News Article: Media finally starting to ask questions of Tmac

[BlackDogg]

With respect, 13 questions for Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan

Finally. Does Tmac read the local sports section? We shall see.

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[McDNicks17]

If he hasn't figured it out by now, a newspaper article isn't going to help him.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Staples is a blogger

 

[joestevens29]

With respect, 13 questions for Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan

Finally. Does Tmac read the local sports section? We shall see.

This has been happening for a long time now. No one has yet really question him directly and put him in a real tough spot.

Both the morning show and gregor's show have been questioning how things are so bad. Gregor constantly asks Struds what he'd do.

Problem is no one is asking the hard questions to the people that matter.

 

[McShogun99]

I’d keep TM for another season but change the assistants this of season.

 

[Mark Dominique]

I believe Rishaug questions the PK coach on tsn1260 this morning

 

[Dazed and Confused]

It was suggested running Caggiula or Cammy with McDavid and Pulju, but at this point if you want a skill line why not put Strome there? I also don't mind the idea of re-interoducing Pakman and/or even Malone to the lineup.

Get away from the small and slow plugs like Cammy, Letestu, and even Caggiula to a point, and focus on size.

Strome-McDavid-Puljujarvi
Lucic-RNH-Slepyshev
Maroon-Draisaitl-Kassian
Khaira-Malone-Pakarinen.

If you want to be a physical team, then build like it, and get a minimum of 2 210ib+ guys on each line outside of McDavid's (and even they Strome and Puljujarvi aren't really "small")

However the coaches here must love NHL 94, as you commonly see the Fat, medium, small style line set through out the lineup...

Caggiula-Letestu-Kassian
Maroon-RNH-Cammy
Lucic-RNH-Eberle
Maroon-McDavid-Yamamoto
The list goes on...

All are poorly thought out lines, as no one really complements one another, and it shows in their performance.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Wake me when they ask questions of the real culprit.

 

[Digger12]

The questions are valid in the sense that they're things that the coaching staff has control over, but if we're being honest, David Staples has zero pull and is the most minor of sports "media" in this city. He's made himself a nice little home with the Journal via his "Cult of Hockey" gig, but nobody of any import gives a damn about what he has to say. Tempest in a teapot.

 

[joestevens29]

The questions are valid in the sense that they're things that the coaching staff has control over, but if we're being honest, David Staples has zero pull and is the most minor of sports "media" in this city. He's made himself a nice little home with the Journal via his "Cult of Hockey" gig, but nobody of any import gives a damn about what he has to say. Tempest in a teapot.

Spec, Gregor, Stauffer, Rishaug, Neilsen all talking about it and have been talking about it.

 

[Digger12]

Spec, Gregor, Stauffer, Rishaug, Neilsen all talking about it and have been talking about it.

Sure, those guys are talking about it...but as you said, nobody is directly putting McLellan's feet to the fire in a visible way so far. There's a lot of nibbling and pecking around the edges during the pre- and post-game pressers, but that's all.

And that's probably all there will be in this market.

 

[Satire]

Oilers L Formation Penalty Kill

Loved this article from coppernblue earlier today. Really highlights a serious coaching issue for this team.

 

[Tyrolean]

If he doesn't adapt he should be gone (coach).

 

[MoontoScott]

Try now we can only lose and our love becomes a funeral pyre....

 

[oobga]

As other have said, Staples isn't really in a position to really question McLellan or Oilers management. But, these are reasonable questions. Many that I would love to hear answers to. Maybe some Edmonton media could relay some at his firing press conference?