| Paul Coffey Returning to the Bench [message #850205] |
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 Rocksteady
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The choice has been made, Paul Coffey is returning to the bench.
Knobs is "all over" the "idea"..
*better thumbnail thanks Jim
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The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Skookum Jim
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eom
[Updated on: Wed, 18 February 2026 23:28]
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
Tic-Tac-Tao!
Keep on Rockin' in the Free World
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Rocksteady
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Interesting to say the least. Knobs saying why are you not listening to my defensive pairs?
Coffey: "My Stanley cup rings are plugging my ears"
I think that was from Patrick Roy saying something to this effect..
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The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
Generally Disappointed.
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Rocksteady
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I took your pic you posted Jim... looks better. Hope you don't mind.
The very definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing expecting different results.
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Skookum Jim
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| Rocksteady wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 14:54 |
I took your pic you posted Jim... looks better. Hope you don't mind.
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no worries I'll delete mine..
McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
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Skookum Jim
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This should be interesting .. not sure which way this is gonna go..
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Skookum Jim
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Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch: “I have been in regular contact with Paul since last summer and I believe we will benefit both as a team and as a staff from his return at this time.”
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McDAVID! Oh YEAH Baby!! (Thank you Lord!)
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Rocksteady
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 18 February 2026 11:35 |
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Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch: “I have been in regular contact with Paul since last summer and I believe we will benefit both as a team and as a staff from his return at this time.”
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No way that's not a gun to his head with him saying that, no way at all.
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Kr55
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lol, Knob has to be on the hot seat now. Coffey has a direct line to the owner. He probably comes into that coaching staff with a lot of power.
For the sake of this team and not wasting another year of McDrai, i really hope Coffey does have some kind of magic wand for the defensive play. It's been abysmal this year.
"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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HamBlaster
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This iteration of the team is such a mess. They have regressed SIGNIFICANTLY this year, and Knob's constant desperation move is just to run Connor and Leon into the ground to cover up for his absolute lack of ability to get anything out of the supporting cast.
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nullterm
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| HamBlaster wrote on Mon, 23 February 2026 09:38 |
This iteration of the team is such a mess. They have regressed SIGNIFICANTLY this year, and Knob's constant desperation move is just to run Connor and Leon into the ground to cover up for his absolute lack of ability to get anything out of the supporting cast.
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I've been mostly/somewhat happy about Knobs. But seeing how often he defaults to McDavid + Draisatl + name from a hat + Bouchard + name from a hat while none of the other lines get any prime offensive time is definitely a major flaw in the design. By the time the SCF comes (assuming we get that far) 97 and 29 are worn down to the bone and the rest of the team has no offensive chemistry, as they spent those opportunities on the bench watching the wunderkids.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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Kr55
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| nullterm wrote on Mon, 23 February 2026 20:23 |
| HamBlaster wrote on Mon, 23 February 2026 09:38 |
This iteration of the team is such a mess. They have regressed SIGNIFICANTLY this year, and Knob's constant desperation move is just to run Connor and Leon into the ground to cover up for his absolute lack of ability to get anything out of the supporting cast.
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I've been mostly/somewhat happy about Knobs. But seeing how often he defaults to McDavid + Draisatl + name from a hat + Bouchard + name from a hat while none of the other lines get any prime offensive time is definitely a major flaw in the design. By the time the SCF comes (assuming we get that far) 97 and 29 are worn down to the bone and the rest of the team has no offensive chemistry, as they spent those opportunities on the bench watching the wunderkids.
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Will be weird if we suddenly start playing good defense again just because a guy that doesn't even want to coach hops back in. Should be some degree of clean out of coaches if that actually happens. Stuart obviously gone ASAP.
Or maybe we just keep on stinking defensively, then I guess fire them all :)
Real issue will remain management of course, but this year has been Eakins tier bad on the defensive side. There is really no excuse for that for the coaches. Maybe the ideas are still sound, but we tuned another guy out, still means we may not have a choice but to do the usual 2-3 year swap. Eakins was special in how he was creating a complete disaster from day 1. Knob made it to the same amount of time coaching that everyone else got tuned out at in the last decade or so.
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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
5 x $5,000,000
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