If the Oilers fire Chia or McLellan, who should replace them?

[StevenF1919]

Those press conferences didn't help anything. If anything it hurt the team and probably cost Lowe and MacT their jobs after fans revolted following one of those pressers.

And when did MacT and Tambo have press conferences 20 games into the season?

At least they showed some accountability. Multiple Oilers beat writers have reached out to him and hes stayed in hiding.

 

[cobra427]

Tippett was awful the last 6 or 7 years in Arizona. Even 2012 was all about Mike Smith on a hot streak and playing over his head.

Maybe he can be effective somewhere new, but Arizona has been one of the worst defensive teams since 2010 or 2011. They were not a good defensive team in 11-12, contrary to popular belief.

Tip was not awful the last 6-7 years and the WCF team was very good on D. The Coyotes replaced Tip with Tocc this year, added Stepan, Hammer and rookie of the year (maybe) Keller, and went 0-20, no regulation wins in first 20 games, set an NHL record. Tip always did more with less in AZ, unlike McClellan who has consistently done less with more. His San jose teams under performed for the most part. Tip would fix the Oilers but some of the golden children would have hurt feelings in the process.

 

[613Leafer]

Would the average HFBoards poster have thought a mid-1st + high 2nd was good value for Reinhart, that the Lucic contract was a good idea, or that Eberle for Strome made any sense?

You could hire pretty much anyone, and they'd do a better job than Chiarelli.