Coaching and management changes around the league

[herman]

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A handful of other candidates went through the song and dance of applying, interviewing, outlining their long term plan for success with the Oiler franchise. Oilers brain trust throws money at Holland, the available name brand GM who has put his current team into the exact same situation the Oilers are in, sans McDavid.

His team was a juggernaut for several years. They were due to crash and burn then have to rebuild.
They are not in the same position as the mess the Oilers are in unless all you're referring to was missing the playoffs.

Like Nik said, Holland has had good drafting performance (which means he hired some really good amateur scouts).

My post (way back then) was more in reference to the line cutting Nicholson was okay with for the old boy he knew. Holland left the Red Wings with a boatload of aging middling players on anchor contracts. He's now tasked with helming the Oiler outfit that has a similar issue. It's not as term heavy as the Red Wings at the moment, so we'll see if he takes a different tack with two superstar contracts to build around.

 

[herman]

Dave Tippett is Edmonton's head coach

 

[bustaheims]

Dave Tippett is Edmonton's head coach

So, to go with their GM who last had success almost a decade ago, they brought in a coach who last had success almost a decade ago. Seems like a perfect fit.

 

[herman]

So, to go with their GM who last had success almost a decade ago, they brought in a coach who last had success almost a decade ago. Seems like a perfect fit.

with Lucic!

 

[Bates]

Dave Tippett is Edmonton's head coach

So, to go with their GM who last had success almost a decade ago, they brought in a coach who last had success almost a decade ago. Seems like a perfect fit.

Not sure a Leaf fan should be throwing that shade?? Tippet has been further in this decade than Babcock with significantly less talent. 

 

[dappleganger]

Tippet was the best coach available.

 

[Deebo]

Dave Tippett is Edmonton's head coach

So, to go with their GM who last had success almost a decade ago, they brought in a coach who last had success almost a decade ago. Seems like a perfect fit.

Not sure a Leaf fan should be throwing that shade?? Tippet has been further in this decade than Babcock with significantly less talent. 

I don't think what the team they are a fan of does precludes someone from talking about other teams.

 

[Bates]

Dave Tippett is Edmonton's head coach

So, to go with their GM who last had success almost a decade ago, they brought in a coach who last had success almost a decade ago. Seems like a perfect fit.

Not sure a Leaf fan should be throwing that shade?? Tippet has been further in this decade than Babcock with significantly less talent. 

I don't think what the team they are a fan of does precludes someone from talking about other teams.

Glass houses.

 

[Kin]

As a Leafs fan, I don't feel particularly bound by the decisions the team makes because I'm not responsible for them and their wins/losses don't reflect on me as a person. We don't live in their glass house. We can throw stones at whoever we like.

 

[Deebo]

Dave Tippett is Edmonton's head coach

So, to go with their GM who last had success almost a decade ago, they brought in a coach who last had success almost a decade ago. Seems like a perfect fit.

Not sure a Leaf fan should be throwing that shade?? Tippet has been further in this decade than Babcock with significantly less talent. 

I don't think what the team they are a fan of does precludes someone from talking about other teams.

Glass houses.

We don't live in the glass house. We are observers, not decision makers.

 

[bustaheims]

Not sure a Leaf fan should be throwing that shade?? Tippet has been further in this decade than Babcock with significantly less talent.

He made it all of one round further, while missing the playoffs at a significantly higher rate, so . . . yeah, I'm comfortable throwing shade there.

 

[Kin]

He made it all of one round further, while missing the playoffs at a significantly higher rate, so . . . yeah, I'm comfortable throwing shade there.

Also, while a lot of people will dismiss it as not being the same thing, Babcock is still far and away the most successful international coach of the last decade.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1140318967195668480

Edit:
https://twitter.com/anaheimducks/status/1140651585002885120

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/anaheimducks/status/1141055898279743493

Our buddy Darren is back in the game!

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1141384927952244736

Barzal halfwall PP coming right up

Edit:
https://twitter.com/nyislanders/status/1141447124174770177

It here

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/andrewwalker650/status/1141851212918054912

Book it: Lucic to Vancouver

 

[Zee]

It just occurred to me that Eakins finally replaced Carlyle behind the bench, albeit with a different team.  Years ago many thought he was the heir apparent to Carlyle in Toronto.  Funny how things work out.

 

[herman]

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/hockey/no-new-gm-yet-but-a-key-hockey-operations-pickup-by-nhl-seattle-should-help-make-that-call/

Alexandra Mandrycky (war-on-ice) has been added to the Seattle front office. I was hoping we?d be able to add her to the Leafs R&D group, but with her family currently living in Seattle, that?s probably too good an opportunity to pass up.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/saracivian/status/1144689704392155137

Leafs assistant coach perhaps?

 

[Kin]

https://twitter.com/saracivian/status/1144689704392155137

Leafs assistant coach perhaps?

In Herman's terrifying William Gibson-esque concept of our future, all of us work for the Maple Leafs.