Pat Quinn named Oiler's Head Coach

[fieldofdreams 0]

Seems Pat Quinn was named HC of the Edmonton Oilers today. Renney named associate coach. Good to see TR get another shot. I think he's a great coach.

[Law Goalie 147]

And that was the sound of the Oilers running dry.

May as well start speculating on the blowing-the-team-up deadline trades for next March.

[fieldofdreams 0]

Seriously. I mean, how many times can a team go to the Pat Quinn well? What did they do? Pick him up off of the floor at some dive bar in Kamloomps and tell him he's hired?

[Law Goalie 147]

The Leafs under Quinn were the single most boring team I've ever seen. They made the Wild look like the greatest show on earth.

[vek 0]

The Leafs under Quinn were the single most boring team I've ever seen. They made the Wild look like the greatest show on earth.

I found it quite the opposite. Quinn didn't play a trap, or anything even close to it - the Leafs were pretty freewheeling in the Quinn era.

[Law Goalie 147]

I never said they played a trap - I just said they were boring. One can play an exciting, creative, uptemo game based on WSL - the Wings have proved that. Quinn's Leafs played monotonous, braindead hockey: slow, chippy, and entirely devoid of anything interesting.

[vek 0]

I never said they played a trap - I just said they were boring. One can play an exciting, creative, uptemo game based on WSL - the Wings have proved that. Quinn's Leafs played monotonous, braindead hockey: slow, chippy, and entirely devoid of anything interesting.

I don't know what games you were watching, but I saw some pretty entertaining hockey in that era. Roberts, Mogilny, Sundin in his prime. Some terrific goaltending from Joseph and Belfour. A lot of run and gun games. Incredible playoff series rivalries against Ottawa. I don't think too many people would have called the Leafs a "boring" team under Quinn, so I'm suprised at such a strong opinon to the contrary.

[kosydar 0]

Quinn's Leafs were also one of the best teams in the East. He is quite successful and I think he was widely regarded as the best unemployed coach until now. He received multiple NHL coaching offers he turned down before this.

[RadioGaGa 162]

He had a stigma as a coach who could only coach veterans...I think his stint with Hockey Canada at the U18 probably opened some eyes. A team like Edmonton that is almost all youth took a second look at him as an option.

[Neal 41]

With Renney and Buchberger as assistants that is an interesting mix. I'm not sold on recycling Quinn again but it does fit with Tambellini's desire to ice a more aggressive, bigger team.

Whether Quinn's style of hockey works with the lineup they have is another question.