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 nullterm
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Registered: July 2007
Location: Port Moody, BC
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| Adam wrote on Sat, 04 November 2023 17:09 |
| Ragnarok73 wrote on Sat, 04 November 2023 17:30 |
| CrusaderPi wrote on Sat, 04 November 2023 16:42 |
| nullterm wrote on Sat, 04 November 2023 16:21 |
Holland has got to go first. First and foremost we are cap locked and not competitive. And that is entirely on him.
Woody next under microscope after that.
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I don’t think they have the gumption to fire holland right now. Firing Chia mid-season when they were already done (and right after a ridiculous goalie signing) is one thing. Kenneth “old Dutch” Holland? I’m willing to be proved wrong, but I have my doubts.
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The OBC always loves to give their guys entire seasons to prove how useless they are. I think Chia got canned mainly because the fan backlash against how awful the team was so loud that the Oil front office had to make a PR move.
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I think the team wants to let Holland (and possibly Nicholson) go out "on their terms" at the end of this season. Holland will be done his contract, and can declare that he's finished the job he set out to do setting the team on the path to success, if not basking in the success that comes with a Stanley Cup finish.
That said, the trajectory that this team is on could force the organization to make some decisions a little early. One would think that the indecision around the Chiarelli hire - leading to several desperate trades, and an impulse long-term contract handed to a sub-par goaltender - would show the Oilers the dangers of letting the lame duck continue to drive the boat, but who knows.
One of the big problems I see is that if they were to axe Woodcroft, you ideally wouldn't want to have Ken Holland making the next coaching hire, and committing the next GM to whatever contract he hands out to bring that person in. And if I'm Jackson, I have to be thinking that this current path makes it certain that Draisaitl won't sign an early extension...so better get on making some hard decisions.
Also, with a different GM in place, there's some slim hope that he'll have some clever ability to negotiate the cap hell that the team finds it in and find a way to acquire a new goaltender and who knows, maybe even play with a full roster for a few games!
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There's always giving Kenny the pat on the back and insisting he retires, or bring in the new guy and say it's a "transition" or "mentorship" period to the new guy.
Publicly you save face for both parties, but behind closed doors the new guy is free to make his changes.
Illegitimi non carborundum.
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