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Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC [message #852659 is a reply to message #852658 ]	Tue, 23 June 2026 12:26

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mightyreasoner wrote on Tue, 23 June 2026 12:08

Kr55 wrote on Tue, 23 June 2026 09:02

It's official

https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/release-oilers-name-mike-bab cock-head-coach

EDMONTON, AB – The Edmonton Oilers announced on Tuesday that Mike Babcock has been named as the club’s 19th head coach in team history.

Babcock, 63, brings to Edmonton a 700-418-183 regular-season coaching record over parts of 17 NHL seasons and 1,301 games. Through another 164 games in 14 postseason appearances, he ranks 10th all-time in wins with a 90-74 record.

Born in Manitouwadge, Ontario, and raised in Saskatoon, he is the only coach in hockey history to have guided teams to a Stanley Cup win (2008), an Olympic gold medal (2010, 2014), an IIHF World Championship (2004), and a World Cup of Hockey title (2016).

2004 World Championship: 4 HHOFers (Lemieux, Niedermayer, Luongo, Bergeron)

2008 Stanley Cup champion team: 5 HHOFers (Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Lidstrom, Hasek, Chelios)

2010 Olympic Gold Medal team: 14-17 HHOFers (Luongo, Fleury, Brodeur, Keith, Weber, Doughty, Pronger, Niedermayer, Iginla, Toews, Thornton, Perry, Bergeron, Crosby, Getzlaf (?), Staal (?) Marleau (?)).

2014 Olympic Gold Medal team: 11-13 HHOFers (Luongo, Price, Doughty, Keith, Weber, Toews, Perry, St. Louis, Tavares, Bergeron, Crosby, Getzlaf (?), Marleau (?). Benn, Pietrangelo, Subban, Carter, and Nash also on this team, but I don't consider them as likely for HHOF.

2016 World Cup of Hockey: 12-14 HHOFers (Price, Doughty, Keith, Burns, Weber, Bergeron, Crosby, Marchand, Stamkos, Tavares, Thornton, Toews, Giroux (?), Getzlaf (?)). Again Pietrangelo, Carter, and Benn on this team also.

Look, I know that good teams have good players and HHOF players. But let's not pretend this guy has had great success getting the most out of players. Every success he has had has been a gift to his resume.

He has won 1 Stanley Cup – 18 years ago.
He hasn't gotten out of the second round of the play-offs since 2009 - 17 years ago.
He hasn't won a playoff round since 2013 - 13 years ago.

Despite being a wretched and toxic person you absolutely do not want in an organization, he just doesn't have a track record of success, outside of absolutely stacked teams 10-20 years ago.

It is an insane decision.

Bowman likely got caught up in his own redemption arc that he was bent towards doing so for Babcock.

Hiring him for the exact same kinds of reasons we hired Holland. Right place, right time, success backstopped by an endless list of HHoF players. And we dive in, with prayers that somehow that translates to success a decade+ later in a much more difficult situation.

"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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Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Mon, 15 June 2026 14:15
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Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Tue, 23 June 2026 09:02
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: mightyreasoner on Tue, 23 June 2026 12:08
Re: Mike Babcock - Hired as HC	By: Kr55 on Tue, 23 June 2026 12:26
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