John Shannon:April 9th 2018 will be known as Black Friday in the NHL

[dahrougem2]

If Oilers upper management have any sense remaining, they'll boot Peter Chiarelli to the moon and attach Todd McLellan to him.

 

[LeafFever]

I can't stand John Shannon. Am I alone?

 

[viper0220]

This might be the first year a coach does not get fired during the season in a very long time

that is why it will be black friday or the walk of shame day

Yes, this is the first year since 1967 that no coach has been fired during the regular season(the regular season is not over yet but it is highly unlikely that any coach does get fired during the regular season.)

 

[viper0220]

I can't stand John Shannon. Am I alone?

Why can't you stand him? He is not the best but he better than most on Sportsnet.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

8-10 is a lot. Too many I think.

Edmonton, Montreal, Chicago, Buffalo, Rangers, Islanders, Carolina? No idea outside the first few.

Julien is not getting fired before Bergevin is.

 

[rt]

re-sign and resign are opposite.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

re-sign and resign are opposite.

So when will you resign Mr. Chayka?

 

[Zerotonine]

As an Oiler Fan I think Chiarelli has to be the first to go. He is responsible for the roster and some atrocious moves .I haven't been a fan of McLellan but if Chia and McLellans assistants are atleast gone I'm satisfied.

But the next Coach if I have one request is that they coach with passion. McLellan is so passive on the bench it's painful .

 

[Sky04]

But April 9th is a Monday..?

 

[KingsFan7824]

There is a power struggle in Chicago between Joel Quenneville and Stan Bowman, it is hard to know who has the hammer but not both of them will be there, one of Joel Quenneville or Stan Bowman will be let go. Joel Quenneville does not see eye to eye with Stan Bowman, Joel Quenneville was not happy about Saad for Panarin.

I imagine at some point all GM/coach relationships become like that. The coach worries about today, the GM has to worry about today and tomorrow.

If you get rid of the GM, but keep the coach, how long is that going to work? How often has it happened, and how often has it worked? The new GM isn't going to submit to the coach.

Either get rid of the coach, or get rid of both.

 

[Spazkat]

Please, tell me why? As a Leafs fan who loathed Carlyle just before he was fired, I would love to hear how bad he actually is.

For all the "I've adapted to the modern game" malarkey he was spouting at the time of his hire, he's proved that he's still the same old guy. Insisted on playing Jared freaking Boll when there were other far better options, preaches accountability that clearly never applied to his favorites *cough*Bieksa*cough* Runs the top lines into the dirt so he can keep his 4th line of enforcers playing 4 minutes a night. Once they get a lead he gets locked into playing what amounts to a 30 minute penalty kill that never goes well. Just UGGGH

 

[Del Preston]

- Edmonton will make a change at the GM position or in the coaching position.

I think it was Pinder who was speculating this, not Shannon.

 

[innitfam]

I wish Benning would have the sack to fire Green and hire Quenneville if he becomes available.

 

[Sol]

RIP to any team getting Sutter

 

[Gecklund]

re-sign and resign are opposite.

I didn’t notice that honestly.... I mean I knew it but didn’t think about it

 

[Baxterman]

Put simply, I think you can make the argument that the special teams have completely sunk the Oilers this year, and that probably earns Chiarelli one more coach.

I think you could easily argue that the reason the PP sucks is that Chiarelli gave up Eberle and Hall and replaced them with Strome and Lucic.

That said I do agree that if only one goes it will likely be McLellan and that most likely both stay. It makes zero sense but then very little of what Katz does makes sense in terms of the hockey operations part of his team.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

For all the "I've adapted to the modern game" malarkey he was spouting at the time of his hire, he's proved that he's still the same old guy. Insisted on playing Jared freaking Boll when there were other far better options, preaches accountability that clearly never applied to his favorites *cough*Bieksa*cough* Runs the top lines into the dirt so he can keep his 4th line of enforcers playing 4 minutes a night. Once they get a lead he gets locked into playing what amounts to a 30 minute penalty kill that never goes well. Just UGGGH

Damn that really does sound familiar lol Like that is basically him in a nut shell with Toronto.

 

[Baxterman]

RIP to any team getting Sutter

Ya those stupid Cups he won and consistently taking his teams to the play-offs would really suck for the team that is getting him.

 

[Sol]

Ya those stupid Cups he won and consistently taking his teams to the play-offs would really suck for the team that is getting him.

As a Kings fan, he's out of touch with the modern NHL.

 

[Mike Lowry]

If Oilers upper management have any sense remaining, they'll boot Peter Chiarelli to the moon and attach Todd McLellan to him.

Is there another GM out there who won a Cup, 2 Conference titles and President's Trophy to replace him?

 

[Mike Lowry]

As a Kings fan, he's out of touch with the modern NHL.

What is the "modern NHL" as defined by someone who has never played the game?

 

[StreetHawk]

8-10 is a lot. Too many I think.

Edmonton, Montreal, Chicago, Buffalo, Rangers, Islanders, Carolina? No idea outside the first few.

Which teams disppointed this season? Plus the 8-10 is both GM and coaches right?

Edm, Cal, Chi, 2 of Dal, Stl, Ana could be fired based on who misses the playoffs.

Mon, Car, Ott, NYI, NYR due to the new direction.

Plus, playoff disappointments could cost a couple of teams.

 

[dahrougem2]

Is there another GM out there who won a Cup, 2 Conference titles and President's Trophy to replace him?

Kevin Lowe? Is that you? Does Peter Chiarelli know a thing or two about winning?

 

[Zerotonine]

Ya those stupid Cups he won and consistently taking his teams to the play-offs would really suck for the team that is getting him.

Big and slow clutch and grab game is long gone .

 

[GodEmperor]

Isn't black friday supposed to be bad?

These are all good and sound moves to me.