Is Ralph Kreuger making a return to NHL?

[La Bamba]

I want him to be hired as the Oilers President of Hockey Ops just so he can fire everyone via Skype

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Jason Botterill tried to interview Krueger 2 years ago before hiring Housley. At the time he wasn’t ready to return to the NHL.

I am hoping Botterill approaches him again.

 

[Viqsi]

Glen Sather just stepped down as president of the Rangers, wonder if the Rangers are looking at Kreuger

...and if they manage to poach Davidson from us, I'd take Krueger on the Jackets instead.

 

[FerrisRox]

Have to look at it from the POV of whether he delivered on his mandate from the owner. What is the goal of the team and their direction.

Doesn't the fact that they are not renewing his contract kind of clear up some of the mystery for you?

 

[FerrisRox]

I do however think he would be an excellent assistant. He hasn't developed that ability to create a solid stylistic team and adapt to changes in games so I don't think a head coach gig is good for him yet.

What is a "solid stylistic team?"

 

[McRpro]

Won the league championship his first year in Southampton.

Came back to coach the 'Leftover' team at the World Cup of Hockey and surprised the **** out of everyone with a 2nd place finish.


Also that horrible Oilers squad he coached was almost in a playoff spot and made a massive leap the year he coached. Also managed to get Yakupov scoring at a high rate.


A lot of us Oiler fans were pretty upset he was let go.


He gets a lot out of his teams.

Revisionist history only because of who followed him. Remember the old Wreck-it-Ralph thread? Plenty of Oilers fans didn't like him. I don't recall anyone lamenting the loss of Kreuger when he was canned.

 

[PhoenyX]

Forget Ralph, I want my team to hire Helmut Kruger.

 

[McDNicks17]

Is it supposed to be some kind of joke that almost everyone spells Krueger's name wrong?

People seem to have trouble with the German double vowels.

Seeing Tobias Reider 95% of the time was triggering.

 

[McDNicks17]

Revisionist history only because of who followed him. Remember the old Wreck-it-Ralph thread? Plenty of Oilers fans didn't like him. I don't recall anyone lamenting the loss of Kreuger when he was canned.

I think that was mainly because we all thought he should be playing Yakupov more.

Might be a case of us being wrong over revisionist history.

 

[Todd from Leduc]

I just changed my mind, I don’t want him he’s part of the OBC!

 

[howkie]

This is the guy I want to coach Winnipeg.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

This is the guy I want to coach Winnipeg.

Would you mind sending Paul Maurice to Buffalo then?

Pretty please?

lol

 

[howkie]

Would you mind sending Paul Maurice to Buffalo then?

Pretty please?

lol

Yeah, I think Maurice would help Buffalo, he is not the guy to take you to the cup, but he can develop a team.

 

[Kel Varnson]

If he decides to come back it will be for a front office job. He isn't leaving Europe to be a coach in the NHL

 

[yukoner88]

If we hire him by skype and let him fire MacT via skype, would that make it better?

There would be a parade down whyte ave

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Yeah, I think Maurice would help Buffalo, he is not the guy to take you to the cup, but he can develop a team.

Sounds good to me.

Buffalo doesn’t need a coach to get them over some playoff hump to get to the Cup.

They need someone that can get them back to respectability, and then competing for a playoff spot every year.

 

[sabresEH]

Doesn't the fact that they are not renewing his contract kind of clear up some of the mystery for you?

Do we know for sure he wasn’t offered an extension?

If he decides to come back it will be for a front office job. He isn't leaving Europe to be a coach in the NHL

Why? Some guys have a passion for coaching. Yes he took 5 years off to take a role in a completely different sport but agreed to coach a team for a 2 week period while having a job in a different sport.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

The Canucks are long overdue a smart move... time to either make Kreuger Jimbo’s boss... or better yet, fire Jimbo and make Kreuger GM.

 

[FerrisRox]

Do we know for sure he wasn’t offered an extension?

Yes. Southampton said they would not offer him an extension.

"Following recent talks with shareholders Mr Gao and Katharina Liebherr, it was agreed by all parties that Ralph’s contract would not be extended beyond its end date of June 30th."

 

[Cor]

The crowd goes mild

 

[Terry Yake]

kreuger is the best head coach the oilers have had this decade. he actually managed to get something out of that atrocious roster

 

[MettleMcOiler]

I just changed my mind, I don’t want him he’s part of the OBC!

no he's not.

 

[Oddbob]

Why on EARTH, is any NHL team going to hire a soccer guy!

 

[Blade Runner]

Brilliant coach

 

[BlueDream]

Do we know for sure he wasn’t offered an extension?

Why? Some guys have a passion for coaching. Yes he took 5 years off to take a role in a completely different sport but agreed to coach a team for a 2 week period while having a job in a different sport.

LeBrun already had an article like 2 weeks ago where he interviewed Krueger and he said he may return to the NHL but in a management role. He doesn’t seem to want to coach.