With Eric Tulsky leading the way, Carolina is one win away from the Cup. At his side as assistant GM is long-time Oilers fan and Oilogsphephere contributor Tyler Dellow. Farther down the chain is longtime Oilers blogger, Dennis King who was hired as a pro scout just last summer.
With one more win, they will join an ever increasing list of former Oilogosphere contributors that have gone on to help the off-ice effort to win cups for other teams. Sometimes you have to look in your own back yard for talent, you never know what you might find.
I'm not sure if you could pry Dellow or Tulsky out of Carolina, but what about Dennis? I know I've missed having him around here this year.
Having had a bit of time to think about it, I really like the idea of Darryl Sutter for the Oilers.
If you're looking for a coach to fix the leaks in their PK and 5v5 game, that's exactly what he's been great at doing.
@Madi39 I’m not sure he would have this year, if it wasn’t for Spector’s hit piece. Writing was on the wall that he was gone next year, with way less control over where he went. Nurse seems like the stubborn type
I know this is going to get mocked. I get why. I'm tempted to join in.
Devil's advocate: the year Sutter got fired in Calgary, the Flames were +12, had a 55 xGF% at 5v5, barely missed the playoffs thanks to terrible goaltending, and haven't looked anywhere near as good since.
@stevezieskidoo Agree with Deboer, and agree with Woody. I know it’s giving the oilers too much credit, but if the shitstorm around the Babs hiring gets the league to go back to vgs and tell them to stop fucking around with Cassidy, maybe the oil get what they initially wanted in the first place
@Madi39 He can’t be thrilled hearing they almost traded him, but there’s also a new gm and coach and management, so they could easily go to him and say it wasn’t them trying to trade him. If they want to keep him, it should be pretty easy to smooth over