NHL Discussion (Other than Jets)

[J5V]

There's no way McDavid and Leon will go with a Babcock hiring, never. It is well documented how much of a ***** Babcock was to his players, in today's NHL, coaches have got to get along with their players, and that aint Babcock. There's other coaches that are available for that job and I'd bet the farm Babcock ain't even in the conversation

It would be hard for me to imagine Babcock ever landing a coaching gig again. He is Looney Tunes.

[blue_gold_84]

NHL.com Mock Draft First Round

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It would be hard for me to imagine Babcock ever landing a coaching gig again. He is Looney Tunes.

He's a classless human being, not worthy of being in the nhl 

[JockitchwithRich]

Certainly am disappointed to hear that the Oilers may wish to hire Babcock. 
Does Paul Coffey have any interest in the HC role ?

[blue_gold_84]

Oilers D Nurse requests trade

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Oilers D Nurse requests trade

Bigger news will be when Connor McDavid requests a trade next year if things don't get turned around. You can't expect him to waste away while they figure things out over 5 years, he'll pull a Mitch Marner and not re-sign and go to a contender.

[JockitchwithRich]

Seeing that the Leafs have moved off Joseph Woll to the Flyers
Guessing they see Stolarz and a young Hildeby to carry the load

[blue_gold_84]

CBC will no longer air NHL games

The NHL will no longer be shown on CBC after it and national rights-holder Rogers Sportsnet were unable to come to agreement on a new sublicensing deal that would have allowed the public broadcaster to air games on its Saturday program Hockey Night in Canada.

The CBC, which began televising NHL games in 1952, had operated under that agreement since Rogers Sportsnet acquired the league's Canadian rights in 2013 for $5.2 billion. Rogers Sportsnet renewed those rights with a 12-year, $11.2-billion deal to begin in October.

Corporate greed strikes again.

[blue_gold_84]

Tortorella won't return as HC of the Golden Knights

[theaardvark]

Torts to Edm?

[JockitchwithRich]

Announcement this morning that the Leafs have signed up a
new head coach in Jim Hiller.

He was in LA with the Kings for 3 seasons as head coach before his firing there

[blue_gold_84]

Interesting choice. Not an improvement over the last HC, though.

[blue_gold_84]

Golden Knights name Ryan Craig as new HC

[blue_gold_84]

NHL fans will now have to pay to watch games on Sportsnet

[JockitchwithRich]

The NHL has, by their investigations, cleared Babcock.
He can now become a potential coach