The Oilers have announced Tom Renney is the new team head coach. Pat Quinn has been named Senior Advisor of Hockey. More to follow…
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Oilers have released their regular season schedule and it’s a much better schedule than last year.
For those who like a Saturday night out, the Oilers have eight Saturday home games, twice as many as last year, and if you want to start your weekend at Rexall they have five Friday night affairs.
The Oilers play five games on Sunday, three on Wednesday, and ten on both Tuesday and Thursday. They have a six-game homestand from Dec 4th to 16th, and again from February 12th to 19th. They also have a five game holiday homestand from Dec 28th to January 6th. They won’t play in Calgary on New Years Eve; instead they will host the Flames New Years Day (Saturday) at eight. Good news for you Oiler fans who will be ripping it up on New Years, because the late start will give you ample time to wake up shower and make it to the couch to watch another Battle of Alberta.
The Oilers will open the season at home against Jarome Iginla and the Flames on Thursday October 7th. The Oilers will have three five-game road trips: Nov 7th to 14th, Jan 7th to Jan 16th and March 5th to 13th. The marquee trip will be the five gamer in March, when the Oilers face Philly, Washington, Detroit and Pittsburgh after starting the trip in Colorado.
Once again Oiler fans won’t get to see Sidney Crosby and the Penguins or Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in Edmonton. Florida, Tampa, Toronto, Buffalo, Islanders, Ottawa, Montreal, Atlanta and Boston are the Eastern teams fans will see at Rexall.
Rod Phillips’ ten special games will include three home games and seven road games and those exact will be announced soon, but they Islanders, Montreal and Boston home games are givens. The Kings, Starts, Flames, Avs and Flyers will be road games so that leaves two other road affairs.
Oilers Press Conference
The Oilers have called at 12pm press conference. Follow me on Twitter for live updates. We’ll have information for you in this space once the conference is going.
Craig Simpson is on Hockey Night in Canada radio on Sirius right now. SHould be good for Oilers talk.
He and Elliott Friedman both said they cant imagine Pat would have volunteered for this move. They seem to think Tambellini pushed him aside.
So on free thinking radio away from the clutches of Allan Watt, he was pushed, and on Oilers Lunch he stepped down.
Enough said.
Don’t forget to mention that the free radio guys are guessing.
What they both said was purely opinion, based on conversations theyve had with people.
2:30 quinn is on ched.
I just finished taking a moment to review Robin’s article from May on the subject. A couple of quotes stand out:
Jim Matheson of The Journal wrote:
Robin supplied his own thoughts:
Robin Brownlee wrote:
When I first read the article and the way Matheson portrayed things, I was really of the mind that Quinn was doing some serious soul-searching and might decide to just call it a career instead of going through another year of frustration. After all, is Quinn really in it for the money at this point?
After today though, seeing Quinn coming back in what is obviously a made-up position (why not just give him KP’s job if you thought he was at all valuable in that capacity?), I have to think that Robin actually got it right with the first scenario of his three. Tambo lied to Matheson. He did it with the right intentions, but it was a lie nonetheless. I don’t think Quinn had a shot behind the bench since the second he walked out of Rexall after the last game. And after reading everything that might have been going on behind the scenes, it’s also possible that Tambo is finally doing something right, and on schedule too. Here’s hoping it’s the start of a trend.
Nice job Ender.
I agree with Dave S – you nailed it.
Hopefully you get that new writing gig!
At a dollar a word, he has overpriced his opinion, not a chance in hell.
Im glad to see that your writing consists of less drivel, and more puncuation. Been taking classes?
I thought I heard Quinn only has one year left?
So any idea when our RFA’s get their qualifying offers?
LOL, Niedemayer stays on as a consultant has no idea what the job really is.
Tambo is not inspiring a lot of confidence. It’s becoming apparent why the Nucks let him go. Why do we have losers like Sillinger and Renney. Losers beget losers.
How is Sillinger and Renney losers?
I for one welcome our new Renney overlords.
props to you sir.
They just quoted Quinn on a conference call from the Hockey Hall Of Fame, and Pat said he doesnt see this as a promotion, and said he wanted to coach.
@ Buck75
Thanks for the props. I actually considered (briefly) trying for the gig. Then I thought about how much work it was going to be on top of my dayjob and then I really started to have an even greater appreciation for Willis than I already had.
I think working for Wanye would be the most fun a guy could ever have. Aside from having to jack empties from the hobos weaker than me to subsidize the income, of course.
I could always move my family into Wanye’s place, I suppose . . .
@ Deep Oil
I see you’re still doing your best to get paid for NOT offering your opinion. The value on that is going up by the second . . .
@ S_Dub
But has he done anything of value? How long did it take him to relieve Daum of his responsibilities? He’s definitely a procrastinator. How long last season did he “assess” this team?
I think part of “promoting” Quinn is that Tambellini didn’t like what Quinn had to tell him about the (dis)abilities of this team. He didn’t like what Quinn was probably telling him he needed to make this team work. No one wants to hear they are incompetent and digging themselves a deeper hole. He has too much respect to fire Quinn? Maybe – so why not push him into a psuedo-role with the team and maybe he’ll self-discriminate.
If that’s the case, Tambellini needs to take his own advice.