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Coaching Issue No Longer A Factor For The Oilers

from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

If you looked at the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday morning and assessed that — new coaches or not — they are not a Stanley Cup contender, you’d get no argument here.

But if you ever thought that this was a team vulnerable to being outcoached, or you wondered whether a new set of opinions was required to raise the compete level of a soft and easy-to-play-against club, then you can put those opinions to bed as of this morning.

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and they will probably have Jagr if he could get out of his contract in the KHL.  They could be scary.

Posted by bsalamon on 05/26/09 at 05:23 PM ET

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UMMM Yeah They could Be scary, Just like the T.B. Lightning were going to be too

Posted by Evilpens on 05/26/09 at 05:29 PM ET

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The idea that the Oilers problems have been solved by their bringing in two coaches who were ignominiously canned says quite a bit about why the Oilers have those problems in the first place.

It’s not about coaching.  Pat freaking Quinn isn’t going to bring anything to the table any one of a dozen other guys could bring.  He’s not any better of a coach than MacTavish.

Edmonton’s problems are a result of Kevin Lowe being a total moron while he had the GM position.  You could hire the reincarnation of Toe Blake to coach the Oilers and until they got at least a competent guy in the front office they’d struggle.

Posted by HockeyinHD on 05/26/09 at 07:52 PM ET

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evilpens howz sykora treatin ya

Posted by Oilers Rock from Edmonton, Alberta on 05/26/09 at 10:35 PM ET

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