Confirmed with Link: Oilers hire Gulutzan, Yawney, & Viveiros as Assistant Coaches

[Dashh]

Change is good. I just want a top 5 PP. There's no reason not to be with McDavid and Draisaitl on 1 unit.

meh, neither mcdavid nor draisatl have shown to be that amazing on the PP. Both are good 5v5, but their PP skills are seemingly below average at this point in their careers. Lots to work on but i'm sure they will get there

 

[McDNicks17]

meh, neither mcdavid nor draisatl have shown to be that amazing on the PP. Both are good 5v5, but their PP skills are seemingly below average at this point in their careers. Lots to work on but i'm sure they will get there

They were both tied for 8th most PP points in the league only a season ago.

 

[Delicious Pancakes]

It's gonna be weird to have Gulutzan behind the Oilers bench, but it'll be 10 times better than watching Woodcroft get into a player's ear after any play that involved the puck. I have a hard time believing Woodcroft is going to help any players move onto the NHL unless it's motivating them to get away from him. I am excited to see what Yawney and Viveiros can bring though, even if it's just a different voice sometimes that makes a big difference.

 

[guymez]

Aside from liking all 3 of these additions I really like the fact that the Flames will be paying Gulutzan to beat them next season.

 

[guymez]

For those who are interested here is the conference call from earlier today.....

http://downloads.oilers.nhl.com/2017-18/20180525_coaches.mp3

 

[shoop]

Aside from liking all 3 of these additions I really like the fact that the Flames will be paying Gulutzan to beat them next season.

I wonder how the rules work for that. Pretty sure the Flames don't pay him his entire salary, they just have to make up the difference between what he makes with the Oilers and what he would be making with the Flames. What's to stop the Oilers from paying GG $50K per and sticking it to the Flames that much more?

 

[guymez]

I wonder how the rules work for that. Pretty sure the Flames don't pay him his entire salary, they just have to make up the difference between what he makes with the Oilers and what he would be making with the Flames. What's to stop the Oilers from paying GG $50K per and sticking it to the Flames that much more?

I am pretty sure if you are still under contract (and the team releases you) then the team is obligated to pay out that contract.

Perhaps someone with more knowledge can confirm that.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

I love the Yawney and Viveiros signings. Especially if we draft a defenseman in June. I think Klefbom and Nurse can take huge strides with Yawney and Viveiros will definitely be an upgrade on Woodcroft.

Not sure how I feel about GG though.

 

[Nostradumbass]

I am pretty sure if you are still under contract (and the team releases you) then the team is obligated to pay out that contract.

Perhaps someone with more knowledge can confirm that.

Once you sign a new contract, your old one is void.

 

[Gord]

Once you sign a new contract, your old one is void.

are you sure? I thought shoop was correct and flames have to pay the difference, if there is one.

 

[shoop]

are you sure? I thought shoop was correct and flames have to pay the difference, if there is one.

Yeah. That doesn't make sense. Gulutzan must have been making at least a million as head coach of the Flames. Why would he take the Oilers job and a huge pay cut?

Matty tweeted that when Eakins went to the Anaheim AHL team that the Ducks were paying 'part' of his Oilers salary. Don't think they would do that if his Oilers contract was voided.

 

[oobga]

Yeah. That doesn't make sense. Gulutzan must have been making at least a million as head coach of the Flames. Why would he take the Oilers job and a huge pay cut?

Matty tweeted that when Eakins went to the Anaheim AHL team that the Ducks were paying 'part' of his Oilers salary. Don't think they would do that if his Oilers contract was voided.

based on the Eakins situation, I think it is a case of paying the difference. If Eakins was guaranteed 2M from us, and his AHL salary was 500k, the Oilers were still on the hook for 1.5M a year. likey the same with GG and the flames.

 

[Zguy370]

This is true but it will make it easier to pull trigger on canning TM if the team struggles at start of year.

Then please let's hope the team struggles!!

 

[Del Preston]

Gulutzan's PKs have been good or middle of the pack everywhere he's gone in the NHL, as head coach in Dallas/Calgary and the penalty kill coach in Vancouver for two seasons.

Dallas: 82.8% (13th) & 81.0% (17th)
Vancouver: 85.7% (2nd) & 81.1% (T-17th)
Calgary: 81.6% (12th) & 81.8% (T-7th)

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Then please let's hope the team struggles!!

Or lets hope the team returns to their 103 point form and makes the playoffs?

People that hope the team struggles arent real fans.

 

[KMart27]

Or lets hope the team returns to their 103 point form and makes the playoffs?

People that hope the team struggles arent real fans.

Absolutely. Everybody should be hoping McLellan does a great job coaching and Chiarelli makes good moves. The time to hope for firings has passed.

 

[Senor Catface]

meh, neither mcdavid nor draisatl have shown to be that amazing on the PP. Both are good 5v5, but their PP skills are seemingly below average at this point in their careers. Lots to work on but i'm sure they will get there

McDavid is "good" at 5v5?

Statistically, compared to his peers, he had one of the best 5v5 seasons of the last 25 years.

 

[nexttothemoon]

McDavid is "good" at 5v5?

Statistically, compared to his peers, he had one of the best 5v5 season of the last 25 years.

Yep... and still didn't get any Hart recognition (which was ridiculous).

We all saw 1st hand how stupid the writers idiotic rule of "has to make the playoffs to be nominated" is when all 3 of Kopitar/Hall/MacKinnon were golfing a few hours after they made the playoffs.

 

[McDNicks17]

McDavid is "good" at 5v5?

Statistically, compared to his peers, he had one of the best 5v5 seasons of the last 25 years.

Connor "The Good One" McDavid.

 

[Soul8]

Or lets hope the team returns to their 103 point form and makes the playoffs?

People that hope the team struggles arent real fans.

I disagree. I cheered for the team to struggle because the coaching was so deficient that I felt unless the team failed as badly as they did, that there wouldn't be any coaching changes and the team wouldn't be put in a position to improve due to poor coaching. I understand what you are trying to so though. But I disagree because I want to see Improvement and with coaching the only way things we're going to change that needed to change was if the oilers really struggled...which is what happened. Unfortunately, I feel Tmacs contract saved him from a firing, which doesn't help in my opibion

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

 

[ThePhoenixx]

They were both tied for 8th most PP points in the league only a season ago.

This is how you deal with a drive-by.

 

[Cloned]

There were whispers that the Oilers spent big money to get these guys. I wonder if Gulutzan and Yawney are making more than some head coaches?

 

[Faelko]

I disagree. I cheered for the team to struggle because the coaching was so deficient that I felt unless the team failed as badly as they did, that there wouldn't be any coaching changes and the team wouldn't be put in a position to improve due to poor coaching. I understand what you are trying to so though. But I disagree because I want to see Improvement and with coaching the only way things we're going to change that needed to change was if the oilers really struggled...which is what happened. Unfortunately, I feel Tmacs contract saved him from a firing, which doesn't help in my opibion

The problem with hoping the team struggles for a coaching change is that there is zero guarantee that the next coach will be any better. So are you going to just keep hoping for terrible teams? You must’ve been in your glory for about a decade.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

He's clearly not like Eakins, Eakins had a badger up his butt and never smiled.