Confirmed with Link: Kelly Buchberger named assistant for Laval

[Adam Michaels]

Oh God, another nepotism hire? Used to be VP of Oilers player development and ex-teammate of Berge, Richardson, Mellanby and Burke. His WHL team also had garbage stats.

Hope I'm wrong.

Houle and Buchberger have been in the Oilers organization for many years at the same time.

 

[dinodebino]

Bergevin and Mellanby are the Kevin Bacons of hockey.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Bergevin and Mellanby are the Kevin Bacons of hockey.

Joel Bouchard was too, he's been on a hundred teams. He must know quite a few execs.

 

[Captain97]

Bergevin played for so long and with so many teams, not many in the hockey ops department around the league haven't played with him

Same with Luke richardson

MB played almost 1200 games

Richardson played 1400

Virtually any person they hire will have played with one of them at some point.

 

[Vachon23]

Bergevin played for so long and with so many teams, not many in the hockey ops department around the league haven't played with him

Same for Richardson and Mellanby

 

[CoopersFalls]

Gives some credibility to the message when you have coaches that played that long in the NHL.

 

[cphabs]

Guy was a badass when he played!

 

[justloveleafs]

Look at the physical condition this guy has kept himself in. Keep the negativity down please, HABS, just had their best season in eons.

That guy has a washboard face alone, should get a few youngsters enthused and ready to learn and grow.

 

[CHarlie]

Wow, blast from the past. He was really successful during the dead puck, clutch & grab era of NHL.

What the one that we still reside in.

 

[Kimota]

If you're gonna hire former players, at least get guys that have bled red, white and blue. I should have known when they hired that Pittsburgh/Tampa guy that would lead to this. And now we're gonna have freaking Mellanby as GM.