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Re: Keith Officially Named AGM [message #738630 is a reply to message #738625 ]	Tue, 11 June 2019 16:44

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Kr55 wrote on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:11

Adam wrote on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:06

RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 11 June 2019 15:59

One thing I found interesting when I heard Gretzky interviewed today was when he was asked about Yamo, KG came right out and said he was rushed and should have spent the whole time in the AHL instead of getting yanked up and down. Kind or sounds like there was some disagreement on a few things between he and his former boss Chia.

Either that or it's just so painfully obvious now that to say anything else would look ridiculous. I mean, he still doesn't weigh 160 lbs, and he's posted 1-4-5 in 26 NHL games despite playing most of that with McDavid or Draisaitl...so it's not exactly an easy move to defend in retrospect - whether he agreed at the time or not.

Don't tell me you really believe that Chiarelli was the only one in the Oilers management group who thought it a good idea to "sell hope" by spotlighting top draft picks with extended NHL auditions at 18 and 19 years of age...

That was some serious horsecrap by McLellan. Yams looked so over his head and kept getting spoonfed prime minutes while Pulju was being punished for whatever reason.

God...can we please be entering a period of time where what Oilers management and coaching does actually seems to make some sense? Pleeeeaaaseeee???

I have personally concluded that Pulju and his agent did get Chia to agree to 40 games per season on the active roster in the NHL (450k salary per year guaranteed, plus burning UFA/RFA years), and they threatened to stay for 1-2 years in Finland back in 2016 if Chia did not comply. And Chia gave in and agreed because we were so desperate for wingers. And that would definitely have made an old school guy like McLellan instantly sour on Pulju and refuse to give him even an inch of free ice time. We know Chia is a pushover, and Pulju's agent has shown himself to be quite a dick, and just like when Yak's agent said Yak needs better ice time, McLellan permanently stuck Yak in the dog house. So, maybe how Pulju was handled actually does all make sense, it just stinks.

It would be nice to have them manage and coach professionally and not get caught up in office politics or make decisions based on how good a player's English skills are. I think there is ample evidence that McLellan has a strong preference for North American players and that bias plays a role on deciding how many chances someone gets.

Players are always going to want more ice time, and agents are always going to advocate for their clients. A good coach communicates to a player what they need to do to win that opportunity and gives them chances to prove themselves. But then, McLellan was never much of a communicator.

If Chia made promised roster time deals for an 18 year old rookie, he's a fool. He definitely gave himself virtually no options with either Puljujarvi OR Yamamoto - basically set it up so they had to make the team, because there was just no competition for right wing spots - especially when the team was trying to play all of McDavid, Draisaitl and Nuge down the middle.

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Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Kr55 on Tue, 11 June 2019 13:07
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: overdue on Tue, 11 June 2019 13:31
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: clutchlikeeberle on Tue, 11 June 2019 14:51
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 11 June 2019 14:57
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Steve on Tue, 11 June 2019 14:58
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 11 June 2019 15:02
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Adam on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:02
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: PoolParty on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:46
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Adam on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:52
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: CrudeRemarks on Tue, 11 June 2019 15:17
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Adam on Tue, 11 June 2019 15:59
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: RDOilerfan on Tue, 11 June 2019 15:59
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Adam on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:06
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Kr55 on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:11
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Adam on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:44
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Kr55 on Tue, 11 June 2019 18:25
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: NetBOG on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:14
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Adam on Tue, 11 June 2019 16:36
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: CrudeRemarks on Tue, 11 June 2019 17:24
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Kr55 on Tue, 11 June 2019 21:25
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: philly boy on Tue, 11 June 2019 21:27
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Adam on Tue, 11 June 2019 23:41
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: Kr55 on Wed, 12 June 2019 09:04
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Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: CrudeRemarks on Wed, 12 June 2019 08:58
Re: Keith Officially Named AGM	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 12 June 2019 09:00
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