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Re: Coffey gone [message #738141 is a reply to message #738134 ]	Wed, 29 May 2019 00:12

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Adam wrote on Tue, 28 May 2019 23:04

vagabond wrote on Tue, 28 May 2019 18:07

Did we ever find out what he actually did?

The info in this article, courtesy of Todd McLellan anonymously griping to Mark Spector, is the closest we've come to understanding Paul Coffey's role with the team:

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oilers-held-hostage-voic es-past/

There was some suggestion he might play a larger role under Hitchcock, but there's no evidence to suggest that happened.

Theoretically, he was brought in to make the powerplay better. The powerplay DID improve this year, but given how little Coffey was around, it would be surprising if he actually had much impact...

Think it started as a special teams thing, Kypreos said it was a strong opinion thing (Coffey was gonna come in, assess things and give his SUPER STRONG OPINION!!! and you know it's gonna be good because it's so STRONG!), after his credentials were constantly questioned in the media for his coaching abilities it turned into skills coach for D, which turned into skills coach for D exclusively in the minors, then turned into Coffey talk in bakersfield, then turned into just boozing.

This all seemed to play out like the OBC were still completely clueless at the optics of another OBC guy joining the team. Then they slowly realized how bad the perception was and slowly downplayed Coffey's role until he just disappeared. It was absolutely amazing how they didn't seem to expect the mockery and outrage from the hockey world and Oilers fans that would come. Maybe that was all JJ. Hebert's fault.

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Coffey gone	By: Ragnarok73 on Tue, 28 May 2019 15:18
Re: Coffey gone	By: Adam on Tue, 28 May 2019 17:40
Re: Coffey gone	By: vagabond on Tue, 28 May 2019 18:07
Re: Coffey gone	By: Kr55 on Tue, 28 May 2019 18:08
Re: Coffey gone	By: Adam on Tue, 28 May 2019 23:04
Re: Coffey gone	By: Kr55 on Wed, 29 May 2019 00:12
Re: Coffey gone	By: Rocksteady on Wed, 29 May 2019 13:26
Re: Coffey gone	By: Ragnarok73 on Wed, 29 May 2019 14:55
Re: Coffey gone	By: Adam on Wed, 29 May 2019 15:08
Re: Coffey gone	By: Ragnarok73 on Wed, 29 May 2019 19:50
Re: Coffey gone	By: CrusaderPi on Wed, 29 May 2019 20:00
Re: Coffey gone	By: Ragnarok73 on Wed, 29 May 2019 22:09

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