Back in June, I called the possible hiring of Torts a 'high risk move', but it looks to be paying off. Gillis deserves some kudos for this one.herb wrote:Yeah, I was hoping for Eakins, but after seeing his team play along with some of his stupid comments I am glad we have Torts, who seems like an exceptional coach.SKYO wrote:Yeah I was angered by Schultz and Eakins going over there but I am pretty frickin' happy with JayG and Torts!!!
So should we help em out Edler for Yak? loljk
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Less Canucks embarrassment please.
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Was at the OTT-DAL game, and one player who just stood out to me was Nikushkin. The guy is a physical freak for an 18 year-old who can motor and whip a wrister as strong as anybody. He broke through both Ottawa D on a rush and let off a wicked wrister. Then he later scored on another wrister off the rush. The kid was all over the puck in the offensive zone and is the reason Anderson got knocked out of the game - running into the goalie on a drive to the net.
Quite happy that Gillis got Horvat in last summer's draft, and there is always the Russian factor, but it would have been a helluva thing if the Canucks would have drafted him. Only three points so far this season, and it was only one game, but in that one game he did look like the real deal.
Hope Anderson is alright though. He was down on the ice for a while and left on a stretcher.
Quite happy that Gillis got Horvat in last summer's draft, and there is always the Russian factor, but it would have been a helluva thing if the Canucks would have drafted him. Only three points so far this season, and it was only one game, but in that one game he did look like the real deal.
Hope Anderson is alright though. He was down on the ice for a while and left on a stretcher.
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No goaltending + no D = sub .500 season. The Coilers brass just don't get it. Nurse may turn out alright, but MacT has to swallow hard and deal one of his precious kiddies (and no, nobody should be sacred) for a stud defensive D-man. Weber and a 1st for RNH and a 1st, or something along those lines might be what he needs to do if that team is ever going to have a hope. While he's at it, he may pull his head out of his ass long enough to realize Dubnyk is a broken toy that will never fix itself so he may as well swing for another fence and get a real goalie.Boston Canucker wrote:Eakins may turn out to be a good coach. I think most of the blame goes on management, such as not addressing goaltending and D. That said, there is absolutely no doubt that a good deal of the Eakins hype is directly a product of the national media leaves hype. If he had the exact same record in the AHL with any other franchise, any one, there is no way he'd have gained this status as the next one, in coaching terms. The guy may turn out to be a good one, but this goes to support my general view that all leaves related players, coaches etc are always overvalued...whatever happend to Justin Pogge!?!
Then again, watching the Coilers wallow in mediocrity while piling up draft picks is enough fun that I would be happier if they just stayed the course.
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Yeah Lancer don't give em any good ideals!Lancer wrote: Then again, watching the Coilers wallow in mediocrity while piling up draft picks is enough fun that I would be happier if they just stayed the course.
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I know it's early, the season is young and it will change but it must really irk the Oiler fans seeing their hated sister city - Calgary with a team of NO-Stars playing way better than them, a team, the Oilers, with supposedly a plethora of future stars of the league. LOL
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Yet you have licked the asscrack of Oilers management for the great rebuild they have done in Edmonton.RoyalDude wrote:I know it's early, the season is young and it will change but it must really irk the Oiler fans seeing their hated sister city - Calgary with a team of NO-Stars playing way better than them, a team, the Oilers, with supposedly a plethora of future stars of the league. LOL
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In my mind, that's not the sort of coach the Oilers need. They need someone with experience. A guy like Ruff or Hitch. They do not need a rookie NHL coach, to go with their roster of rookie players.Hockey Widow wrote:Eakins was supposed to be the coach who could work miracles for the younger players. He was supposed to be that guy that could take a young, inexperienced team full of potential and take them to that next level. I can see why he barely got past his first interview with the Canucks.
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What? An experienced guy who would have the cojones to call bullshit on management's retarded efforts at building a team and the resume to back it up? No way in God's green earth. Lowe and MacT would rather have some young gonna-be who they can brow-beat into playing their tune, while still being the fall-guy when things fall apart again.BurningBeard wrote:In my mind, that's not the sort of coach the Oilers need. They need someone with experience. A guy like Ruff or Hitch. They do not need a rookie NHL coach, to go with their roster of rookie players.Hockey Widow wrote:Eakins was supposed to be the coach who could work miracles for the younger players. He was supposed to be that guy that could take a young, inexperienced team full of potential and take them to that next level. I can see why he barely got past his first interview with the Canucks.
One of these days Katz is going to stop sniffing what Lowe is pushing and fire the cromagnon.
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RoyalDude wrote:I know it's early, the season is young and it will change but it must really irk the Oiler fans seeing their hated sister city - Calgary with a team of NO-Stars playing way better than them, a team, the Oilers, with supposedly a plethora of future stars of the league. LOL
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Hey RD whe did you fall off the Oiler band wagon.
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Re the Oilers; I think Gretzky said it best. They're a mickey mouse organization.
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Hockey Widow wrote:RoyalDude wrote:I know it's early, the season is young and it will change but it must really irk the Oiler fans seeing their hated sister city - Calgary with a team of NO-Stars playing way better than them, a team, the Oilers, with supposedly a plethora of future stars of the league. LOL
Right On, Kevin Lowe, keep on trying to build the next Gretzky dynasty all the while totally not realizing the game has changed massively since your glory days with Gretz.
Hey RD whe did you fall off the Oiler band wagon.
Can the Canucks just win a Cup within the next 5 years.
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RD just fell off the coiler bandwagon and climbed onto the flamers bandwagon guaranteeing the flamers will soon be tanking. I just hope he stays off our bandwagon.
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Nikushkin...had a nice game against Ottawa. Might have been his first. Pretty bad and lazy against the habs from my seat.
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Yes, I agree. It's interesting watching a vet coach like Torts v a new one like Eakins. Torts, in part humbled by the Rangers experience, speaks at this point in a more measured way about things taking time, what he knows and what he does not know about his team, and trying to figure out what works as they get to know one another over the course of the season. On the other hand, Eakins talks like he invented hockey sometimes, when thus far he has been an NHL assistant and an AHL head coach. He apparently brought in some new defensive "swarm" system not realizing NHL players react much more quickly, so now he has backed off. He's a rookie coach in the end, maybe a good one in time, but he's also learning the ropes...spells bad news for an Oilers team that once again is going to be preaching wait till next year.Island Nucklehead wrote:Truth. But I've read in a couple places that this is the worst start in Oilers history. So some of that has to go on the 84th coach in the past 5 years...Boston Canucker wrote: Eakins may turn out to be a good coach. I think most of the blame goes on management, such as not addressing goaltending and D. That said, there is absolutely no doubt that a good deal of the Eakins hype is directly a product of the national media leaves hype. If he had the exact same record in the AHL with any other franchise, any one, there is no way he'd have gained this status as the next one, in coaching terms. The guy may turn out to be a good one, but this goes to support my general view that all leaves related players, coaches etc are always overvalued...whatever happend to Justin Pogge!?!