One of Connor McDavid’s former coaches with the Edmonton Oilers is certainly a believer he’ll be a champion one day. Long-time NHL coach Dave Tippett was a guest on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast this week, reminiscing about his days with the Phoenix Coyotes with former players Paul Bissonnette and Keith Yandle.
I won’t beat around the bush. I am not in support of NHL expansion. A 33rd NHL team? Is there any good reason besides billions of dollars in expansion fees?
In his short career as a head coach in the NHL, Kris Knoblauch has taken the league by storm. In less than two seasons behind an NHL bench, he has two Stanley Cup Final appearances.
Former Edmonton Oilers head coach Dave Tippett will never forget the two-and-a-half seasons he spent in northern Alberta. Tippett was hired by the Oilers on May 28, 2019, after spending the prior eight seasons manning the bench for the Arizona Coyotes.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The Edmonton Oilers’ 2017 draft class had plenty of promise at one point. Kailer Yamamoto was their first-round pick at 22nd overall and showed great potential early on.
The Oilers entered December at 16-5 and leading the NHL's Pacific Division. Since that time, they've only won seven of their last 23 contests, are now 23-18-3 overall.