Hawks Fire Quenneville, Dineen, and Samuelsson. Jeremy Colliton Named New HC

[Pez68]

No one saw this coming

A lot of people did actually.

 

[Foppberg]

Outside of St.Louis what other team would be willing to go after him hard? LA?Anaheim?

 

[PromisedLand]

Considering that money is still owed, Chicago is probably calling other teams praising him so they get off the hook for that cash.

What if Q decides to stick it to the man, takes a year off and get that 6 million out from bowman

 

[KingBran]

Couldn’t care less if he goes back to the Blues...

So you care a lot then eh?

 

[Pi]

Outside of St.Louis what other team would be willing to go after him hard? LA?Anaheim?

Buffalo should go after him but they likely won't because they are above .500 right now but if they were smart, you go and get a HHOF coach when he's available.

They missed out on Babcock, didn't want or inquire about Julien for some reason. Quenneville is better than both IMO.

Getting him would be an amazing get for them.

 

[EON]

This feels like when Boston fired Julien. Possibly a good move for the organization but he'll get picked up very quickly by another team.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Outside of St.Louis what other team would be willing to go after him hard? LA?Anaheim?

Florida?

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

He’ll be a legend in Chicago but it was time for a change.

 

[Master P]

Cooper now the longest tenured coach in the NHL. That doesn't seem right.

I think I threw up a little.

 

[Foppberg]

Florida?

Buffalo should go after him but they likely won't because they are above .500 right now.

Both those guys are pretty recent hires, I can't see them firing their HCs so soon.

Edmonton if they were smart would do this ASAP.

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

At $6 mil you would imagine that would eliminate most of the league as a possible destination.

 

[PromisedLand]

Buffalo should go after him but they likely won't because they are above .500 right now.

Yup. the kind of youth sabres have; Q will be a good fit there. But its a good thing they wont do this and Q stays away from Atlantic Division

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Once again I would've been very bad at the "predict which coach gets fired" game.

On the upside, at least Ulf Samuelsson is out of a job. f*** that guy.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Both those guys are pretty recent hires, I can't see them firing their HCs so soon.

Edmonton if they were smart would do this ASAP.

If the Oilers would smart they'd clean house and let their new GM hire Q.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Outside of St.Louis what other team would be willing to go after him hard? LA?Anaheim?

I think Quennville should sit out the season if he wants to contend again. Guys fired around now will be fired because they're coaching underperforming regular season teams. Guys fired in April will be fired because they're coaching underperforming post-season teams that cruised through the regular season. If I'm Quennville I'm looking at a Boudreau, DeBoer or Babcock and smelling blood in the water.

 

[Pi]

If the Oilers would smart they'd clean house and let their new GM hire Q.

TM was on the hot seat earlier IMO but that comeback against Winnipeg and their play after that should save his job for this season at least. Can't see the Oilers making any changes.

 

[Pi]

I think Quennville should sit out the season if he wants to contend again.

That would be a smart move. Don't rush into it, you're getting paid regardless.

Teams like the Oilers, Sabres etc would know where they are at the end of the season and if they weren't successful he could join a team with the best player in the world or a team with Eichel and Dahlin + other young talents.

You don't get many chances to coach a player like McDavid very often, especially in his prime.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

TM was on the hot seat earlier IMO but that comeback against Winnipeg and their play after that should save his job for this season at least. Can't see the Oilers making any changes.

McDavid has the power to mask a lot of weaknesses. He's the only reason most of the people in the Oilers' front office are still employed.

Well, that and rampant nepotism and a fanboy owner.

 

[Matti_A]

Is this the same Jeremy Colliton that had a cup of coffee with the Islanders as a player 10 years ago?

 

[Kranix]

Babs is next

 

[KingBran]

Considering that money is still owed, Chicago is probably calling other teams praising him so they get off the hook for that cash.

Do you really have to praise Q to other teams?

 

[Melrose Munch]

The players suck. Bowman should go but I guess he won this time. Smh.

 

[PromisedLand]

TM was on the hot seat earlier IMO but that comeback against Winnipeg and their play after that should save his job for this season at least. Can't see the Oilers making any changes.

Hypothetically thinking suppose Oilers dont make the playoffs or get ousted in the 1st round and then TM gets fired; by that time Q would be employed by someone else; and oilers would not have a quality coach available.

Tough decisions should be made IMO.

 

[blood gin]

Will he be employed by the end of the day?

He should've been employed before you hit send this post

Who knows about Colliton. Maybe he'll be a great coach and maybe he'll be great from day 1. I just don't think it was time yet to scrap Quenneville. He had another run left with the Hawks and he earned the right to have another kick at the can there

 

[AD1066]

The Hawks aren't even a a bad team, merely average, and I'm not sure coaching is to blame. They're just entering the downturn of a core's life cycle, similar to the Wings circa 2012.