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This move has Jackson written all over it, it’s the guy that coached most of his clients in junior, pretty obvious he’s in charge now and Holland is just there in a consultant role
@@Euphoric_Toastyeah, it’s non oilers fans who think this is a Ken Holland move. Holland is a lame duck, this is Jeff Jackson demanding results and the team lost to San Jose so to not think changes were coming would’ve been naive.
Not a mistake at all the chipmunk lost the room and was getting out coached game after game. Changed the defensive system to zone which doesn’t work because they don’t preach defence they are a one dimensional team it’s all offence. You just can’t win that way in todays nhl
They fired the wrong coaches. If a coach needed to go, it should have been Dustin Schwartz, the goalie coach. Just look at the history of goalies who have come and gone during his tenure and compare how they played in Edmonton to how they played once leaving. The difference is stark.
Doesn’t the head coach normally hire all the other coaches? That’s how it works in football usually. I thought coaches normally brought other “brain trust” with then
They had to get rid of Mike smith because he was older and would not let the goalie coach destroy him. So they made Mike disappear. Like we don’t win here in Edmonton. And goalies are t allowed to do good. Get out.
Was saying to my buddies, how can you pin a .850 save percentage on a coach who’s been honestly really good for the team. I can’t see results differing with a coaching change
They fired the wrong coaches. Who's coaching the goalies? Dustin Schwartz. With him still being there, it's not going to matter what goalie they bring in because that goalie is going to have be coached by Dustin Schwartz.
He changed the defensive structure, he fucked with line combinations way too much, and the special teams have stunk. That's all coaching. And he played Skinner far too much.
@@aaronst.pierre3080 Dude, you are 100% correct! It's not Woodcrofts fault for how bad the goalies are? Get a better defensive structure, and the goalies numbers will improve. That is ALL on the coach.
@@carletonrutherford1799 Ken Holland is an ass GM. Signing Cambell to such a big deal when he hadn’t proven he was worth it was not woodcrafts fault. He’s a great coach with horrible goalie combos. Until mcdavid and Draisital find a way to carry again your teams screwed for the year
@@carletonrutherford1799 The goalie numbers have been bad well before the defensive change and well before Woodcroft even got there. The numbers weren't that much better with Smith/Koskinen, and Talbot/Brossoit, save for the 16-17 season.
If you look at some of the personnel's brought to the team lately, you'll see an eerie pattern of people who were and/or are related to McDavid's career path being brought in. Either he's the invisible GM demanding and getting whatever he wants, or the team is trying to DESPERATELY please the super star in order to shield themselves from the consequence of their own incompetence. Neither is a good thing.
Connor Brown? Who's been dog shit? I think Connor is thinking of social justice, his marriage, and his I juries and less on hockey. He's been about half as good as normal and terrible defensively.
Bringing in coaches and executives related to the career path of particular player doesn’t guarantee success. Kyle Dubas, when GM of the Leafs, two Aussies ago brought in a Matt Murray who, like Dubas, have been part of the Soo Greyhounds of the OHL. Dubas was GM of that major-junior club but found himself, after his first NHL GM job, having overseen the win of just a single playoff game beyond an opening-round series, with Murray having spent a lot of time out of the lineup due to frequent injuries. Dubas IMO was a complete idiot to have gone for Murray despite that goalie’s injury history even going back to his time with the Penguins. Jack Campbell with the Leafs wasn’t great, but to give him a relatively high per-season cap-hit despite having played nowhere close to 75% of his team’s regular-season games in a given season with the Leafs is one of the stupidest decisions Ken Holland will have ever made by the time his GM tenure ends in June.
@shaynegauvreau2177 The entirety of the Oilers Management needs to be fired along with the goalie coach Dustin (I have a horse shoe up my butt) Schwartz
Canucks fans were not happy with the way Bruce Boudreau was fired last year. Now that's all forgotten with the wins they are putting up under Rick Tocchet. Who knows... Maybe it will work out and the Oilers will pull themselves back into a playoff spot.
As a lifelong Oilers fan if you are more than 20 most of your tenure had no social media or blogging which can easily be manipulated as we ALL KNOW so you really cant say that. No one cares about Woodcraft he was an odd-ball.
@@BobsUruncle-dl7csI'm more than 20 and social media has never been much in my life. Let's not pretend like traditional media isn't easily manipulated as well there old timer.
McDavid and Draisaitl made him look good last year. Just like Datsyuk Zetterberg and Lidstrom made Babcock and Holland look good in Detroit. If Woodcroft goes to another team who doesn't have generational talents, do you honestly think he's going to do well? Not a chance. The Oilers players clearly got tired of listening to him, and tuned him out. He's not going to go to another team, and magically make that team great.
I'm looking forward to him becoming the coach of a very average team with no serious game breakers and being super average or even bad. I'll completely take this back if he proves me wrong, but he rode mcdrai going nuclear.
@@carletonrutherford1799 Your reply is one of anger and bitterness. Let's breakdown the argument FIRST You have not taking into account that a coach would have had no choice but to take direction from the Office and Upper Management during last years playoff run. Putting in and playing Campbell was the SMART move when your Starting Goalie is obviously having serious problems. Play the HOT Goaltender, and ride em until the end or they lose their HOT, whichever comes first, and if they lose it, then put in the other one. That did NOT happen, sure you can blame the coach, but any coach knows when to STOP putting in a Starter that is having issues. He was directed by the Office/Upper Management to keep playing SKINNER. WHY? SECOND NEXT glaringly obvious problem that a coach, upon exiting an otherwise excellent Playoff Run, one that could have gone all the way had he NOT been forced to keep putting in SKINNER, would be to look at what went wrong. He would have IDENTIFIED 2 glaring Issues GOALTENDING & DEFENSIVE PLAY The coach would then make suggestions to the OFFICE/ Upper Management in order to rectify those issues. OBVIOUSLY it fell on Deaf Ears. WHY? THIRD His background show SUCCESS without BIG NAMES ot Generational Talent, as you like to point out. He started as a Video Coach for the RED WINGS and was part of a STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP Team. He then went on to Coach the Bakersfield Condors where he took them from 7th to 1st and with exception of the 2019/20 season, that was shut down due to the PLAN demic, had an above 600 record in those seasons. Unfortunately, the Coach was FIRED not because he wasn't doing his job, BUT rather he was. He pointed out glaringly obvious holes in the Defensive side of things, and a goaltending issue. NOTHING was done about it. The Oilers and their Offensive Talent along with SOLID coaching by Woodcroft, managed to cover it up for the lack of Goaltending, which was kinda working by trading each for the other throughout the season, but the Defense was a mess at best. BUT that only works for so long. A La last years Playoff run. So what did the Oilers Front Office and Upper Management do? They demoted the SUPERIOR Goalie of the two, in Campbell (11th overall and far Better Save percentage consistently compared to Skinner 78th overall) and did nothing to shore up their Swiss cheese defence and FIRED the coach that managed to get them where they are. Also of note CAMPBELL was the First Goalie selected in 2010 while SKINNER was the 6th goalie selected in 2017 WELL DONE! Hold onto your Sub par Goalie, keep him as your starter Do NOTHING to shore up Defensive holes FIRE your WINNING Head Coach It reeks of BAD Management and those in positions of Power looking to save themselves by sacrificing Key pieces around them. Only time will tell whether I was right and you were wrong all along.
Woodcroft was the scapegoat for the failings of the front office and ownership. No other reason he was fired. If I was an Edmonton fan, I'd be real concerned about McDavid and Drai wanting out before the deadline or during the offseason if things don't magically turn around with the new coach. If I'm a fan of any other team, I'm watching those two with interest to see where they might end up once they're gone from Edmonton, which is no longer an IF and is definitely a WHEN at this point.
The way i see it, if two very good players like McDavid & Drai. aren't taking the team to the Stanley Cup final with all hype they get for their accomplishments from sports media, what good are they ?
I was behind the bench with the "Woodcroft Warriors" sign in Seattle yesterday. Even though we won McDavid looked so annoyed and frustrated. Sad to see Woody fired.
Wings fans knew the Oilers would end up in that sort of situation. He was just lucky enough in Detroit that the core was actually able to keep a streak for so long, but his work post-cap is highly questionable, specially his work post cup and post lidstrom retirement. Also, his draft record in Detroit in his final 10 years or so is laughable.
I have been saying this for years, so many people think Holland is brilliant GM when in actuality he was gifted HOF / Future HOF players for years all over the ice. Once Nick and Homer hung them up Holland started his routine of patch working the team and handing out ridiculous contracts (Justin Abdelkader, still getting paid..) Jonathon Ericcson and Stephen Weiss come to mind.
A bit of that was the Ilitchs mandate to continue the streak. But I agree that Holland selling the team's future to do so was not good. Most of his last few picks are gone (I think only Larkin remains). The Quincy 3-way trade that sent TB the DET 1st round pick (which Yzerman used to pick Vasy) really stings.
I agree. I understand that usually when a team doesn't do well, the coach is usually the first one to go, but this isn't Jay Woodcroft's fault. Ken Holland is the one who has put this team together, and he has failed to address this teams biggest issues. Depth scoring and defense and goaltending. Also, this is the third coach who has been hired by Ken Holland. Also they Edmonton is really expecting us to believe that Connor McDavid had no input on the new coach.
Looks like this was the best decision. Since the firing they were the best team in the NHL, including a 16-game winning streak. This headline didn't age well.
This was a panic move to make Edmonton as comfortable for McDavid as possible, simply to hedge the bet against Connor (and Draisaitl a year before him) walking. They have to do this right now. Next year is Drai's last year under contract, if he does not stay there is ZERO chance McDavid stays a year later, so keeping Drai = keeping McDavid. They have had a decade and haven't been able to form a winning team around them, so they are hoping it will be comfy and familiar enough for Connor that he can't walk away on HIS people (the coach is his from Juniors, and the President of Hockey is his former agent). "You aren't going walk away from these guys who came here for you, are you?"
Nope both are leaving they can’t win a cup in that city by paying those 2 and nurse all that money. The supporting cast and goaltending is bad because 3 guys take up over 60 % of the cap space.
@@brentnyeste2949 What 3 guys take up over 60% of the Oilers cap? McDavid, Draisaitl and Nurse combine for 30.25 mil in cap, thats 36%. Not arguing Nurse is overpaid, but 36 is a long ways off over 60.
I think it's a defensive issue, and not just skill based but how they are coached. If Woodcroft is the issue with defensive coaching then so be it. Their defensive is way too passive in their own end, this has been an issue for years. Typically they can outscore it, but they need to learn how to win games when their offense isn't producing 5 goals a game.
I agree with you 100%. Just like any company though, bad managers will fire good employees to save themselves. I'm hoping for a "Woody" chant Monday night.
I still remember the excitement when woody was hired. This is such a big mistake he realty didn’t deserve this. Other people should be held accountable
Apparently, Woodcroft became the first former UAH player to be fired as a NHL head coach. Which doesn't mean much but is interesting cause thats a small school who no longer has an NCAA team
Woodcroft screwed up not playing Camobell in game 5 and 6 agaibst Vegas. He made poor in-game adjustments and lost to Nashville 5-2, Vancouver 6-2 (and 8-1) then San Jose 3-2 which was the worst game Edmonton has played since the 6-0 Florida loss before Woodcroft was hired in Jan 2022.
Woodcroft was fired after the sharks game No idea why Ken pulled the trigger after a well played 60 minutes game Seattle but he had to go no idea what to expect from the oil going forward
We don't know what's happening in the locker room. Woody has to have lost the players. Time will tell. Oh, but yeah, F*&K Holland and Schwartz. They gotta go.
time will tell if old Mcdavid coach gonna work, i think better do now changes than its too late its only 15 of 82 games played yet right? I´m surprised how bad Oilers doing this year, the Canucks lose 8-2 was big alert at that time
@@carletonrutherford1799and whose fault was it under Eakins? Tippet? Quinn? McLellan? Hitchcock? Funny how so many of those guys could coach world class and Stanley cup winning teams elsewhere, but the same problem persists in Edmonton, and only Edmonton…but yeah, it’s obviously the coach…🙄
I agree on the overpaid 9.25 Mill for Nurse, his performance does not reflect the salary hes getting. Trade him and get some more hungrier rookies/vets that want to win.
I am an Oilers' fan, one of the many upset by this firing. This change feels different. I feel like we are all being duped somehow. We all can see that our goalies are not up to the same standard as other teams and our defense is not up to the other teams either. But somehow it is the coach's fault. This is really getting weird. I am really close to not being a fan of this team and I have a feeling I am not alone.
I told a few buds they need 2-3 top flight defensive players in the off season, and ideally a new goaltender. They did neither. How is the GM still employed?
Holland will always be remembered for his role in the Red Wings dynasty, but it has become very obvious that he does not know how to deal with the salary cap. He spends money like the cap doesn't exist and he's been doing it for 15 years.
I'm from Detroit and I'm a detroit red wings fan and take it from us...we loved Ken Holland years ago....but he has lost his MOJO. The red wings were absolutely awful from like 2016. There finally coming around a bit but there still a couple years away from serious contenders. But Holland fucked up are team so bad.
He's new D-system is nice but maybe he just lacks the skills to teach it to players. I think he's record is better than it should because mcdavid and draisaitl were just playing out of their minds
As a lifelong Red Wings fan........... Holland is the problem. He has a tendency to never address the actual issue, and fluff up random things that don't matter. Then when he does address the issue, goaltending in this case and frankly the last 3 years, he'll sign someone washed up or like the 4th best option and take a huge risk. Holland likes a "safe bet" like when he signs players he already knows, or just veterans practically at the end of their career and always fail to produce.
@danielnam9026 which means that ownership is willing to let Ken Holland destroy the soul of the team rather than fire him for the bad job he has done, which is way more alarming
Should Sens continue to slip as well, and DJ is shown the door, I think Woodcroft would be a fantastic fit and refreshing to see his setups with Ottawas lineup. This would quell any chat about Roy going to Kanata.
I know Woodcroft was well liked, but Oilers fans overreacting was a guarantee, they arent going to be happy with any decision right now when they have underachieved so much on the ice. There is so much blame to go around (with some going rightfully to Woodcroft), but its always easiest to put it on the coach if you're the organization because its the easiest position to change, or the GM if you are a fan who doesn't like the decison. The resulting dialogue here has been pretty predictable.
Woodcroft out is a good move and i say the same thing about Jake Campbell ... not because you have 1 good season 2021-2022 that you deserved 5mill a year ... 25mill next 5 year... OIlers are as always in deep $hit
So the Edmonton journal Newspaper had a very good take on this that this was not Ken Holland, who made this decision, but was the CEO of hockey operations Jeff Jackson. My guess is Ken “Cherelli” Holland) is going to be gone soon.
Holland had one job to do this offseason that would help the team right now. Defence and goaltending. Now we oilers fans weren’t expecting an all start player but maybe a bottom 6 D guy and a good back up goalie that can make some saves. That’s all Holland had to do could have used some draft picks maybe trade Cece to make some cap room it could have been done especially if you sweeten the deal with draft picks. But he gave us Brown and that’s nice and all but Oilers fans we’re really hoping for a goalie. And now his lack of being a GM got the coach fired.
Campbell is a really good goalie, remember in the spring who came in to relieve Skinner when the score was 4-1 kings, Campbell comes in and wins the game 5-4 in OT
I don't get it, why don't people talk about how McDavid especially and Draisaitl aren't performing? That's the biggest factor imo, their goaltending wasn't good last year either
I think there's plenty of blame to go around here. You've got two of the top goal scorers in the NHL on a prolonged drought. You've got ongoing problems with poor goaltending and poor defense. You've got a team that looks disengaged and unmotivated. I've long had doubts about the Oilers' strategy of 99% offense and 1% defense, but if they aren't scoring goals then the guy drawing up the plays has to fall on his sword at some point. Personally I would have fired the GM for building a team that can't stop anyone from scoring on them, but that's just me. I'm funny that way.
Darnell Nurse is the most over rated D man in the league. How many times in the playoffs have he shown what kind of goof he is by taking stupid penalties and doing stupid things that fuels other teams? They should trade his ass for a goalie or another D man that plays hard ALL the time and has CLASS.
Holland was worse than Woocroft. But the change in defensive structure and the lack of changes during a game and the line swaps for 7 games were terrible. That's all coach. Macdavid struggling? Let's put him on a line with 2 shitties, Draisatl struggling? Give him Foegele and Holloway??? That's terrible line combinations. Woodcroft made many bad decisions in the first month, and I think he deserved to be fired.
Exactly!!! He decided to change the def structure + other mistakes and payed the price!!! Coaching was always the issue and you're proven to be right as we're 1 win away from the Cup!!! Lets bring it home!!!
Anyone else find it odd how much the Canucks and Oilers season so far has mirrored each other's 22-23 season? Not only with the success and failure, but how poorly the coaching change was handled with Boudreau and Woodcroft.
i feel like you dont follow the oilers if you like woodcroft... like honestly... explain why holloway gets shafted at every oppurtunity when he deserves it. No ahl players coming up. Just playing vets instead of the god damn kids at the dumbest times. dont even get me started on the defense and the post game interviews
I have said it for 4 years now :( Nurse is one of our main issues. Goaltending coach maybe? How many goalies do we need to run through our system before we change it up. We brought Campbell over when he was doing pretty good in Toronto and now he just has no confidence. He is a nice guy but at some point accountability needs to be held in the locker room, not just for Campbell but from the defense to the first line on the ice. It is everyone's fault we aren't winning. Can't put pucks in the net, don't feel like back checking, stupid penalties CONSTANTLY, blind passes and turnovers. I could continue listing until every negative thing in hockey is said but these are their main issues. They either don't trust the system they are working with or they don't feel like doing their job for whatever reason. We know how they perform when they want to it is just a matter of bringing back the teams morale unfortunately. It is one of the hardest things you can really do as a team. We can get out of it though it is not over yet. Glad to have you back on the hockey content as much as I dread seeing my own team in a spot like this :(
Dustin Schwartz, goalie coach will "never" be fired, as he is married to the niece of the owner, Daryl Katz. Daryl just would not fire him, as it's likely his brother's daughter that is married to Schwartz. Maybe they could promote Schwartz to a higher paid job in the Oiler front office, to get rid of him ? Katz is worth $ 4.4 billion dollars and climbing, so it's not a money issue.
I was saying this for awhile this season. The Oilers have outshot almost every single team, including many high quality scoring chances. For some reason, the puck wasn't going in for them (until last game finally). And it seemed like every decent chance against The Oilers went in.
Dude was garbage !! Cant call timeouts and didnt know when to pull his goalie very basic thing an NHL coach must be able to do. Which he wasnt capable of doing at the right time... plus adjusting his lines
Honestly, I have rarely seen a RUclips hockey channel with so many bad takes. This video is yet another one. Are you unable to see that the players have clearly tuned him out? They quit putting in any effort to save his job. Do you not see that? You can't fire the players. They needed to bring a new voice into the room. Yeah, firing the GM is a good idea too, but that will not change the immediate effect on the ice. Seriously, what did you want? Did you want them to keep on going with Woodcroft, and act like everything was fine?
It's a problem persistent in Canadian teams. Spend all the money on a one sided super star, then ignore defense and fire coaches when they can't make the shit team the manager built work.
Desperation. At the press conference Holland mentioned he tried to talk to the other teams. Looking at the fact that the Oilers now need to win nine or ten straight to get back to .500 at the time of the decision, followed by something like a .750+ point ratio to have a decent position in the playoffs, pure desperation. Ouch.
Edmonton needs a head coach that takes the lead in each of: goalie coaching, draft, trades, salary cap management, and all the normal head coaching duties. Good luck with that.
I honestly think Woodcroft deserves this. Now he can go and sign a contract with a team that is actually competent and can win cups. I’m still heartbroken but at least he doesn’t have to deal with a GM who does nothing but screw up year after year.
gm are always wrong the coach is always the fall guy the players should have a vote to let the coach go as they know more about the coach than the gm this is a no brainer da da as the world turns da da poor coach
So, we've got McDavids former agent in the front office, his OHL linemate just picked up in the office season, his former coach just hired as head coach, and the assistant coach is tied to him too. I'm sure that will fix everything.
For a change I'm not sure I agree with you about the coach needing to be changed. Yes, I actually like woodcroft and he's done good things on the whole in Edmonton, but, the results and motivation he's getting this year from the players is frankly, abysmal. The players seem depleted, they seem listless of late especially after the San Jose loss... And they need an immediate impact that will help turn things around. Acquiring a goalie? I don't think that will change much. But a change in coach is garanteed to change the culture of the bench and make an impact on how the players are going about their shifts. This will pull focus off what they are doing poorly, and give them something different to focus on, that can only be a positive at this point. So ya, even though I like Woodcroft I see this as a possible way to salvage the whole season, which I didnt see happening with Woodcroft as coach regardless of how they may or may not have skinned the lineup looking for a better combination of players/ goaltenders. This Can't be a massive mistake imho, but I also do not disagree that holland needs to be held accountable as well. fire him too, but a coaching change is not a collasal mistake with the results demonstrated so far this year. Looking at what should be is not going to correct the problem. Hoping their LUCK will get better? That's just ridiculous dreaming at this point. They need immediate change if they hope to see the playoffs this year.
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You are literally Johnny Hawkey, but 5 hours later. This time you even took lines, word for word, from his video. Be better man
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@@EckHockey “invented”
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I just looked, and he’s been making videos 2 years longer than you
Be better man, be better
Yet another desperate attempt by a GM to save himself. The history of incompetence in the Oilers front office is truly a sight to behold.
They're like the Leafs and Blue Jays.
This move has Jackson written all over it, it’s the guy that coached most of his clients in junior, pretty obvious he’s in charge now and Holland is just there in a consultant role
@@Euphoric_Toastyeah, it’s non oilers fans who think this is a Ken Holland move. Holland is a lame duck, this is Jeff Jackson demanding results and the team lost to San Jose so to not think changes were coming would’ve been naive.
@@VitoAnthonyD.-ow7ooLeafs dont go through coaches like underwear though
It’s an open secret that he was retiring at the end of the year. He’s not trying to save his job.
Such a horrible decision, I am so upset to lose Woodcroft. He didn't deserve this at all
Bro blarg watches eck no way!
He did deserve to be fired. He did a lot of stupid shit in the first month.
He did deserve to be fired but Holland even more.
Not a mistake at all the chipmunk lost the room and was getting out coached game after game. Changed the defensive system to zone which doesn’t work because they don’t preach defence they are a one dimensional team it’s all offence. You just can’t win that way in todays nhl
Wait your an oilers fan
makes sense your Arab Canadian
They fired the wrong coaches. If a coach needed to go, it should have been Dustin Schwartz, the goalie coach. Just look at the history of goalies who have come and gone during his tenure and compare how they played in Edmonton to how they played once leaving. The difference is stark.
Us Oilers fans need to say this louder. The only goalie that improved under Schwartz was Cam Talbot, and that was short lived
For example?
Doesn’t the head coach normally hire all the other coaches? That’s how it works in football usually. I thought coaches normally brought other “brain trust” with then
They had to get rid of Mike smith because he was older and would not let the goalie coach destroy him. So they made Mike disappear. Like we don’t win here in Edmonton. And goalies are t allowed to do good. Get out.
You are 100% right. The great mystery of how Dustin Schwartz seems to be untouchable boggles the mind.
As an Oilers fan, I accept we're in another Oil Crisis.
Jake allen the savior
Brooooo Gary bettman just tweeted out team is going to Atlanta next year …wtfff
focusing winning lottery this year?
Change the name this one offends me....
Was saying to my buddies, how can you pin a .850 save percentage on a coach who’s been honestly really good for the team. I can’t see results differing with a coaching change
They fired the wrong coaches. Who's coaching the goalies? Dustin Schwartz. With him still being there, it's not going to matter what goalie they bring in because that goalie is going to have be coached by Dustin Schwartz.
He changed the defensive structure, he fucked with line combinations way too much, and the special teams have stunk. That's all coaching. And he played Skinner far too much.
@@aaronst.pierre3080 Dude, you are 100% correct! It's not Woodcrofts fault for how bad the goalies are? Get a better defensive structure, and the goalies numbers will improve. That is ALL on the coach.
@@carletonrutherford1799 Ken Holland is an ass GM. Signing Cambell to such a big deal when he hadn’t proven he was worth it was not woodcrafts fault. He’s a great coach with horrible goalie combos. Until mcdavid and Draisital find a way to carry again your teams screwed for the year
@@carletonrutherford1799 The goalie numbers have been bad well before the defensive change and well before Woodcroft even got there. The numbers weren't that much better with Smith/Koskinen, and Talbot/Brossoit, save for the 16-17 season.
If you look at some of the personnel's brought to the team lately, you'll see an eerie pattern of people who were and/or are related to McDavid's career path being brought in. Either he's the invisible GM demanding and getting whatever he wants, or the team is trying to DESPERATELY please the super star in order to shield themselves from the consequence of their own incompetence. Neither is a good thing.
Connor Brown? Who's been dog shit? I think Connor is thinking of social justice, his marriage, and his I juries and less on hockey. He's been about half as good as normal and terrible defensively.
Its stupid and is all interconnected to the nepotism occuring within the organization.
Well now we have Conor’s agent and coach lol
Lol eerie….what a pun
Bringing in coaches and executives related to the career path of particular player doesn’t guarantee success. Kyle Dubas, when GM of the Leafs, two Aussies ago brought in a Matt Murray who, like Dubas, have been part of the Soo Greyhounds of the OHL. Dubas was GM of that major-junior club but found himself, after his first NHL GM job, having overseen the win of just a single playoff game beyond an opening-round series, with Murray having spent a lot of time out of the lineup due to frequent injuries. Dubas IMO was a complete idiot to have gone for Murray despite that goalie’s injury history even going back to his time with the Penguins. Jack Campbell with the Leafs wasn’t great, but to give him a relatively high per-season cap-hit despite having played nowhere close to 75% of his team’s regular-season games in a given season with the Leafs is one of the stupidest decisions Ken Holland will have ever made by the time his GM tenure ends in June.
As a life-long Oilers fan, I've never seen the fan base this angry over a firing
Same, and I have never been so mad myself.
@shaynegauvreau2177 The entirety of the Oilers Management needs to be fired along with the goalie coach Dustin (I have a horse shoe up my butt) Schwartz
Canucks fans were not happy with the way Bruce Boudreau was fired last year. Now that's all forgotten with the wins they are putting up under Rick Tocchet.
Who knows... Maybe it will work out and the Oilers will pull themselves back into a playoff spot.
As a lifelong Oilers fan if you are more than 20 most of your tenure had no social media or blogging which can easily be manipulated as we ALL KNOW so you really cant say that. No one cares about Woodcraft he was an odd-ball.
@@BobsUruncle-dl7csI'm more than 20 and social media has never been much in my life. Let's not pretend like traditional media isn't easily manipulated as well there old timer.
Looking forward to Woodcroft coming back with another team and proving the Edmonton Front Office wrong.
McDavid and Draisaitl made him look good last year. Just like Datsyuk Zetterberg and Lidstrom made Babcock and Holland look good in Detroit. If Woodcroft goes to another team who doesn't have generational talents, do you honestly think he's going to do well? Not a chance. The Oilers players clearly got tired of listening to him, and tuned him out. He's not going to go to another team, and magically make that team great.
I'm looking forward to him becoming the coach of a very average team with no serious game breakers and being super average or even bad. I'll completely take this back if he proves me wrong, but he rode mcdrai going nuclear.
Can the same be said about the talent loaded team Glen Sather coached? I mean how good of a coach did you need to be to run a bench like that?
@@carletonrutherford1799
Your reply is one of anger and bitterness.
Let's breakdown the argument
FIRST
You have not taking into account that a coach would have had no choice but to take direction from the Office and Upper Management during last years playoff run.
Putting in and playing Campbell was the SMART move when your Starting Goalie is obviously having serious problems. Play the HOT Goaltender, and ride em until the end or they lose their HOT, whichever comes first, and if they lose it, then put in the other one.
That did NOT happen, sure you can blame the coach, but any coach knows when to STOP putting in a Starter that is having issues. He was directed by the Office/Upper Management to keep playing SKINNER. WHY?
SECOND
NEXT glaringly obvious problem that a coach, upon exiting an otherwise excellent Playoff Run, one that could have gone all the way had he NOT been forced to keep putting in SKINNER, would be to look at what went wrong.
He would have IDENTIFIED 2 glaring Issues
GOALTENDING
&
DEFENSIVE PLAY
The coach would then make suggestions to the OFFICE/ Upper Management in order to rectify those issues.
OBVIOUSLY it fell on Deaf Ears.
WHY?
THIRD
His background show SUCCESS without BIG NAMES ot Generational Talent, as you like to point out.
He started as a Video Coach for the RED WINGS and was part of a STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP Team.
He then went on to Coach the Bakersfield Condors where he took them from 7th to 1st and with exception of the 2019/20 season, that was shut down due to the PLAN demic, had an above 600 record in those seasons.
Unfortunately, the Coach was FIRED not because he wasn't doing his job, BUT rather he was.
He pointed out glaringly obvious holes in the Defensive side of things, and a goaltending issue.
NOTHING was done about it.
The Oilers and their Offensive Talent along with SOLID coaching by Woodcroft, managed to cover it up for the lack of Goaltending, which was kinda working by trading each for the other throughout the season, but the Defense was a mess at best.
BUT that only works for so long.
A La last years Playoff run.
So what did the Oilers Front Office and Upper Management do?
They demoted the SUPERIOR Goalie of the two, in Campbell (11th overall and far Better Save percentage consistently compared to Skinner 78th overall) and did nothing to shore up their Swiss cheese defence and FIRED the coach that managed to get them where they are.
Also of note
CAMPBELL was the First Goalie selected in 2010
while
SKINNER was the 6th goalie selected in 2017
WELL DONE!
Hold onto your Sub par Goalie, keep him as your starter
Do NOTHING to shore up Defensive holes
FIRE your WINNING Head Coach
It reeks of BAD Management and those in positions of Power looking to save themselves by sacrificing Key pieces around them.
Only time will tell whether I was right and you were wrong all along.
Ottawa could use a new coach 👀
Woodcroft was the scapegoat for the failings of the front office and ownership. No other reason he was fired. If I was an Edmonton fan, I'd be real concerned about McDavid and Drai wanting out before the deadline or during the offseason if things don't magically turn around with the new coach. If I'm a fan of any other team, I'm watching those two with interest to see where they might end up once they're gone from Edmonton, which is no longer an IF and is definitely a WHEN at this point.
He was bad at his job all year. That's why he's fired. Is Holland also to blame and maybe more so? Hell ya. He should be gone to.
The way i see it, if two very good players like McDavid & Drai. aren't taking the team to the Stanley Cup final with all hype they get for their accomplishments from sports media, what good are they ?
I was behind the bench with the "Woodcroft Warriors" sign in Seattle yesterday. Even though we won McDavid looked so annoyed and frustrated. Sad to see Woody fired.
I assumed he was annoyed and frustrated because he's having a hard time controlling the puck right now, but i only saw what they showed on the TV.
Wings fans knew the Oilers would end up in that sort of situation. He was just lucky enough in Detroit that the core was actually able to keep a streak for so long, but his work post-cap is highly questionable, specially his work post cup and post lidstrom retirement. Also, his draft record in Detroit in his final 10 years or so is laughable.
I have been saying this for years, so many people think Holland is brilliant GM when in actuality he was gifted HOF / Future HOF players for years all over the ice. Once Nick and Homer hung them up Holland started his routine of patch working the team and handing out ridiculous contracts (Justin Abdelkader, still getting paid..) Jonathon Ericcson and Stephen Weiss come to mind.
A bit of that was the Ilitchs mandate to continue the streak.
But I agree that Holland selling the team's future to do so was not good. Most of his last few picks are gone (I think only Larkin remains). The Quincy 3-way trade that sent TB the DET 1st round pick (which Yzerman used to pick Vasy) really stings.
@@chrisczech744 Hirose and Rasmussen are the only other players left that he signed outside of Larkin.
Brian Murray didn't get enough credit for the team in Detroit back then. He put much of that together.
I agree. I understand that usually when a team doesn't do well, the coach is usually the first one to go, but this isn't Jay Woodcroft's fault. Ken Holland is the one who has put this team together, and he has failed to address this teams biggest issues. Depth scoring and defense and goaltending. Also, this is the third coach who has been hired by Ken Holland. Also they Edmonton is really expecting us to believe that Connor McDavid had no input on the new coach.
Bad call to change the System. High risk high reward.
"Depth scoring and defense and goaltending" Game 6 of the SCF says otherwise!!! Looks like coaching was the issue!!!
Looks like this was the best decision. Since the firing they were the best team in the NHL, including a 16-game winning streak. This headline didn't age well.
Lets bring home the Cup!!!
10 coaches in 13 seasons..
9,25mil on Nurse might be the worst contract right now in the NHL
Can’t think of another quite that bad!
Huberdeau $10.5M
HUBERDEAU at 10.5 for 7 more years comes to mind.
This was a panic move to make Edmonton as comfortable for McDavid as possible, simply to hedge the bet against Connor (and Draisaitl a year before him) walking. They have to do this right now. Next year is Drai's last year under contract, if he does not stay there is ZERO chance McDavid stays a year later, so keeping Drai = keeping McDavid. They have had a decade and haven't been able to form a winning team around them, so they are hoping it will be comfy and familiar enough for Connor that he can't walk away on HIS people (the coach is his from Juniors, and the President of Hockey is his former agent). "You aren't going walk away from these guys who came here for you, are you?"
Nope both are leaving they can’t win a cup in that city by paying those 2 and nurse all that money. The supporting cast and goaltending is bad because 3 guys take up over 60 % of the cap space.
@@brentnyeste2949 What 3 guys take up over 60% of the Oilers cap? McDavid, Draisaitl and Nurse combine for 30.25 mil in cap, thats 36%. Not arguing Nurse is overpaid, but 36 is a long ways off over 60.
@eteocles4452 Bro, it’s the internet. People are anonymous and don’t give a shot about facts.
Money is and always be the deciding factor for todays players in the NHL.
I don’t believe team loyalty outweighs the mighty buck anymore.
hahahah.
I think it's a defensive issue, and not just skill based but how they are coached. If Woodcroft is the issue with defensive coaching then so be it. Their defensive is way too passive in their own end, this has been an issue for years. Typically they can outscore it, but they need to learn how to win games when their offense isn't producing 5 goals a game.
Team toughness is lacking. Nobody is afraid to be physical with the Oilers.
Another quality coach fired in Edmonton because of bad roster construction.
Darnell nurse is undoubtedly the most overpaid player in the league.
This aged well LOOOOOOL. Today the hottest team in the nhl and a serious Stanley cup contender!!
It aged even better, one win away from the Cup!!!!
I’m glad you called out Ekholm and Nurse. Their salary doesn’t come close to their performance on ice.
I agree with you 100%. Just like any company though, bad managers will fire good employees to save themselves. I'm hoping for a "Woody" chant Monday night.
Until the Oilers win a few games under Knoblauch, and you all will forget who Woodcroft is.
@@carletonrutherford1799 damn u were right. expect for a "few"
I still remember the excitement when woody was hired. This is such a big mistake he realty didn’t deserve this. Other people should be held accountable
Apparently, Woodcroft became the first former UAH player to be fired as a NHL head coach. Which doesn't mean much but is interesting cause thats a small school who no longer has an NCAA team
Woodcroft screwed up not playing Camobell in game 5 and 6 agaibst Vegas. He made poor in-game adjustments and lost to Nashville 5-2, Vancouver 6-2 (and 8-1) then San Jose 3-2 which was the worst game Edmonton has played since the 6-0 Florida loss before Woodcroft was hired in Jan 2022.
Woodcroft was fired after the sharks game
No idea why Ken pulled the trigger after a well played 60 minutes game Seattle but he had to go
no idea what to expect from the oil going forward
We don't know what's happening in the locker room. Woody has to have lost the players. Time will tell.
Oh, but yeah, F*&K Holland and Schwartz. They gotta go.
You just know they brought in Kris Knoblauch because he coached McDavid in Erie and they'll do anything to keep him in Edmonton.
nah, its cuz coach k took us to the SCF
This comment didn't age well at all! One win away from the Cup!!!
@@HiddenGhost00 one of my worst takes
@ChrisMolyneaux93 It's all good, let's win The Cup tonight! Go Oilers!!!
Make no mistake. Oilers fans are livid with this move.
This hasn't aged well. Knoblach is 22-6-0 and they just set the consecutive wins record for a Canadian team.
And now one win away from the Cup!!! Hope we win!!
time will tell if old Mcdavid coach gonna work, i think better do now changes than its too late its only 15 of 82 games played yet right? I´m surprised how bad Oilers doing this year, the Canucks lose 8-2 was big alert at that time
Having a shambolic defense core. And 2 unplayable goalies. Coaches Fault. 💀
Having a poor defensive structure IS the coaches fault. Playing poor team defense makes the D and the goalies look bad. That is all on the coach.
@@carletonrutherford1799and whose fault was it under Eakins? Tippet? Quinn? McLellan? Hitchcock?
Funny how so many of those guys could coach world class and Stanley cup winning teams elsewhere, but the same problem persists in Edmonton, and only Edmonton…but yeah, it’s obviously the coach…🙄
@@wesjones6370 And yet it was coaching all along...
I agree on the overpaid 9.25 Mill for Nurse, his performance does not reflect the salary hes getting. Trade him and get some more hungrier rookies/vets that want to win.
This is like if a manager kept making costly mistakes for the company, so they eventually fire a subordinate who is doing a good job.
Oh, they do that too, don't worry!
@@PossiblyClever Sad but true 😂
This aged well.
It aged even better now that the Oilers are in the Finals!!! LOL
it aged even better now that the Oilers are one win away from the Cup!!!
Ken holland: “ah shit! This doesn’t look good. Quick! Fetch the scapegoat!”
I am an Oilers' fan, one of the many upset by this firing. This change feels different. I feel like we are all being duped somehow. We all can see that our goalies are not up to the same standard as other teams and our defense is not up to the other teams either. But somehow it is the coach's fault. This is really getting weird. I am really close to not being a fan of this team and I have a feeling I am not alone.
i guess we were all wrong.
I told a few buds they need 2-3 top flight defensive players in the off season, and ideally a new goaltender. They did neither. How is the GM still employed?
Holland will always be remembered for his role in the Red Wings dynasty, but it has become very obvious that he does not know how to deal with the salary cap. He spends money like the cap doesn't exist and he's been doing it for 15 years.
I'm from Detroit and I'm a detroit red wings fan and take it from us...we loved Ken Holland years ago....but he has lost his MOJO. The red wings were absolutely awful from like 2016. There finally coming around a bit but there still a couple years away from serious contenders. But Holland fucked up are team so bad.
I’m not blaming Woodcroft but I’ve said he is NOT the coach for the cup team. Never has been. It is what it is.
You are proven to be right!!! Lets bring the Cup home on Monday!!!
The Nurse contract is an absolute travesty. I'm a lifelong Oiler diehard, he isn't worth half that.
it is criminal what the Oilers are doing to McDavid and Draisaitl.
He's new D-system is nice but maybe he just lacks the skills to teach it to players. I think he's record is better than it should because mcdavid and draisaitl were just playing out of their minds
As a lifelong Red Wings fan........... Holland is the problem. He has a tendency to never address the actual issue, and fluff up random things that don't matter. Then when he does address the issue, goaltending in this case and frankly the last 3 years, he'll sign someone washed up or like the 4th best option and take a huge risk. Holland likes a "safe bet" like when he signs players he already knows, or just veterans practically at the end of their career and always fail to produce.
Terrible decision. The entire defensive side of the roster is a mess and the GM isn’t the main culprit?
It's uncommon for GMs to be fired mid-season. If Oilers miss the playoffs, Holland is definitely gone.
Holland’s retiring at the end of the season. So he’s basically gone regardless of their season.
@danielnam9026 which means that ownership is willing to let Ken Holland destroy the soul of the team rather than fire him for the bad job he has done, which is way more alarming
Should Sens continue to slip as well, and DJ is shown the door, I think Woodcroft would be a fantastic fit and refreshing to see his setups with Ottawas lineup.
This would quell any chat about Roy going to Kanata.
I know Woodcroft was well liked, but Oilers fans overreacting was a guarantee, they arent going to be happy with any decision right now when they have underachieved so much on the ice.
There is so much blame to go around (with some going rightfully to Woodcroft), but its always easiest to put it on the coach if you're the organization because its the easiest position to change, or the GM if you are a fan who doesn't like the decison. The resulting dialogue here has been pretty predictable.
Woodcroft out is a good move and i say the same thing about Jake Campbell ... not because you have 1 good season 2021-2022 that you deserved 5mill a year ... 25mill next 5 year... OIlers are as always in deep $hit
I thought they would give him a little more time lol
So the Edmonton journal Newspaper had a very good take on this that this was not Ken Holland, who made this decision, but was the CEO of hockey operations Jeff Jackson. My guess is Ken “Cherelli” Holland) is going to be gone soon.
Head Coach: “We in need of a goalie”
General manager: “say less..”
This aged well...
This wasn't Holland's decision, it was Jeff Jackson's.
@eckhockey you literally said "idk, fire the coach" in your last video, lol
everybody cried when the canucks coach got fired and now look at them.
Support your team up or down. Oilers are just getting ready to take over the league. Cup is coming home this next year. Go Oilers
4 more wins, lets bring the Cup home!!!
Holland had one job to do this offseason that would help the team right now. Defence and goaltending. Now we oilers fans weren’t expecting an all start player but maybe a bottom 6 D guy and a good back up goalie that can make some saves. That’s all Holland had to do could have used some draft picks maybe trade Cece to make some cap room it could have been done especially if you sweeten the deal with draft picks. But he gave us Brown and that’s nice and all but Oilers fans we’re really hoping for a goalie. And now his lack of being a GM got the coach fired.
Campbell is a really good goalie, remember in the spring who came in to relieve Skinner when the score was 4-1 kings, Campbell comes in and wins the game 5-4 in OT
I don't get it, why don't people talk about how McDavid especially and Draisaitl aren't performing? That's the biggest factor imo, their goaltending wasn't good last year either
The goaltending hasn’t been good since cojo played in Edmonton
They need a goal tender, and a bunch of defensive defenders! 😊
I think there's plenty of blame to go around here.
You've got two of the top goal scorers in the NHL on a prolonged drought.
You've got ongoing problems with poor goaltending and poor defense.
You've got a team that looks disengaged and unmotivated.
I've long had doubts about the Oilers' strategy of 99% offense and 1% defense, but if they aren't scoring goals then the guy drawing up the plays has to fall on his sword at some point.
Personally I would have fired the GM for building a team that can't stop anyone from scoring on them, but that's just me. I'm funny that way.
You're hilarious!!! Enjoy Game 7 on Monday!!
Darnell Nurse is the most over rated D man in the league. How many times in the playoffs have he shown what kind of goof he is by taking stupid penalties and doing stupid things that fuels other teams? They should trade his ass for a goalie or another D man that plays hard ALL the time and has CLASS.
I hope Holland doesn't cripple us like Chiarelli did before he is inevitably fired. I'm a fan of the team but the organization is disfunctional.
Holland was worse than Woocroft. But the change in defensive structure and the lack of changes during a game and the line swaps for 7 games were terrible.
That's all coach. Macdavid struggling? Let's put him on a line with 2 shitties, Draisatl struggling? Give him Foegele and Holloway??? That's terrible line combinations. Woodcroft made many bad decisions in the first month, and I think he deserved to be fired.
Sounds like a poorly constructed lineup if you ask me
@@KVGKQuake it's almost the same lineup as the team that barely lost for the last 3 months of the season last year.
Exactly!!! He decided to change the def structure + other mistakes and payed the price!!! Coaching was always the issue and you're proven to be right as we're 1 win away from the Cup!!! Lets bring it home!!!
Feels like they’re gonna be in the exact same spot in 18 months. Especially with that pylon Nurse
I will say, I thought this was a horrendous firing…and now they’re in the finals…this exact same team
Anyone else find it odd how much the Canucks and Oilers season so far has mirrored each other's 22-23 season?
Not only with the success and failure, but how poorly the coaching change was handled with Boudreau and Woodcroft.
i feel like you dont follow the oilers if you like woodcroft... like honestly... explain why holloway gets shafted at every oppurtunity when he deserves it. No ahl players coming up. Just playing vets instead of the god damn kids at the dumbest times. dont even get me started on the defense and the post game interviews
Nothing said in this video is wrong. At this point, I've lost all faith in the Oilers organization.
I have said it for 4 years now :( Nurse is one of our main issues. Goaltending coach maybe? How many goalies do we need to run through our system before we change it up. We brought Campbell over when he was doing pretty good in Toronto and now he just has no confidence. He is a nice guy but at some point accountability needs to be held in the locker room, not just for Campbell but from the defense to the first line on the ice. It is everyone's fault we aren't winning. Can't put pucks in the net, don't feel like back checking, stupid penalties CONSTANTLY, blind passes and turnovers. I could continue listing until every negative thing in hockey is said but these are their main issues. They either don't trust the system they are working with or they don't feel like doing their job for whatever reason. We know how they perform when they want to it is just a matter of bringing back the teams morale unfortunately. It is one of the hardest things you can really do as a team. We can get out of it though it is not over yet. Glad to have you back on the hockey content as much as I dread seeing my own team in a spot like this :(
with a nonexistent defence, the world best goalies will crack at some point
Woodcroft will get another shot elsewhere, he's a solid coach. Just a fall guy.
Just like POLITICIANS, the ones who make the errors cannot stand in TRUTH.
can't wait to see you cover that Cuylle review
Dustin Schwartz, goalie coach will "never" be fired, as he is married to the niece of the
owner, Daryl Katz. Daryl just would not fire him, as it's likely his brother's daughter that
is married to Schwartz. Maybe they could promote Schwartz to a higher paid job
in the Oiler front office, to get rid of him ? Katz is worth $ 4.4 billion dollars and
climbing, so it's not a money issue.
yea, agree.
I don't think Woodcroft was a bad coach. The GM has made a lot of bad moves and has put the team where it is.
This was a perfect move
Agreed! One more win for Cup!!!
I was saying this for awhile this season. The Oilers have outshot almost every single team, including many high quality scoring chances. For some reason, the puck wasn't going in for them (until last game finally). And it seemed like every decent chance against The Oilers went in.
Dude was garbage !! Cant call timeouts and didnt know when to pull his goalie very basic thing an NHL coach must be able to do.
Which he wasnt capable of doing at the right time... plus adjusting his lines
Holland makes Peter Chiarelli look good.
Honestly, I have rarely seen a RUclips hockey channel with so many bad takes. This video is yet another one. Are you unable to see that the players have clearly tuned him out? They quit putting in any effort to save his job. Do you not see that? You can't fire the players. They needed to bring a new voice into the room. Yeah, firing the GM is a good idea too, but that will not change the immediate effect on the ice. Seriously, what did you want? Did you want them to keep on going with Woodcroft, and act like everything was fine?
It's a problem persistent in Canadian teams. Spend all the money on a one sided super star, then ignore defense and fire coaches when they can't make the shit team the manager built work.
*So Edmonton's doing the polar opposite that Pittsburgh did in the off-season pretty much?*
Desperation. At the press conference Holland mentioned he tried to talk to the other teams. Looking at the fact that the Oilers now need to win nine or ten straight to get back to .500 at the time of the decision, followed by something like a .750+ point ratio to have a decent position in the playoffs, pure desperation. Ouch.
Stuart Skinner is a really good goalie, it’s the goalie coach that’s the problem
Hit the nail on the head with the nurse comment at the end
Edmonton needs a head coach that takes the lead in each of: goalie coaching, draft, trades, salary cap management, and all the normal head coaching duties. Good luck with that.
Correct, because it's the head coach who makes these decisions.. oh wait, no it's not, it's up to the GM.
As a Detroit fan, when Holland went over to Edmonton it was like the passing of the tape in the Ring. Good luck, get rid of it before it's too late..
bro i’m already hurting from Woodcroft firing and you brought up Nurses contract
I think the Oilers couldn’t afford the black hair dye budget with Woodcroft as coach.
I honestly think Woodcroft deserves this. Now he can go and sign a contract with a team that is actually competent and can win cups. I’m still heartbroken but at least he doesn’t have to deal with a GM who does nothing but screw up year after year.
gm are always wrong the coach is always the fall guy the players should have a vote to let the coach go as they know more about the coach than the gm this is a no brainer da da as the world turns da da poor coach
The game against the SJS was the deciding factor. I think Woodcroft would have a chance to NOT be fired if they won that game...
With his new defensive system, it was almost guaranteed he'd lose! ! Good riddance to terrible coaching!
Not sure what they think firing the coach will do, at a certain point it needs to be on the players
2:07 anyone gonna talk about that brave lone Oilrrs fab at an away game
So, we've got McDavids former agent in the front office, his OHL linemate just picked up in the office season, his former coach just hired as head coach, and the assistant coach is tied to him too. I'm sure that will fix everything.
For a change I'm not sure I agree with you about the coach needing to be changed. Yes, I actually like woodcroft and he's done good things on the whole in Edmonton, but, the results and motivation he's getting this year from the players is frankly, abysmal. The players seem depleted, they seem listless of late especially after the San Jose loss... And they need an immediate impact that will help turn things around. Acquiring a goalie? I don't think that will change much. But a change in coach is garanteed to change the culture of the bench and make an impact on how the players are going about their shifts. This will pull focus off what they are doing poorly, and give them something different to focus on, that can only be a positive at this point. So ya, even though I like Woodcroft I see this as a possible way to salvage the whole season, which I didnt see happening with Woodcroft as coach regardless of how they may or may not have skinned the lineup looking for a better combination of players/ goaltenders. This Can't be a massive mistake imho, but I also do not disagree that holland needs to be held accountable as well. fire him too, but a coaching change is not a collasal mistake with the results demonstrated so far this year. Looking at what should be is not going to correct the problem. Hoping their LUCK will get better? That's just ridiculous dreaming at this point. They need immediate change if they hope to see the playoffs this year.
As someone that despises the Oilers since the Mcdavid era started this has all been a treat to watch personally
So you just hate on Mcdavid is what you are saying?
Nope the whole team, they're like the Maple Leafs can't stand them @@sttrsp9700
@@sttrsp9700I absolutely hate on mcdavid, but it's his tendency to act like a diva, and the NHL treating him as the golden child who can do no wrong
@@sttrsp9700 notice how Oilers burn number 1 picks in Katz era?
are u crying yet?
Looking like the right decision right now