sign of good coaching. They were in a playoff spot for a while even if I recall, until a late 6 game losing streak that was too much to overcome in a 48 game season.
And the oilers were actually pretty good 5 v 5. # 11 in even strength goals against. But much like how Hartley didn't do much with the 2012-13 Flames, the Oilers did not have a great team on paper and were 24th in even strength goals for.
https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2013.html
They had all the signs of a vastly improving team. Then McTavish happened wanting the shiny new toy called Eakins and fired Krueger on Skype and we all saw birth to The Swarm and sub 400 hockey.
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It's really hard to put a lot of stock into a strike shortened season. I still remember a depleted Flames team (seriously look at the Flames lineup that night) crushing them 8-2 in a game that they had to have with their playoff lives on the line to which they collapsed after. IMO if that season goes 82 games we probably see a pretty standard poor Oilers team going nowhere.
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05-15-2019, 09:58 AM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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05-15-2019, 09:59 AM
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#23
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
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While it's good to see coaches get paid it sure feels like the cost of business is going up in the NHL which usually gets passed down to the fans.
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05-15-2019, 10:37 AM
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#24
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebot
Good special teams is the best sign of good coaching. They were in a playoff spot for a while even if I recall, until a late 6 game losing streak that was too much to overcome in a 48 game season.
And the oilers were actually pretty good 5 v 5. # 11 in even strength goals against. But much like how Hartley didn't do much with the 2012-13 Flames, the Oilers did not have a great team on paper and were 24th in even strength goals for.
https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2013.html
They had all the signs of a vastly improving team. Then McTavish happened wanting the shiny new toy called Eakins and fired Krueger on Skype and we all saw birth to The Swarm and sub 400 hockey.
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I agree that Ralph Kreuger is a really good coach, but I do not believe this is at all true. Special teams is but one aspect of the game, and one that depends on a good number of factors that fall outside of coaching including player skill, chemistry, confidence and luck. The best sign of good coaching is consistency and winning.
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05-15-2019, 10:41 AM
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#25
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Franchise Player
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I think it’s a good hire by the Sabre’s. Krueger can be a good coach for them and they definitely have some players to build around
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05-15-2019, 12:16 PM
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#26
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
While it's good to see coaches get paid it sure feels like the cost of business is going up in the NHL which usually gets passed down to the fans.
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This was an inevitable development with the salary cap.
With the relative parity in player quality, coaching is probably more important the ever. Plus it's one way to outspend the competition.
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05-15-2019, 12:20 PM
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#27
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Ralph Krueger really seems like an interesting guy.
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05-15-2019, 12:59 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I remember them being a mess 5 on 5 propped up by excellent special teams. That's not sustainable long term and the sample size is small at only 48 games.
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Do you remember Team Europe making the final of the World cup?
Krueger was their coach.
Good hire for the Sabres.
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05-15-2019, 01:08 PM
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#29
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Do you remember Team Europe making the final of the World cup?
Krueger was their coach.
Good hire for the Sabres.
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While it's not nothing, those tournaments are a REALLY different situation.
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05-15-2019, 01:10 PM
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#30
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Franchise Player
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It's pretty close to nothing. If you want an object lesson in how international experience does not translate to the NHL, I present to you Bob Nicholson.
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05-15-2019, 02:14 PM
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#31
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It's pretty close to nothing. If you want an object lesson in how international experience does not translate to the NHL, I present to you Bob Nicholson.
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Bob Nicholson got to pick from the 400 best Canadian players available every year, and even then wasn't the guy doing all the selecting. He's an administrator.
Krueger took a team of guys from all over Europe and beat everyone but the most unstoppable generation of Team Canada that's ever existed.
It's not equivalent to the NHL, but it's also not nothing. He then ran a soccer franchise for five years.
If nothing else, the man is a competent professional.
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05-15-2019, 03:55 PM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
I agree that Ralph Kreuger is a really good coach, but I do not believe this is at all true. Special teams is but one aspect of the game, and one that depends on a good number of factors that fall outside of coaching including player skill, chemistry, confidence and luck. The best sign of good coaching is consistency and winning.
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Especially with different teams/differently constructed teams. See Trotz, Barry.
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05-15-2019, 10:48 PM
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#33
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Since he worked so well the first time, can we get Yakupov over to Buffalo so he can produce under Krueger and stick it to Edmonton one last time? I'm not even joking here, I'd be really curious to see how that'd work out. Yakupov with Eichel could be real interesting.
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05-16-2019, 09:57 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Since he worked so well the first time, can we get Yakupov over to Buffalo so he can produce under Krueger and stick it to Edmonton one last time? I'm not even joking here, I'd be really curious to see how that'd work out. Yakupov with Eichel could be real interesting.
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The good news is Yakupov is being mentored by Datsyuk. The bad news is Yakupov is being outscored by Datsuyk:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/l...050332019.html
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05-16-2019, 10:20 AM
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#35
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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I still don’t understand why coaches wages are reported.... or even considered important.
They don’t effect the cap, which is about all a fan should really care about. Who cares what they make?
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05-16-2019, 10:21 AM
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#36
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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^ Human nature. We're all nosey.
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05-16-2019, 11:44 AM
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#37
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
I still don’t understand why coaches wages are reported.... or even considered important.
They don’t effect the cap, which is about all a fan should really care about. Who cares what they make?
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Coaches got together and decided to make them public - that contributed in no small part to the inflation.
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05-16-2019, 11:59 AM
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#38
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Haparanda
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
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Gusev did 36 points more than the next one? Wtf..
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