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Is he an offensive or defensive guy? What kinda style of play does he preach?
Ralph Krueger to be named next Oilers coach
Brennan Klak @nhlupdate
Oilers are expected to hire Ralph Krueger in a press conference tomorrow morning.
Is this good or bad for Oilers nation?
Is he an offensive or defensive guy? What kinda style of play does he preach?
10 Team Roto League; 20 Keepers;
Start 3C,3LW,3RW,1U,5D,2G
Stats: G,A,Pts,PPG,PPA,Pims,+/- W,Sv%,Sv
C: Tavares Thorton H. Sedin
LW: Moulson Clowe D. Sedin Whitney
RW: Hossa Gaborik Pomminville Pavelski Purcell Heatley
D: Bieska Boyle
G: Smith Nabobov Bishop Lindback Ramo Luongo
12 teams 12 keepers
Points Only
F: Spezza, Brown, Lecavalier, Horton, Elias, Weiss, Desharnais,
D: Whitney, Zidlicky, Brodin
G: Smith, Schnieder
Farm: Justin Faulk, Ryan Ellis, Krill Kabanov
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...2316--nhl.html
"I agreed to be part of the process the way it's evolving," were the carefully chosen words from the man who took over coaching the Oilers power play last year and moved it from near worst to near first. The Oilers ended up third at 20.6% after being 27th at 14.5% the year before."
He does one thing right at least.
10 Team Yahoo Roto
Keep 3F, 1D, 1G (to max 2 years unless franchise keeper)
3C,3LW,3RW,4D,2G,2BN,2IR Roto-play 85games/position
Player: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPA, PPG, HIT, BS SOG, FW
Goalie: W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO
C: (F1) Tavares, Stastny, Carter
LW: 1-Hall, Pacioretty, B.Schenn
RW: Mackinnon, Nyquist, Hornqvist
D: 1-Carlson, Josi, Faulk, Franson
G: Andersen, Mason
BN: Jones, Niemi
#- denotes number of years I have kept a player. 2 = I need to trade him this year, (F1) = Franchise Keeper, up to 4 years.
From what I've heard, he doesn't rely on his veterans to do the heavy lifting and isn't afraid to put his young 'uns out there. He also has run both run 'n gun and defensive systems, but seems to be considered an offensive-minded coach.
Those are two aspects that should appeal to fantasy owners.
CBS 15 Team Dynasty League (keep 4)
G(3), A(2), PPP(1), SHP(2), DG(+2), DA(+0.5)
W(5), S(.1), GA(-1), SO(5), OTL/SOL(2.5)
Dress weekly: 6 FW, 3 D, 1 Goalie
Forwards: Stamkos, Kucherov, Arvidsson, Hischier, Atkinson, Keller, Bjork, Stepan, E. Lindholm
Defense: Karlsson, Klefbom, Ekblad, Dumba, Montour
Goal: Talbot, Elliott
Hiring from the inside again by bringing back the assistant from a team that's finished around last....this franchise never makes any bold moves. They just bring back the same players, don't make any gutsy trades....and with this mgmt, I don't think they're winning the cup even with two more RNH's.
Krueger... wasn't he George's boss in Seinfeld at one point? :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6kVBGeQeR4
Rylant
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.. Ya isn't Krueger busy running "Krueger Industrial Smoothing"??Originally Posted by Rylant
Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
Meh.
That's all I really think. I'm not excited by the signing but I'm not upset by the signing either.
I honestly though Todd Nelson was going to get a shot ...... you Oilers fans would know better but was he ever talked about as a serious candidate ??
It's just a stepping stone signing.. He will coach the Oilers until they are good enough to bring in a coach that will put them over the top.. Just like Pittsburgh, Chicago, and LA did before they won the Stanley Cup..
Not saying the Oilers will win the cup anytime soon, I just feel they will have to improve soon with all these top picks they have recently acquired..
Zorro says "vote for Dobber"
Angus is my best friend at dobberhockey..
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=399314
It is official now
I don't have an inside source on management or anything so I can't really say as they're not being very revealing with their candidates (probably cuz they only interviewed like 2 guys haha) but he was rumored as a candidate for a while.
Todd Nelson was 'considered' but that is all we really know. Not sure if he got heavy consideration. The media had Brent Sutter as the favorite until recently but in talking to Sutter he said he did not have any contact with the Oilers (that was before the draft).
Like dyz said it is a Meh hiring but considering the alternatives in the public's eye Sutter(No), Crawford(NO!), Nelson(meh), Dallas Eakin(meh) who else could it have been realistically?
I would have preferred Nelson, Cooper, or even Eakins. Definintely didn't want Crawford, would have been pretty meh about Sutter as well though slightly prefer Krueger.
Any Sutter as a coach is overrated, they don't have any long term success and overstay their welcome. Watch the love affair in LA fall apart by mid season next year when the Kings start coming back down to earth.
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