100% Hockey's John Shannon (5/27/26)

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Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer 19 min 4 speakers 4 chapters transcribed 4 months ago

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Bob Stauffer 0:00

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Bob Stauffer 0:44

Visit sentinelsstorage.ca for details. All right. Krusty Rusty says, Hey, Bob, just a question. Was the coaching okay when the Oilers made it to the two-cup finals? Maybe ask Leanne O'Connor. Yeah, the owners had a good coaching staff in those two years. And they got some bounces, and they were, in spite of the hymen injury, healthy for the most part, to the best of our knowledge. So, yeah. And this past year, they won 41 out of 82 regular season games and got beaten six by the Anaheim Ducks. So take it for what it's worth. But that is fair. It is fair of you to sit there and say, well, wait a sec here. Why would Leon and Connor call out Knobloch after going to the Stanley Cup finals the last two years?

Bob Stauffer 1:31

But I think there was some concern from day one on the makeup of the... coaching staff sort of a moot point now the change has been made 537 in oil country all right let's re-engage the ashley fine forest text line bob uh would you call jordan kairu or alexis lafreniere distressed assets Hmm. And when are the changes going to get made? You suggested maybe we might see a little bit different looking front office a couple of weeks ago. Well, I'm sure by July 1st, that'll be the case. But I, you know, I think we might see some changes. We'll have to wait and see. Can the Oilers get a top six forward without offloading Darnell Nurse? Potentially. Depends on what you spare elsewhere in your lineup. Without further ado, for legacy heating and cooling, whether it's heating or cooling you need, get it with no payment, no interest for a year.

Bob Stauffer 2:30

That's how you build a legacy heating and cooling. We welcome back to the show John Shannon, our NHL insider. Hello, John. How are you? I'm great, Bob. Living the dream. You're living the dream. You know what? My good friend who had passed away in the fall, John Sexsmith, always used to say, we're dreaming to live. Living the dream, dreaming to live, right? Yeah. Puts things in perspective some days. All right, so let's do this. Because you have very good league sources, we know that about you, you presented a scenario last week at this time. You do believe at some point here that, John, that Bruce Cassidy will be able to interview for jobs. Is that right? Yes, I do. I do.

What insights does John Shannon provide about the Oilers' coaching staff?

Bob Stauffer 3:17

Did we lose John there? Did he drop for a second? Hold on a sec. See if you can renegotiate contact. We can make him... The first Bionic man, the first six. There we go. I think we got him again there. Do we? We're good. John, you were saying about Bruce Cassidy and the Vegas Golden Knights potentially at some point giving teams the ability to meet with him.

John Shannon 3:48

Yeah, I do think it will happen. I think what you're looking at in many ways, and part of this is my own personal opinion on how the Golden Knights do business, is creating a level playing field. And the level playing field is when hockey is over. And so there are no advantages given to any teams looking towards the future and plotting things for the future. Well, the Golden Knights, for the sake of argument, are still playing hockey. So I do think and do expect at a certain time that George McPhee and Kelly McCrimmon will grant Bruce Cassidy an opportunity interview. And let's be honest, Bob. Whether it's tomorrow or two weeks tomorrow, does it really change anything? And the answer is no, it doesn't.

Bob Stauffer 4:39

Well, as long as it's before, say, June the 25th.