Ian Esplen: Sizing up the Pacific – Coaches we are No. 3 on the list

Pitter patter, the sound of Oilers fans on their way here.

haha ya oiler fans think everything to do the franchise is top 3. But it was nice to see them hire someone outside of the old boys club

THIRD!

If this was about ownership, the Oilers would be dead last.

Ian Esplen: Sizing up the Pacific – Coaches
we are No. 3 on the list
- IanEsplen

Any Oiler trolls get banned yesterday?

If this was about ownership, the Oilers would be dead last.
- blk4x499

no that belongs to Ottawa right now

Well Ian I am a little pissed you do not have Canucks #1 for everything. I think we are going to have to revoke your homer card.

Any Oiler trolls get banned yesterday?
- Marwood

I didn't read yesterday but if 4 of the first 5 posts suggests an onslaught from the most overblown team... kinda funny. I don't mind the Oilers as a ...... nope, no way to finish that sentence.

no that belongs to Ottawa right now
- kovey27

Ownership, yes. Melnyk has the emotional decision making of a 12 year old girl.

Club President, the Oilers (KLowe is a mess)

Ownership, yes. Melnyk has the emotional decision making of a 12 year old girl.

Club President, the Oilers (KLowe is a mess)
- moondawg

can't argue with that

Ownership, yes. Melnyk has the emotional decision making of a 12 year old girl.

Club President, the Oilers (KLowe is a mess)
- moondawg

I was joking with a friend about how Lowe always finds his way into the Hockey Canada front office.

We figured he was really good at making coffee.

HEYYYY YOU GUYSSSSS!!!!
But seriously think you've done a fairly good job of comparing teams fairly. Disagree with a couple things, but as for the Oil they are too unpredictable right now, with too many what if situations to place them higher right now. Hopefully that changes in the coming months.
Kudos to ya!

I didn't read yesterday but if 4 of the first 5 posts suggests an onslaught from the most overblown team... kinda funny. I don't mind the Oilers as a ...... nope, no way to finish that sentence.
- Beatle_john

I popped in from time to time but it was mostly an Oiler poo-flinging contest. Can't wait for training camp to start.

I think you are underestimating the work Sean Burke has done in Phoenix. Both Bryz and Smith looked lost before he got his hands on them.

I was joking with a friend about how Lowe always finds his way into the Hockey Canada front office.

We figured he was really good at making coffee.
- IanEsplen

hahah ya that would be the only reasonable explanation, wish him and burke would start throwing cheap shots again, about the only production they've done since 08

I think you are underestimating the work Sean Burke has done in Phoenix. Both Bryz and Smith looked lost before he got his hands on them.
- JohnnySoze

sean burke might be a great goalie coach but its tippets system. don't you remember how well osgoooood played in st.louis and isles? he owes his career to lidstrom and scotty b

Good list, but I honestly think Tippett alone moves Phoenix up that list. His fingerprint on that team is so overwhelmingly obvious. I know, mancrush.

I was joking with a friend about how Lowe always finds his way into the Hockey Canada front office.

We figured he was really good at making coffee.
- IanEsplen

You sure have the Oilers on your mind a lot. Troll blogs and all.

I popped in from time to time but it was mostly an Oiler poo-flinging contest. Can't wait for training camp to start.
- Marwood

This. Is it me or does this off-season feel especially long and drab?

I was joking with a friend about how Lowe always finds his way into the Hockey Canada front office.

We figured he was really good at making coffee.
- IanEsplen

not sure about your sutter shelf life comment.

If he didn't take on the GM duties, I would have like him to stay in CGY longer (and wished he stepped down and took the job from his brother)

sean burke might be a great goalie coach but its tippets system. don't you remember how well osgoooood played in st.louis and isles? he owes his career to lidstrom and scotty b
- kovey27

You are definitely correct on both points, but that doesn't mean Burke doesn't raise the overall rating of the Phoenix staff.

You are definitely correct on both points, but that doesn't mean Burke doesn't raise the overall rating of the Phoenix staff.
- JohnnySoze

he sure does rank them higher, love the coaching staff in phoenix. but they will always go under the radar

You are definitely correct on both points, but that doesn't mean Burke doesn't raise the overall rating of the Phoenix staff.
- JohnnySoze

Burke is the best goaltender coach in the league. Tippett's system or not. Look how Bryz turned out after he left PHX, and how Smith did once he got there.

But seriously Ian, don't you think you're giving Torts a little too much credit? I think the players won that Cup in TB, because look at the talent he had in NY, and couldn't get them to a final.