Confirmed with Link: Sharks and McLellan Mutually Agree to Part Ways

[Coily]

Inb4 Melrose as coach and Milbury as GM.

Get ready for the return of 92-93 Sharks hockey.

 

[sjsharklover]

Good, the Sharks need a new coaching staff. Nothing has worked so fresh faces will help.

I do hope that DW and some of the scouting staff goes as well so it is a complete retool but odds are DW is too deep into Hasso right now.

Anyway I think the Sharks are going to go after either Tippett (my preference) or Bylsma.

Fresh faces won't help if the person controlling the moves has no idea what he is doing.....add to that there are players on this team that lack that killer instinct...change the faces all you want as far as coaching ...it will make no difference....

They have to change the culture in San Jose ...and that culture was not developed by TMac....

This team is just too not aggressive....

He'll even the way they lose their coach was not aggressive......not fired ...didn't quit....just .ehhh

Same with Wilsons off season last year....not rebuilding, not neccesarlily trying to make playoffs. Ehhh

Man Wilson grow some huevos make some bold moves....show some fire ..maybe it will be contagious with your team

 

[Gilligans Island]

Alberta is next to Saskatchewan...

I want a 3rd from the oilers

 

[sr228]

Alberta is next to Saskatchewan...

I think McLellan could do so much good in Edmonton, Buffalo too though w/ his family staying here that seems like it might be too far away.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

I want a 3rd from the oilers

If we can get a 2015 pick then Buffalo .. If not, then Oilers.

 

[hockeey]

If Tmac coaches the oilers and they sign a decent goalie (maybe niemi) I will be legitimately scared to face them for the next 8+ seasons as long as they don't face cap issues (I can see mcdavid taking a friendly contract similar to Crosby just because of how humble he is)

 

[Pinkfloyd]

If Tmac coaches the oilers and they sign a decent goalie (maybe niemi) I will be legitimately scared to face them for the next 8+ seasons as long as they don't face cap issues (I can see mcdavid taking a friendly contract similar to Crosby just because of how humble he is)

You shouldn't. Until Edmonton gets a defense to go with all that scoring talent, they're not winning many games. McLellan doesn't exactly guarantee them defensive ability either.

 

[Gilligans Island]

If we can get a 2015 pick then Buffalo .. If not, then Oilers.

The hiring team has the choice and I still think the Oilers will be worse than the Sabres over the next few seasons

 

[Bleedred]

Let's be serious here, does anybody really believe that this was a mutual agreement? If Todd actually said he wanted to come back, do you really believe that DW signs off on that and lets him stay?

If Tmac coaches the oilers and they sign a decent goalie (maybe niemi) I will be legitimately scared to face them for the next 8+ seasons as long as they don't face cap issues (I can see mcdavid taking a friendly contract similar to Crosby just because of how humble he is)

I'd be legitimately scared to face them too, considering how many BAD teams they've lost to in these last couple of seasons.

I wouldn't think they're a legit threat for anything though. We've been hearing for years how they're on the verge of a breakthrough.

And he'd be stupid to go there, with how many other teams should be interested. A poorly run franchise that's a perennial bottom feeder. A poorly run franchise that's also known for driving so many coaches out of town in this last decade. I swear they've had about 5 head coaches in Todd's Sharks tenure.

 

[do0glas]

In my mind Tmac is more teacher than coach and he will bridge the gap for the oilers till they get the next coach that takes them the rest of the way, but Tmac will have a lasting impact on that franchise

 

[Negatively Positive]

Good luck to the Todd. Terry Murray here we come.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Inb4 Melrose as coach and Milbury as GM.

You forgot Pierre McGuire.

 

[Bleedred]

Good luck to the Todd. Terry Murray here we come.

God no.

He's one of a slew of guys that I think we've seen the last of behind an NHL bench, or at least as a head coach. Our old buddy Ronnie Wilson is another one who has washed out of the league. Torts may have too, with the way things went in Vancouver. Marc Crawford is another one in that category too.

Who knows though? Ted Nolan came back two times after disappearing for years. Bob Hartley is another who washed out of the NHL, then came back after a half a decade.

 

[sharski]

Will LOL when DW hires Jeremy Roenick to force Marleau to demand a trade

 

[magic school bus]

I want a 3rd from the oilers

Mmm Oilers 3rd...

 

[BCShark]

over rated coach on these boards, got out coached every playoff. im glad for change

 

[Bleedred]

I wouldn't be surprised if Todd ends up in Detroit, that's provided Babcock doesn't stay there.

He was an assistant there under Babcock for a few years, not sure if he left there on bad terms. Not that I know of.

 

[wishman]

I want a 3rd from the oilers

From a previous article I read, the team giving up the 3rd round pick, could wait until 2017 to give it up. So much short-term value.

 

[TheHockeyRant]

Tippett would be awful.

The guy who somehow got the Coyotes to the playoffs year in and year out while being owned by the NHL, with virtually no real talent, or even coming close to spending to the cap...would be awful?

Okay

Here is a thought Dave Tippett had just as much success getting the Coyotes to game 5 of the Western Conference Final in 2012 as the Sharks have had since 2004.
I'll let you sit with that knowledge for awhile.

 

[sjshrky27]

I just read this article: http://thehockeywriters.com/not-surprising-mclellan-wanted-out-of-san-jose/

I know the media loves to spin stuff, but if their is any merit to it, I will completely jump on the get rid of DW bandwagon.

 

[hohosaregood]

The guy who somehow got the Coyotes to the playoffs year in and year out while being owned by the NHL, with virtually no real talent, or even coming close to spending to the cap...would be awful?

Okay

Here is a thought Dave Tippett had just as much success getting the Coyotes to game 5 of the Western Conference Final in 2012 as the Sharks have had since 2004.
I'll let you sit with that knowledge for awhile.

He didn't say tippett was terrible at coaching. He's saying
that it would suck to have Tippett coaching Tippett hockey in San Jose

 

[WTFetus]

He didn't say tippett was terrible at coaching. He's dating that it would suck to have Tippett coaching Tippett hockey in San Jose

Agree. I think Hitchcock is boring too, but people seem to like him as the guy after Babcock.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

The guy who somehow got the Coyotes to the playoffs year in and year out while being owned by the NHL, with virtually no real talent, or even coming close to spending to the cap...would be awful?

Okay

Here is a thought Dave Tippett had just as much success getting the Coyotes to game 5 of the Western Conference Final in 2012 as the Sharks have had since 2004.
I'll let you sit with that knowledge for awhile.

So you want another chip and chase coach? Personally I don't give a **** what he's done, the game has changed since his last playoff appearance. Hitchcock adapted, Yeo adapted, Sutter adapted, Tippet hasn't.

 

[LadyStanley]

Seems like it's a family decision too. They'll be staying, regardless of where Todd works.

So, more than likely a Western Conference team.

 

[hockeyball]

I just read this article: http://thehockeywriters.com/not-surprising-mclellan-wanted-out-of-san-jose/

I know the media loves to spin stuff, but if their is any merit to it, I will completely jump on the get rid of DW bandwagon.

Doesn't mean anything, but I honestly don't doubt any of this and already thought this might be the case. Not that this confirms it, but just would not be a surprise to me.

I agree, Wilson should stay as president at most, Sharks need a new GM at this point. For all the good he's done he's created a toxic situation that is likely both unwilling and unable to repair.