Ozzy Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Knobby was pretty good for us too!! I'm glad he's kickin' ass out there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 To be fair, it's not hard to coach that team. Woodcroft was never the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 15 hours ago, BrooksBurner said: Edmonton is 9-3 since Knoblauch took over. During that stretch, they are 1st in GF/GP and 9th in GA/GP. What a turnaround. Seems like McDavid woke up from his early season slumber. He has something like 20+ points in his last 7 games. Good for Knoblauch. Just takes someone giving you a chance sometimes. I'd love to see Edmonton outperform the Toronto . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 I don't know if they needed a new voice, or it was just really good players getting off to slow starts. Maybe a little of both, but probably mostly the latter. Anyway good Knoblauch and I hope they can get back to being one of the best. I would also love to see them outperform Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 23 hours ago, Pete said: To be fair, it's not hard to coach that team. Woodcroft was never the issue. 19 hours ago, jsm7302 said: Seems like McDavid woke up from his early season slumber. He has something like 20+ points in his last 7 games. Good for Knoblauch. Just takes someone giving you a chance sometimes. I'd love to see Edmonton outperform the Toronto . There’s your answer.. mcdavid started being mcdavid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karan Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 And this streak is with Draisaitl below his usual deadly standards. Once he gets going, the Oilers are likely to start resembling that pre-season threat many picked them to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valriera Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Meanwhile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, Valriera said: Meanwhile I don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valriera Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, Pete said: I don't get it. Ten game winning streak over there in Edmonton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 34 minutes ago, Valriera said: Ten game winning streak over there in Edmonton Ah, got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br4d Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Knoblauch and McDavid have history dating back to Erie of the OHL. He's probably the only hire for the Oilers that made sense given the departing HC was popular with the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I think I saw Knob is 18-6 with Edmonton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash or Czech Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) On 11/13/2023 at 12:05 AM, The Dude said: Good. Knoblauch will suck there too Edited January 14 by Cash or Czech 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Good for Knoblauch. I don't know how much of Edmonton's success has to do with him, but I'm happy he's gotten his shot and is excelling so far. I just saw it as a good team playing very poorly, but it's a good fit given his history with McDavid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Sharpshooter said: Good for Knoblauch. I don't know how much of Edmonton's success has to do with him, but I'm happy he's gotten his shot and is excelling so far. I just saw it as a good team playing very poorly, but it's a good fit given his history with McDavid. Imagine he goes on to become the new Mike Sullivan? Ugh...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 17 hours ago, jsm7302 said: Imagine he goes on to become the new Mike Sullivan? Ugh...... I'm counting in it. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Gotta feel good for Knobby though. The guy earned a chance, and he was pretty good with us, if I remember correctly. (I ususally don't though! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 If the Oilers win a cup with Knoblauch, I'll forever question the decisions of NYR management. (Granted there is a McJesus up there....but still) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Back in the day, Emile Francis was always trying to pass off coaching so he could concentrate on being the GM. He had an extremely successful minor league coach in the organization named Fred Shero, but never elevated him. Eventually the Flyers took him. Larry Brooks is no doubt aching to write about the parallel if Knoblauch wins a cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Weird. Super talented team plays up to expectations. Yeah. It's the coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 3 hours ago, The Dude said: Weird. Super talented team plays up to expectations. Yeah. It's the coach. McDavid had an odd start to his year, but once the beast was awoken....here we are! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash or Czech Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 4 hours ago, The Dude said: Weird. Super talented team plays up to expectations. Yeah. It's the coach. I don't know. I heard once that Knoblauch liked orange Gatorade. Hated that biosteel stuff. Decided to sneak that orange gatorade into the biosteel bottles on all the benches for all Edmonton games. Acted like the magic juice from Space Jam and really energized the team to turn their game around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 8 hours ago, Sod16 said: Back in the day, Emile Francis was always trying to pass off coaching so he could concentrate on being the GM. He had an extremely successful minor league coach in the organization named Fred Shero, but never elevated him. Eventually the Flyers took him. Larry Brooks is no doubt aching to write about the parallel if Knoblauch wins a cup. Oh, Shero started out in the Rangers organization? I did not know that. At least if Knoblauch wins, it's with the Oilers. Fred Shero did it with Philadelphia. It also makes him coming back to the Rangers in '78 more interesting now. Like he came full circle and almost won a Cup here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 8 hours ago, Sod16 said: Back in the day, Emile Francis was always trying to pass off coaching so he could concentrate on being the GM. He had an extremely successful minor league coach in the organization named Fred Shero, but never elevated him. Eventually the Flyers took him. Larry Brooks is no doubt aching to write about the parallel if Knoblauch wins a cup. That's probably because Larry Brooks remembers when the Fog was hired. He and Stan Fischler sit around talking about the glory days of Andy Bathgate at the old folks home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Oilers on a 12 game winning streak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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