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Chapter 1: What does Bob Stauffer discuss in the opening of the show?
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Brent says, Brent texts us and says, Bob, did you see... The Jerry Modanage interview about Conor McDavid being a bad captain. Or not the interview, but the story. And I'm like, yes, I did. And Jerry's entitled. People are entitled to their opinion. You don't have to agree with it. And this is what happens. When you don't win, people look for reasons why. Okay? They look for reasons why.
That kind of comes up with the territory. There's people that have mistakenly associated decisions that have been made with the Oilers organization to Conor McDavid. So I'm going to tell you something right here, right now. Conor McDavid had nothing to do with Chris Knobloch being hired as the head coach of the Edmonton Oilers.
That was Jeff Jackson, who probably benefited as much as anybody from Chris's coaching. Because he ended up getting bonus clients like Alex DeBrinckit and Connor Brown as a result of going into Erie to see Connor McDavid play. So, you know, it's not like... Conor McDavid sat there and said, fire Jay Woodcroft and bring in Chris Knobloch out of Hartford.
OK, but we have people that sit there and espouse perspectives and views that are simply not true. It's OK. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. The orders are in a position right now as an organization where they got a little bit of time here, because I think we all know the number one candidate to replace Knobloch.
the guy that's generally considered the best coach available, except he's not available. He's not coaching an NHL team. But Bruce Cassidy is the guy. You talk to pretty much everybody around the league. So in the meantime, in between time, do you look at other potential targets? And some people say, well, you can't talk to this guy or you can't talk to that guy. How dare you bring that guy up?
Everyone's entitled to their opinion. Okay? That's how it works. I swear there's days where I think there's some people that have never made mistakes. I can't imagine what it'd be like to live in that level of virtuousness that you've never made a mistake. I will tell you as a man who is now... Did Jack Michael say I'm in my seventh decade back on March the 28th?
If you ever saw the movie Any Given Sunday and the speech that Al Pacino does, I've made every mistake that any...
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of the Jerry Modanage interview on Conor McDavid's leadership?
Middle-aged man has made. I can completely relate to that. And most of the guys I know, several of whom are significantly more successful than me, will admit to screwing up 1, 2, 37, 243, 8,643 times in their lives, okay? It comes with the territory. So anyhow, we're all entitled to how we think about issues and matters.
So we're going to talk to Ron McLean, Louis DeBrusque, Bruce Kerlock about some Oilers prospects. He's got a piece coming up. Is there a push on the back end from the farm? There might be. We shall see. Top story for Legacy Heating and Cooling. Home and O payments and no interest for a year. That's how you build a legacy. Legacy Heating and Cooling for the record.
Um, yeah, for the record, no update on this front. Uh, the orders are in pro meetings as we speak. It would not be out of the realm of possibility that there might be some interviews currently taking place.
Okay.
We know for sure that Craig Berube is going to get interviewed. Logic would dictate Peter Laviolette. Some have reached out to me personally and said, what about Daryl Sutter? Or what about Mike Babcock? Some of you have strong feelings. You know? It's interesting. It's interesting how people feel about these issues. Maybe part of the reason why people have some strong feelings...
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We're going to go back to what Leon Dreisaitl said two weeks ago on Saturday. The Oilers were eliminated by the Anaheim Ducks in six games. Dreisaitl He had 10 points in those six games. Said he had no pop in his game coming off of a lower body injury.
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Chapter 3: How does Bob clarify Conor McDavid's role in coaching decisions?
But, well, he was brilliant that day. No question about it. You could tell he cares about the Edmonton Oilers organization. And he said the Oilers need to be better.
Do you have the best player in the world on your team and you're not...
looking to win or you're like and i know we're looking to win but we we need to be better we have to be better there's no way around it we we have to improve and um you know he's signed for two more years and and god knows where where that goes but we have two years here right now as of right now we have two years and we have to get significantly better if you took one thing out of that day that was the quote
We have two years here. How do we get significantly better? So you have to figure out. Okay, well, the head coach took the team to the seventh and sixth game of the Stanley Cup finals and back-to-back years. He lost Glenn Goldson, who was a huge part, huge part of the Oilers team. Also didn't bring back Paul Coffey, who seemed to have a handle on On the defenseman.
Maybe he was a little bit atypical in his approach. Wasn't a slave to the iPad. Probably for some of you out there who've never actually had somebody look you stern between the eyes and said, get your crap together. Get your head out of your ass. Time to compete. Probably can't handle it. Right? Probably would have needed therapy because you got pushed. But that's what the best want.
They want to be pushed. Okay? They don't want to sit there and, I can't believe you said that to me. Dig in. Okay? The best want to be pushed. Which is why... The most likely scenario is that the Edmonton Oilers hire an experienced head coach with gravitas that can handle top-end players. Frankly, some of the top-end players have a little bit of ego.
They don't mind if you have a little ego back as a coach, right? But if you sit there and, oh, can't talk to this guy because, you know, No, they want to get better. That's what people do. You know, I've actually known guys in this business that don't air check themselves or don't have somebody else sitting there listening to their show once every, say, a month.
What do you mean I have to work on this? Like, have you heard yourself? Okay. Okay. The Edmonton Oilers. Play that clip again, Aiden. Can you play that clip one more time? Because I think it just hits the nail right on the head.
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Chapter 4: What challenges do the Edmonton Oilers face in hiring a new coach?
Do you have the best player in the world on your team and you're not looking to win? And I know we're looking to win, but we need to be better. We have to be better. There's no way around it. We have to improve. He's signed for two more years and God knows where that goes, but We have two years here right now. As of right now, we have two years and we have to get significantly better.
And it became blatantly apparent that they weren't going to go down with what they had for the past year. So they're going to have a different voice. And it's imperative that the Edmonton Oilers are exhaustive, whether or not you like it or not, in exploring all possible options. And again, there's one guy at the top of the mountain of the candidates. And guess what?
You'll hear crappy stuff about him too. Because anytime you have a coach that challenges players, you're gonna have, and the players do have the power, okay? In this generation of players, there has to be respect both ways. And trust has to be part of the deal. But the best players, they can handle being pushed the strongest. Because that's the way the best people are. Okay?
I may have known a guy, I don't know, 30 years ago, who would frequent... an establishment by the name of Moe's Sports Parlor in the city's south side. And there was a Hall of Fame caliber broadcaster that many of you listened to. And he had a share percentage that would crush anybody in town right now. Like it would be an amalgamation of eight or nine stations.
And he would look at you and say, don't be a... Wuss. Suck it up. Right? It's not going to be easy. You're going to get derailed. How bad do you want it? It comes with the territory. Believe in yourself, but also believe that you're going to have to dig in and get better and continuously improve. And sometimes you might even be the butt of his jokes. And guess what?
It was awesome because it meant that you and his world had arrived to a certain degree. Right? So we'll see. We'll see what ends up transpiring. Yesterday, Frank Cervalli was on orders now. He had some pretty interesting comments about Vegas Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon's comments at the start of the round three press conference.
The GM head coach presser for the Vegas Golden Knights, who, by the way, were very impressive last night in the 4-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. Here's Cerevella McCrimmon's comments.
So you left it open with the most weenie statement of all time, which was we're busy, focused on the playoffs when you could have provided a one word answer, like literally one word at any point, including on your off days. Like that's what's so disingenuous about the process. Just come out and tell everyone exactly what's going on here, which is.
The Vegas Golden Knights believe that they have a competitive advantage with a coach that they want a Stanley Cup with, and they have him under contract paying him $4.5 million next year, which is their right to say no. Just say that part because that's what's actually happening.
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Chapter 5: Who are the top coaching candidates for the Oilers?
Now it's 425. Larry says, Bob, innocent until proven guilty to the hell with the haters. We should have signed Carter Hart and Joel Quenville, and maybe we wouldn't be in this mess right now. Let's go to NHL today for Elite Promotional Marketing. Your local branded merchandise specialist. Head to ElitePromoMarketing.com. Here's the young guy, Aiden Gannon.
Well, Bob, the Eastern Conference finals get going today in Raleigh. The 8-0 Carolina Hurricanes go up against the Montreal Canadiens team that has gone seven in each of their series so far. Battle testing versus rest in that one. The PWHL season has come to an end and a big congratulations to the Montreal Victoire for taking the Walter Cup three games to one over the Ottawa Charge.
And at Worlds Canada, with another win, they are 4-0 through the group stage. They beat Norway 6-5 in overtime. Evan Bouchard picking up an assist on Mark Scheifele's winner.
Yeah, we had a guy, some scout gurus say, oh, Bouchard's terrible in this game. I'm like, well, I think he had three assists and finished plus two. I don't know what game he was watching. Bob, in reality, the owners only have one year to prove to McDavid that they're serious about winning and not two years. This time next season, we might not be talking.
This time next season, we may be talking about the best package we can receive for 97. Nothing is guaranteed that he stays here for two years. That is in the realm of possibilities. Let's go off to an 880 News Weather Traffic Update with Thomas Dyess. Ron McLean coming up on orders now.
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Chapter 6: What insights do recent interviews reveal about the Oilers' coaching situation?
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