confirmed: Oilers Fire Head Coach Todd McLellan, Hire Ken Hitchcock as Replacement

[Phil]

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[josh]

wow, would not have expected Hitchcork

[Kevin]

Geez...these are coming fast now. Hitch gets another shot at it. He might be the right kind of coach for Edmonton though.

[Dunny]

It's a mess. The entire organization is *still* filled with patron appointments like Bob Nicholson. Like winning with Hockey Canada was some kind of indication of ability.

 

Chiarelli is an absolute disaster and nobody there has the balls to do anything about it.

[Dunny]

It's funny, they were mentioning Hitchcock during game last night. Ken Hitchcock is not going to get the team to work any harder.

[josh]

Hey VD, guess what the first thing Ron MacLean mentioned for McLelland getting fired??

[Gravesy]

Hitchcock. Wow. What an imaginative and exciting hire. :palm:

[Vodka Drunkenski]

Hey VD, guess what the first thing Ron MacLean mentioned for McLelland getting fired??

 

He?s sorry for giving him a terrible GM?

[josh]

He’s sorry for giving him a terrible GM?

 

That was second.

[Dunny]

At least he tried something different. Looks like he had McDavid and Draisaitl together. He also started Koskinen, another smart move.

 

Their bottom 6 forwards have like 4 goals in 120 games, it's ludicrous.

[Pete]

At least he tried something different. Looks like he had McDavid and Draisaitl together. He also started Koskinen, another smart move.

 

Their bottom 6 forwards have like 4 goals in 120 games, it's ludicrous.

Lucic hasn't scored this calendar year.

[Dunny]

I think he has 1.

 

Khaira 0

Rieder 0

Kassian 1

Strome 1

Yamamoto 1

Rattie 2

Broadziak 2

 

It's a slaughter

[josh]

The answer was blown leads! lol

[phillyb]

From what EDM fans have been saying, it's been long overdue. Curious to see how Hitch does over there. Something needs to be done about Chiarelli though, eh?

[Phil]

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Out:

2015 1st (16th - Mathew Barzal), 2nd (33rd - Mitchell Stephens)

Taylor Hall

Jordan Eberle

 

In:

Adam Larsson

Ryan Spooner

Milan Lucic

Kris Russel

Cam Talbot

 

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Nah, this is totally normal.

[phillyb]

Lol. The Hall/Larsson swap will go down as one of the worst trades of the decade, if not longer.

Who's to say they'd even have picked Barzal with the '15 pick. But still yes, it's just terrible over there. And you're almost wasting McDavid's time and talent.

[Phil]

Almost!?

[Vodka Drunkenski]

The answer was blown leads! lol

 

[Stephen]

Out:

2015 1st (16th - Mathew Barzal), 2nd (33rd - Mitchell Stephens)

Taylor Hall

Jordan Eberle

 

In:

Adam Larsson

Ryan Spooner

Milan Lucic

Kris Russel

Cam Talbot

 

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Nah, this is totally normal.