| MacT New old gig. [message #655587] |
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 mad90
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Don't know if anyone noticed or if it was even talked about or even cares but the Oilers Website has MacT's listed as Sr. Vice President, Hockey Operations. Scott Howson is now Sr. Vice President, Player Personnel.
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=33068
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OilerPunch
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Well not srprising but did anyone notice Bucky survived and seems to have gotten a promotion. They also added David Pelletier? Figure skating? I could see adding a speed skater as coach but are players going to do triple sow cows now?
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nullterm
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| OilerPunch wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 10:50 |
Well not srprising but did anyone notice Bucky survived and seems to have gotten a promotion. They also added David Pelletier? Figure skating? I could see adding a speed skater as coach but are players going to do triple sow cows now?
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I'm pretty sure that power skating came out of figure skating.
http://www.laurastamm.net/History-of-Laura-Stamm-Power-Skati ng.aspx
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ronster
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| nullterm wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 11:13 |
| OilerPunch wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 10:50 |
Well not srprising but did anyone notice Bucky survived and seems to have gotten a promotion. They also added David Pelletier? Figure skating? I could see adding a speed skater as coach but are players going to do triple sow cows now?
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I'm pretty sure that power skating came out of figure skating.
http://www.laurastamm.net/History-of-Laura-Stamm-Power-Skati ng.aspx
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Hasn't Pelletier been on staff for a while now?
EDIT: And Bucky got his "lateral" move in 2014. So this will be his second year as a Manager...did he take over for Moores and Sillinger?
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TeemaJeema
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| ronster wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 12:24 |
| nullterm wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 11:13 |
| OilerPunch wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 10:50 |
Well not srprising but did anyone notice Bucky survived and seems to have gotten a promotion. They also added David Pelletier? Figure skating? I could see adding a speed skater as coach but are players going to do triple sow cows now?
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I'm pretty sure that power skating came out of figure skating.
http://www.laurastamm.net/History-of-Laura-Stamm-Power-Skati ng.aspx
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Hasn't Pelletier been on staff for a while now?
EDIT: And Bucky got his "lateral" move in 2014. So this will be his second year as a Manager...did he take over for Moores and Sillinger?
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Yes, Pelletier was hired prior to last season.
http://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/oilers-hire-former-olympic-champi on-david-pelletier-as-skating-coach-1.2011534
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HamBlaster
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How does one become a Extra Senior Ultra VP? It seems like we have a few on staff.
What a bunch of loser titles... "Oh no, I can see your confusion... I'm not just the VP, I'm the Senior VP."
Lame.
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DUFFMAN
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Does not hurt to have two former NHL GMs on staff. There is still lots of work to do after Chia makes the major decisions.
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CrusaderPi
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| DUFFMAN wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 13:14 |
Does not hurt to have two former NHL GMs on staff. There is still lots of work to do after Chia makes the major decisions.
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It does if those two former GMs are wildly incompetent.
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nullterm
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 12:18 |
| DUFFMAN wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 13:14 |
Does not hurt to have two former NHL GMs on staff. There is still lots of work to do after Chia makes the major decisions.
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It does if those two former GMs are wildly incompetent.
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Reverse tie breakers. If Chia is having trouble with a decision, he asks MacT and Howson, then does the opposite.
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Adam
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| CrusaderPi wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 13:18 |
| DUFFMAN wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 13:14 |
Does not hurt to have two former NHL GMs on staff. There is still lots of work to do after Chia makes the major decisions.
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It does if those two former GMs are wildly incompetent.
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Besides, it's actually three incompetent former GMs on staff.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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halfafrog
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Great sounding boards. Ask for their opinion and then do the opposite cuz you now know its not the right thing to do ...at least most of the time.
So this is what hope feels like?
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Kr55
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| halfafrog wrote on Fri, 17 July 2015 19:35 |
Great sounding boards. Ask for their opinion and then do the opposite cuz you now know its not the right thing to do ...at least most of the time.
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MacT's biggest contribution right now would be to try to sell Nikitin's value to other teams. Him and Howson should be calling up every GM telling them how awesome Nikitin is. It'll sound genuine because they believe it. Maybe they can get lucky and convince someone to become the 3rd person on Earth that believes it too.
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"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
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nullterm
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| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 17 July 2015 19:13 |
| halfafrog wrote on Fri, 17 July 2015 19:35 |
Great sounding boards. Ask for their opinion and then do the opposite cuz you now know its not the right thing to do ...at least most of the time.
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MacT's biggest contribution right now would be to try to sell Nikitin's value to other teams. Him and Howson should be calling up every GM telling them how awesome Nikitin is. It'll sound genuine because they believe it. Maybe they can get lucky and convince someone to become the 3rd person on Earth that believes it too.
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So we're waiting for Milbury to be a GM again?
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CrusaderPi
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| nullterm wrote on Fri, 17 July 2015 20:21 |
| Kr55 wrote on Fri, 17 July 2015 19:13 |
| halfafrog wrote on Fri, 17 July 2015 19:35 |
Great sounding boards. Ask for their opinion and then do the opposite cuz you now know its not the right thing to do ...at least most of the time.
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MacT's biggest contribution right now would be to try to sell Nikitin's value to other teams. Him and Howson should be calling up every GM telling them how awesome Nikitin is. It'll sound genuine because they believe it. Maybe they can get lucky and convince someone to become the 3rd person on Earth that believes it too.
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So we're waiting for Milbury to be a GM again?
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Maybe Dallas Eakins has some pull with Anaheim?
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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benv
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The Oilers also hired Ian Herbers (U of A coach) as a new assistant coach:
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774771&navid=DL|E DM|home
He will apparently replace Rocky Thompson as the "eye in the sky" guy.
He is also an Oilers alumnus (22 games with the Oilers during the 93-94 season)--it seems the Oilers can never quite resist having a few aboard.
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TeemaJeema
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| benv wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 13:15 |
The Oilers also hired Ian Herbers (U of A coach) as a new assistant coach:
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=774771&navid=DL|E DM|home
He will apparently replace Rocky Thompson as the "eye in the sky" guy.
He is also an Oilers alumnus (22 games with the Oilers during the 93-94 season)--it seems the Oilers can never quite resist having a few aboard.
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Winning 2 CIS championships in a row is a major feat, regardless of him being a former Oiler or not.
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Adam
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| mad90 wrote on Tue, 14 July 2015 11:27 |
Don't know if anyone noticed or if it was even talked about or even cares but the Oilers Website has MacT's listed as Sr. Vice President, Hockey Operations. Scott Howson is now Sr. Vice President, Player Personnel.
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=33068
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This is my favourite part:
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The Toronto, Ontario native was the Oilers Assistant to the General Manager in 2000 and served as the club’s Assistant General Manager from 2001-2007, working beside General Manager Kevin Lowe in overseeing the Oilers’ hockey operations.
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"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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 smyth260
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Which means at some point in 2001 Lowe and Howson did this!
Clean house or bust
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dkb19
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I would put this in speculation but I believe it may explain MacT's hanging around.... Is anyone familiar with the ownership structure of the Oilers? I heard a rumor today that MacT owns a share of the team (likely very small). Can anyone give any input to this?? If this is crazy, please understand that I also think it sounds off the wall..... but it came from someone I trust implicitly.
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bigEfromGP
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| dkb19 wrote on Thu, 23 July 2015 00:31 |
I would put this in speculation but I believe it may explain MacT's hanging around.... Is anyone familiar with the ownership structure of the Oilers? I heard a rumor today that MacT owns a share of the team (likely very small). Can anyone give any input to this?? If this is crazy, please understand that I also think it sounds off the wall..... but it came from someone I trust implicitly.
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I would doubt it very much. We know for a fact that MacT was not part of the previous ownership group (EIG). Why would Katz want to sell MacT an even small part of the team? And why would MacT want it? If Craig had a spare $10 mill kicking around and wanted to invest it with Katz, he would be much better buying some property or something with him instead of getting less than 5% of the Oilers.
| CrusaderPi wrote on Fri, 09 October 2020 13:17 |
| CrudeRemarks wrote on Fri, 09 October 2020 13:00 |
The president thinks he has the ideal male body.
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It's hard to disagree that he has the ideal male body.
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CrudeRemarks
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Didn't want to start a whole new thread for this but it might be in the wrong topic, found it amusing. MacT might be available for a vice chair position soon.
https://twitter.com/theDanalytic/status/1386139921316864002? s=20
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Adam
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Good god. You can't just bump a thread like this. It rings too true as a potential boomerang again...
That clip is pretty great though.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
#FireBobbyNicks
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stemhovlichski
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| Adam wrote on Sat, 24 April 2021 23:03 |
Good god. You can't just bump a thread like this. It rings too true as a potential boomerang again...
That clip is pretty great though.
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We need that interviewer here!!! Of course, the team would probably cut off his donuts for asking relevant, timely and tough questions.
Restored: "We're sucking hind banana here." - Pat Quinn, Jan 18, 2010
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Kr55
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SVP of Dealing with Smartass Reporters
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Rocksteady
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Never change MacT, never change. He had that old glint in his eye didn't he when it came to sass. lol.
Oilers Sr. Vice President of Reporter glares and sass.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
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