All three talked about culture being the first thing they will address. RJ stressed that for the first while that is more important than wins/losses. They all talked about the culture improving the last 15 games or so. Clearly moving our JT did not in and of itself fix the locker room issues ...

I think the Sedins and Murph are tight. There has been little to no discussion about community involvement over the past few years, yet Murph lobbed them the question about it completely out of the blue. Murph is in-house media for all intents and purposes; an arm of their PR department, but at arm ...

Topper wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 12:23 pm

JelloPuddingPop wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 8:44 am Read somewhere, that this new Oilers coach - will be RNH's 10th.

The mind boggles.

10 coaches in 15 seasons

what a graveyard

We're not that far behind, sadly.

Topper wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2026 12:05 pm Malhotra and vision in the same sentence, which way are you going with this?

Kid just committed to another year of school, god forbid they turn the geriatric into a liar.

Yeah, I didn't see that connection when I wrote that...

We'll get our chance to see them draft a bigger body Dman in June. The top blueline prospects all have some beef or the frame to add beef until you hit Ryan Lin. As others have said, the smurfs haven't done too bad this playoffs. That said, you look at the Minny-Colorado series and fair to say they ...

But I suspect Gold's salary requirement wasn't the real hang up for ownership. Instead, it was all of the collateral costs of cleaning house and getting Gold's guys -- the contract buyouts -- and constructing analytics and/or scouting as Gold proposed. But again, you know that before making the ...

Could be worse; they could have tried to snap up Chayka…

Gaffar is saying that RJ has been offered a job as "head of hockey ops" - whatever that means in whatever front office constellation the owners concoct moving forward. Rumors are rumors and leaks are always sus to some extent, but this seems quite a chaotic build-up to whatever announcement gets ...

Yeah, but, if Anaheim needs to shed salary, I'd be happy with MMcT over Mancini and Raty. He is a way better centre than Raty, and we have internal replacements for Mancini. If that's all it takes, then I'll throw Mancini and his mother in the deal. Honestly, with this roster no one should be truly ...

This is a shortcoming of coaches like Tocchet and Greene (particularly Greene) -- the hyperfocus on doing better what one does not so well without any consideration as to the tradeoff. And its not just a shortcoming of individual player development, but of team construction. We are fast but not ...

As much as RJ is a defensible hire, I would be happy with them taking a vat of bleach to the front office - maybe some lye while they're at it - if they go with Gold. While some parts - such as Abbottsford and the scouts - weren't the absolute dumpster fire the big team was, it's not like they made ...

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2026 3:44 pm Remember when we all got mad at Mikey Matheson for piledriving Petey's scrawny neck into the ice? Who would've guessed that we would all be on MMs side 8 years later...

What coulda been...

Thanks for the breakdown. I still think Maholtra at 3 would be a reach. That being said, if both he and Cootes teach their potential of being 2C that is a pretty good centre depth situation to have. Which one of them plays 3C then? Neither, EP 40 does. What team has ever competed with 3 x 3Cs and ...

Carolina is just a machine. They are what I think Tocchet wants his teams to be.

The numbers are half the reason most of us want him traded. I thought it was the salary? If he was making 5 or 6, would you keep him? No Me neither. It’s the lack of competitiveness and drive in his play - especially the last couple years. It’s that kind of body-language and flashes of long-gone ski ...