It’s beyond frustrating that Carolina is winning the Cup with former members of the Oilogosphere who would likely ridicule this Babcock hiring just like the rest of us
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The biggie from Friedman's piece: "Several agents of Edmonton players who were not involved in the direct conversations with Babcock also voiced concerns, adding they didn’t like the idea of clients being traded there, either."
#LetsGoOilers
By the way, this argument hinged on the idea that it might not be a good idea to sign this player to a long-term contract for the equivalent of $7.5-8.5 million under the current cap just because he was taking crucial faceoffs in the Cup final a year before
Response via text from an NHL player agent when I asked about Oilers coaching rumour…
“The opportunity to play with McDavid or Draisaitl is diminished with the potential to be coached by Babcock. It is a valid concern voiced to me by a few of my clients.”
The Oilers insistence on Babcock feels like dumb pride. Which has been my guess on why they never matched the offer sheets on Holloway and Broberg. Broberg to a lesser extent.
Another assumption is this is Katz doing. He needs to swallow it and admit he's a hindrance.
Congratulations to my friend Tyler Dellow. So you know, he was a *really* great hockey blogger, and his clear thinking that was captivating 20 years ago is easy to imagine making a huge difference to this championship.
Meanwhile our Edmonton Oilers want to hire Babcock and have JJ and Bowman running the show. Can’t compete with the likes of Tulsky and Dellow when you don’t even have a quarter of the brain power.
Tim Barnes, Sunny Mehta, Tyler Dellow, and Dennis King, who were ridiculed by our mainstream media for their analytics, are all Stanley Cup Champions. How many Stanley Cup rings do Spec, Jimbo, Gregs, DVD, Jones, Leavins, and Staples have?
What’s neat is that when he eventually became a GM, Eric Tulsky, the outsider’s outsider, surrounded himself in a front office with women and men just like him. Bloggers, lawyers, computer people even.
And it worked.
"Love him or not, Dellow has earned a reputation as a smart, yet brash and opinionated hockey man. That package may yet work in another organization. It didn’t work in Edmonton." - No lies detected