Oilers hire Stan Bowman as GM and Executive VP

[canuck73_3]

3 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

 

People are trying to say Bowman was a terrible GM, not because of the covering up of the sexual assault, but because he was just terrible period, bad decisions and according to one poster "threw away the core".  How exactly can you "throw away the core", if you won 3 cups?  Can you explain that?  No other team in the salary cap era has won 3 cups.  That's just a dumb comment to be totally honest with you. 

 

My retort was I'd have no problem having a bad GM if he brought us 3 cups.  If Gillis had brought us 3 cups he would be a God in this city and a statue of him would be in front of Rogers Arena.  Regardless that he inherited the core and made so many bad decisions...

You’re ignoring that he inherited Kane, Toews, Hossa, Keith and Seabrook. He did FUCK ALL to help the post cup run team that he inherited. Panarin for Saad deal? LMAO mediocre drafting at best… guy is as overrated as Babcock. If his dad wasn’t Scotty he’d still be out of the league. 

Edited July 25 by canuck73_3

[Bob Long]

1 hour ago, Elias Pettersson said:

 

I wasn't talking about the sexual assault cover up, why are you so confused?  You think I would want the Canucks to hire Stan Bowman today?  My entire point went over a few people's heads it seems.  Weird...

 

Maybe be clearer. 

 

[R3aL]

Old boys club doing old boys club Things

[bh90]

2 hours ago, PureQuickness said:

So anyway, if anyone needs to question our management (Aqua) being a bad owner, we can see now that he isn't quite as bad as many others. Without meaning to sound like a cuck, these are the things that Aqua has been doing over the years, which admittedly has been FAR FROM PERFECT.

 

1) Continually spending to the cap

2) Continually upgrading facilities (most recently, the state of the art scoreboard)

3) Willing to give management, past and present, the ability to make moves for the most part.

4) Didn't try to arm-bar the city for an arena. 100 percent owned by Aqua.

5) Loves to go on social media to talk about the team

6) Hires competent staff. Aside from the Benning miscue, PA/JR have proven themselves to be very competent, and this is coming from a poster that really didn't like how they started out.

 

Aqua is a flawed owner, without a doubt; however, he is human and he learns from his mistakes, seemingly. Now if you look at the Oilers/Calgary ownership, they are gouging the cities with their arenas, and now the Oilers are hiring Bowman out of all people.

 

To be clear, many Oiler fans I have seen online chastise this hiring of the Bowman. This is 100 percent on their shitty management.

 

That assessment might be true from a hockey operation stand point

 

But aquillini is an absolute garbage of a human being. Unfortunately I've privileged to nfo I canf share but there's plenty of things in the public too, and comments from multiple ex employees.

 

I 100% do not support or respect the move to bring Bowman back and I think the NHL missed a huge opportunity here. 

 

But if this scandal wad the worst Bowman did, than it doesn't compare one bit to the things Aquillini has continously done over the years

[PureQuickness]

22 minutes ago, bh90 said:

 

That assessment might be true from a hockey operation stand point

 

But aquillini is an absolute garbage of a human being. Unfortunately I've privileged to nfo I canf share but there's plenty of things in the public too, and comments from multiple ex employees.

 

I 100% do not support or respect the move to bring Bowman back and I think the NHL missed a huge opportunity here. 

 

But if this scandal wad the worst Bowman did, than it doesn't compare one bit to the things Aquillini has continously done over the years

 

Let's be clear - Aquilini is a businessman and his business practices have been questionable. No one is giving him a free pass for that. There's also the divorce thing as well, which I won't know much about, but I heard there's a story behind that one too.

 

I think covering up a sexual scandal is as bad as a shit person can get, with exception to rape itself. Screwing over people through business is not good, yet it's not comparable in scale.

Edited July 25 by PureQuickness

[PureQuickness]

2 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

 

I wasn't talking about the sexual assault cover up, why are you so confused?  You think I would want the Canucks to hire Stan Bowman today?  My entire point went over a few people's heads it seems.  Weird...

 

Hilarious that most people are talking about cover up, as well as TERRIBLE performance as a GM. I get that you're glossing over his tenure with the cups, but there's more to the team than the cups. The Hawks fans don't care that Bowman has cups. They STILL think he's a shit GM. In fact, they think that the team received the cups IN SPITE of Bowman.

 

The shitshow of Benning doesn't have a single cup to speak of and people are still shitting over him. Then compare the reality that Bowman has cups and Hawks fans STILL think he's a shit GM. You gotta put the pieces together. Bowman ain't that good.

[PureQuickness]

1 hour ago, Joshua.Guy said:

Fuck the Coilers. What a terrible decision.

Also this GM is trash. He absolutely inherited the core that won there and did sweet fuck all with his decade in charge.

 

Trades

Oct. 7, 2009 – traded D Aaron Johnson to Calgary for F Kyle Greentree.

Feb. 10, 2010 – traded D Cam Barker to Minnesota for D Kim Johnsson and D Nick Leddy.

March 1, 2010 – traded G Joe Fallon to St. Louis for G Hannu Toivonen and D Danny Richmond.

March 2, 1010 – traded future considerations to Anaheim for D Nick Boynton.

June 20, 2010 – traded F Kris Versteeg and F Billy Sweatt to Toronto for F Viktor Stalberg, F Philippe Paradis and F Chris DiDomenico.

June 23, 2010 – traded F/D Dustin Byfuglien, F Ben Eager, D Brent Sopel and F Akim Aliu to Atlanta for F Marty Reasoner, F Joey Crabb, F Jeremy Morin and New Jersey’s 1st and 2nd round picks in 2010 (acq. by ATL in Ilya Kovalchuk trade) – #26 (F Kevin Hayes) and #54 (D Justin Holl)

June 24, 2010 – traded F Colin Fraser to Edmonton for a 6th round pick in 2010 (F Mirko Hofflin)

June 25, 2010 – traded the Blackhawks 1st round pick (#30 – Brock Nelson) to the New York Islanders for their 2nd round picks (#35 – Ludvig Rensfeldt) and #58 (#58 – Kent Simpson).

June 25, 2010 – traded the Flames 2nd round pick #43 (acq. from CGY in Rene Bourque trade – Brad Ross) to the Toronto Maple Leafs for F Jimmy Hayes.

June 25, 2010 – traded the Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd round selection in 2010 back to Toronto for the Calgary Flames 2nd round pick in 2011 #43 (Brandon Saad) and Toronto’s 3rd round pick in 2011 #70 (Michael Paliotta)

July 1, 2010 – traded F Andrew Ladd to Atlanta for D Ivan Vishnevskiy and a 2nd round pick in 2011 (#36 overall – D Adam Clendening)

July 22, 2010 – traded F Marty Reasoner to Florida for F Jeff Taffe.

February 9, 2011 – traded F Jack Skille, F Hugh Jessiman and F David Pacan to Florida for F Michael Frolik and G Alexander Salak.

February 28, 2011 – traded F Ryan Potulny and a conditional 2nd round pick to Ottawa (#48, subsequently traded to Detroit) for D Chris Campoli.

June 24, 2011 – traded F Troy Brouwer to Washington for a first round pick #26 (F Phillip Danault)

June 25, 2011 – traded D Brian Campbell to Florida for F Rostislav Olesz.

June 28, 2011 – traded the negotiating rights to F Tomas Kopecky to Florida for a conditional 7th round draft pick in 2012 or 2013. (Kopecky signed; pick is Chicago’s.)

June 29, 2011 – traded the conditional 7th round draft pick from Kopecky deal to Buffalo for negotiating rights to D Steve Montador.

January 27, 2012 – traded defenseman Brian Connelly to Calgary for center Brendan Morrison.

Febuary 27, 2012 – traded 2nd (#61 – Zach Sanford) and 3rd round (#91 – JC Lipon) picks in the 2013 Draft to Winnipeg for defenseman Johnny Oduya.

February 27, 2012 – traded defenseman John Scott to the New York Rangers for a 5th round pick in the 2012 Draft (#149 – Travis Brown).

June 23, 2012 – traded a 4th round pick in the 2012 Draft (#109 – Christophe Lalancette) to the San Jose Sharks for a 7th round pick in the 2012 Draft (#191-Brandon Whitney) and a 4th round pick in the 2013 Draft.

January 21, 2013 – traded a 7th round pick (#198 – John Gilmour) in the 2013 draft to Calgary for G Henrik Karlsson.

April 1, 2013 – traded a 4th round pick (acquired June 23, 2012 from San Jose) to San Jose for center Michal Handzus.

June 30, 2013 – traded forward Dave Bolland to Toronto for 2nd (#51 – Carl Dahlström) and 4th (#117 – traded to San Jose for #111 – Robin Norell) round picks in the 2013 Draft and a 4th round pick (#98 – Fredrik Olofsson) in the 2014 Draft.

June 30, 2013 – traded forward Michael Frolik to Winnipeg for a 3rd (#74 – John Hayden) and 5th (#134 – Luke Johnson) round picks in the 2013 Draft.

July 16, 2013 – traded forward Daniel Carcillo to Los Angeles for a conditional pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.

November 14, 2013 – traded forward Jimmy Hayes and defenseman Dylan Olsen to Florida for forwards Kris Versteeg and Phillippe Lefebrve. (Florida reportedly retains half of Versteeg’s remaining salary)

December 14, 2013 – traded future considerations to Edmonton for G Jason LaBarbera, who was assigned to Rockford.

February 6, 2014 – traded a 4th round pick (#118 – Igor Shesterkin) in the 2014 Draft to the New York Islanders for center Peter Regin and forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard. (NYI retain half of the salaries of both Regin and Bouchard)

February 26, 2014 – traded F Brad Winchester to Minnesota for D Brian Connelly, who was assigned to Rockford.

March 2, 2014 – traded F Brandon Pirri to Florida for the Panther’s third round pick (#62 – subsequently traded to SJ on June 27) in the 2014 NHL Draft and their fifth round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft.

March 4, 2014 – traded a second round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft (#58 – Christian Dvorak) to Phoenix for defensemen David Rundblad and Mathieu Brisbois.

June 27, 2014 – traded the 27th (Nikolay Goldobin) and 62nd (traded to NSH – Justin Kirkland) overall picks in the 2014 NHL Draft to San Jose for the 20th (Nick Schmaltz) and 178th selections.

June 28, 2014 – traded F Brandon Bollig to Calgary for a third round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft (#83 – Matheson Iacopelli).

October 4, 2014 – traded defenseman Nick Leddy and goaltender Kent Simpson to the New York Islanders for defensemen T.J. Brennan and Ville Pokka and the rights to restricted free agent goaltender Anders Nilsson.

December 14, 2014 – traded forward Jeremy Morin to Columbus for defenseman Tim Erixon.

January 29, 2015 – traded defenseman Adam Clendening to Vancouver for defenseman Gustav Forsling.

February 26, 2015 – traded defenseman T.J. Brennan to Toronto for forward Spencer Abbott.

February 27, 2015 – acquired defenseman Kimmo Timonen from Philadelphia for a second round pick in 2015 and a conditional pick in 2016. (2016 pick became a second round selection when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup)

February 28, 2015 – traded defenseman Klas Dahlbeck and a first round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft to Arizona for center Antoine Vermette.

March 2, 2015 – acquired forward Andrew Desjardins from San Jose for forward Ben Smith and a conditional 7th round pick in 2016.

June 27, 2015 – acquired forward Ryan Haggerty from the NY Rangers for goalie Antti Raanta.

June 30, 2015 – acquired forwards Artem Anisimov, Jeremy Morin, Corey Tropp and Marko Dano and a 4th round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft from Columbus for forwards Brandon Saad and Alex Broadhurst and defenseman Mike Paliotta.

July 6, 2015 – acquired forward Liam Coughlin from Edmonton for goaltender Anders Nilsson.

July 10, 2015 – acquired defenseman Trevor Daley and forward Ryan Garbutt from Dallas for forward Patrick Sharp and defenseman Stephen Johns. (DAL will retain half of Garbutt’s contract for remainder of 2015-16 and 2016-17 season.)

September 11, 2015 – acquired defensemen Dennis Robertson and Jake Massie and a 5th round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft from Carolina for forwards Kris Versteeg and Joakim Nordstrom and a 3rd round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft.

December 14, 2015 – acquired defenseman Rob Scuderi from Pittsburgh for defenseman Trevor Daley. (PIT will retain one-third of Scuderi’s contract for remainder of 2015-16 and 2016-17 season.)

January 3, 2016 – acquired forward Richard Panik from Toronto for forward Jeremy Morin.

January 21, 2016 – acquired forward Jiri Sekac from Anaheim for forward Ryan Garbutt.

February 25, 2016 – acquired forwards Andrew Ladd and Matt Fraser and defenseman Jay Harrison from Winnipeg for Marko Dano, a 1st round pick in 2016 and a conditional 3rd round pick in 2018. (WPG will retain 36% of Ladd’s cap hit for the remainder of the 2015-16 season.)

February 26, 2016 – acquired defenseman Christian Ehrhoff from Los Angeles for defenseman Rob Scuderi. (LA will retain 15% of Ehrhoff’s cap hit for the rest of 2015-16 season; CHI will retain 50% of Scuderi’s cap hit thru the end of 2016-17 season)

February 26, 2016 – acquired forwards Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann from Montreal for center Phillip Danault and a second round pick in 2018. (MTL will retain 30% of Weise’s cap hit for the rest of the 2015-16 season.)

February 29, 2016 – acquired goaltender Drew MacIntyre from Carolina for defenseman Dennis Robertson.

February 29, 2016 – acquired forward Tim Jackman and a 7th round pick in 2017 from Anaheim for forward Corey Tropp.

June 15, 2016 – acquired the New York Rangers’ second round pick (#50 – Artur Kayumov) in the 2016 NHL Draft and the Canes’ third round pick in 2017 (TBD) from Carolina for forwards Teuvo Teravainen and Bryan Bickell.

June 24, 2016 – acquired two second round picks (#39 Alex DeBrincat & #45 Chad Krys) in the 2016 NHL Draft from Montreal for forward Andrew Shaw.

June 25, 2016 – traded a fourth round pick (#95 – Anatoli Golyshev) to the New York Islanders for a fourth round pick (#110 Lucas Carlsson) and a sixth round pick in 2017.

February 24, 2017 – acquired forward Tomas Jurco from Detroit for a third round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft.

February 28, 2017 – acquired defenseman Johnny Oduya from Dallas for forward Mark McNeill and a conditional fourth round draft pick in the 2018 NHL Draft.

March 1, 2017 – acquired forward Kenton Hegelsen and a seventh round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft from Anaheim for forwards Sam Carrick and Spencer Abbott.

April 28, 2017 – traded goaltender Scott Darling to Carolina for a third round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft.

June 23, 2017 – traded defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson to Arizona for defenseman Connor Murphy and center Laurent Dauphin.

June 23, 2017 – traded forwards Artemi Panarin and Tyler Motte with a sixth round (#170 overall) draft pick in the 2017 NHL Draft to Columbus for forward Brandon Saad, goaltender Anton Forsberg and a fifth round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft.

June 23, 2017 – traded a first round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft (# 26 – G Jake Oettinger) to Dallas for the 29th overall pick (#29  – D Henri Jokiharju) and a third round pick (#70 – F Andrei Altybarmakyan) in the 2017 NHL Draft

June 24, 2017 – traded a fifth round pick (#135 – Kristoffer Gunnarsson)  and a sixth round pick (#181 – Petrus Palmu) in the 2017 NHL Draft to Vancouver for a fourth round pick (#112- F Tim Soderlund) in the 2017 NHL Draft.

July 2, 2017 – traded forward Marcus Kruger to Vegas for future considerations.

October 4, 2017 – traded forward Kyle Baun to Montreal for forward Andreas Martinsen.

January 10, 2018 – traded forwards Richard Panik and Laurent Dauphin to Arizona for forward Anthony Duclair and defenseman Adam Clendening.

February 16, 2018 – traded defenseman Ville Pokka to Ottawa for forward Chris DiDomenico.

February 19, 2018 – traded defenseman Michal Kempny to Washington for a conditional 3rd round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft (#87 overall – subsequently traded to Arizona on 06/23/18).

February 26, 2018 – traded forward Ryan Hartman and a 5th round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft to Nashville for forward Victor Ejdsell, a 1st round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft (#27 Nicolas Beaudin) and a 4th round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft.

February 26, 2018 – traded forward Tommy Wingels to Boston for a 5th round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.

June 23, 2018 – traded a 3rd round pick (#87 Linus Karlsson) and 5th round pick (#142 Michael Callahan) in the 2018 NHL Draft to Arizona for a 3rd round pick (#74-Niklas Nordgren) in the 2018 NHL Draft.

June 23, 2018 – traded a 5th round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft to Montreal for a 5th round pick (#139 Mikael Hakkarainen) in the 2018 NHL Draft.

June 24, 2018 – traded forward Tanner Kero to Vancouver for forward Michael Chaput.

June 27, 2018 – traded goaltender JF Berube to Columbus for forward Jordan Schroeder.

July 12, 2018 – traded forwards Marian Hossa and Vincent Hinostroza, defenseman Jordan Oesterle and 3rd round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft to Arizona for forwards Marcus Kruger, Mackenzie Entwistle and Jordan Maletta, defenseman Andrew Campbell and 5th round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.

November 25, 2018 – traded forward Nick Schmaltz to Arizona for forwards Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini.

December 30, 2018 – traded defensemen Brandon Manning and Robin Norell to Edmonton for forward Drake Cagguila and defenseman Jason Garrison.

February 18, 2019 – traded defenseman Darren Raddysh to the New York Rangers for forward Peter Holland.

February 24, 2019 – traded forward Matheson Iacopelli to the Los Angeles Kings for forward Spencer Watson.

June 15, 2019 – traded forward Dominik Kahun and a fifth round pick (#151 – Aku Raty) in the 2019 NHL Draft to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Olli Maatta.

June 22, 2019 – traded forward John Hayden to the New Jersey Devils for forward John Quenneville.

June 24, 2019 – traded goaltender Anton Forsberg and defenseman Gustav Forsling to the Carolina Hurricanes for defenseman Calvin De Haan and forwward Aleksi Saarela.

July 9, 2019 – traded defenseman Henri Jokiharju to Buffalo for forward Alexander Nylander.

Oct. 21, 2019 – traded forward Aleksi Saarela to the Florida Panthers for defenseman Ian McCoshen.

Oct. 27, 2019 – traded forward Brendan Perlini to the Detroit Red Wings for defenseman Alec Regula.

Nov. 20, 2019 – traded forward Graham Knott to the Pittsburgh Penguins for forward Joseph Cramarossa.

Feb. 24, 2020 – traded defenseman Erik Gustafsson to the Calgary Flames for a third round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft.

Feb. 24, 2020 – traded forward Nathan Noel to the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman TJ Brennan.

Feb. 24, 2020 – traded goaltender Robin Lehner to the Vegas Golden Knights for goaltender Malcolm Subban, the rights to defenseman Slava Demin and a second round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft.

Sept. 28, 2020 – traded forward Dylan Sikura to the Vegas Golden Knights for forward Brandon Pirri.

Oct. 7, 2020 – traded a 7th round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft to Montreal for a 7th round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft (#188 – Louis Crevier).

Oct. 10, 2020 – traded forward Brandon Saad and defenseman Dennis Gilbert to Colorado for defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm.
* – Chicago retained $1M of Saad’s cap hit in 2020-21.

April 8, 2021 – traded defenseman Lucas Carlsson and forward Lucas Wallmark to the Florida Panthers for forward Brett Connolly, defenseman Riley Stillman, center Henrik Borgstrom and a 7th round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft.

April 12, 2021 – traded forward Matthew Highmore to the Vancouver Canucks for forward Adam Gaudette.

April 12, 2021 – traded forward Mattias Janmark and a 5th round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft to the Vegas Golden Knights for a 2nd round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft and a 3rd round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft.

April 12, 2021 – traded forward center Carl Söderberg to the Colorado Avalanche for forwards Ryder Rolston & Josh Dickinson.

April 12, 2021 – traded defenseman Madison Bowey and a 5th round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft to the Vancouver Canucks for a 4th round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft.

July 12, 2021 – traded defenseman Duncan Keith to the Edmonton Oilers for defenseman Caleb Jones and a conditional 3rd round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (could become a 2nd round pick).

July 23, 2021 – traded defensman Adam Boqvist, Chicago’s 1st round pick (#12 – Cole Sillinger) in the 2021 NHL Draft, Chicago’s 2nd round pick in 2021 (#43 – Aleksi Heimosalmi) and Chicago’s 1st round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft (top-two protected) to Columbus for defenseman Seth Jones and Tampa’s 1st round pick (#32 – Nolan Allan) in the 2021 NHL Draft.

July 24, 2021 – traded a 2022 3rd round pick to Carolina for the Canes’ 3rd round pick (#90 – Taige Harding) in the 2021 NHL Draft.

July 27, 2021 – traded forward Mikael Hakkarainen to Vegas for goaltender Marc-André Fleury.

Waiver Moves

September 25, 2009 – claimed F Radek Smolenak (claimed by TB Oct. 9)

October 17, 2009 – claimed F Andrew Ebbett (claimed by MIN Nov. 21)

August 2, 2010 – declined arbitration decision with G Antti Niemi.

September 25, 2010 – waived G Cristobal Huet; assigned to minors (loaned to Europe).

July 20, 2011 – declined arbitration decision with D Chris Campoli

June 15, 2012 – waived G Alexander Salak (released June 18)

September 23, 2013 – placed F Kyle Beach on waivers (loaned to Europe).

February 22, 2014 – placed D Mike Kostka on waivers (claimed by TB Feb. 23).

August 1, 2014 – 2010 first round pick F Kevin Hayes opts to not sign with Chicago; signs with NY Rangers.

February 28, 2015 – placed D Tim Erixon on waivers (claimed by TOR March 1).

December 5, 2015 – placed F Viktor Tikhonov on waivers (claimed by ARI Dec. 6).

December 28, 2015 – placed D David Rundblad on waivers (loaned to Europe).

February 26, 2016 – placed F Jiri Sekac on waivers (claimed by ARI Feb. 27)

July 24, 2016 – released D David Rundblad.

January 2, 2019 – waived D Jason Garrison (signed with European team Jan. 7)

September 29, 2019 – placed D Carl Dahlstrom on waivers (claimed by WPG Sept. 30).

January 5, 2020 – placed D Philip Holm on unconditional waviers for purpose of contract termination. (Contract terminated/returned to Europe Jan. 6)

February 3, 2020 – claimed D Nick Seeler off waivers from Minnesota.

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June 21, 2017 – D Trevor van Riemsdyk selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2017 Expansion Draft.

July 21, 2021 – F John Quenneville selected by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 Expansion Draft.

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Free Agents Signed

July 20, 2009 – signed F Danny Bois.

December 3, 2009 – signed F Patrick Kane to a five-year, $31.5M extension

December 3, 2009 – signed F Jonathan Toews to a five-year, $31.5M extension

December 3, 2009 – signed D Duncan Keith to a 13-year, $72M extension

February 17, 2010 – signed D Jassen Cullimore.

April 3, 2010 – signed F Brandon Bollig to a two-year, entry-level contract.

July 2, 2010 – signed F/D John Scott to a two-year, $1.25M deal.

July 17, 2010 – matched San Jose offer sheet with D Niklas Hjalmarsson, four-years, $14M deal.

July 28, 2010 – re-signed F Bryan Bickell to a three-year, $1.625M deal.

July 31, 2010 – signed D Nick Leddy to a three-year, entry-level deal.

August 2, 2010 – signed G Marty Turco to a one-year, $1.3M deal.

August 3, 2010 – signed F Igor Makarov to a two-year deal.

August 4, 2010 – signed F Hugh Jessiman.

August 4, 2010 – re-signed F Evan Brophey.

August 4, 2010 – re-signed G Hannu Toivonen.

August 4, 2010 – re-signed F Nathan Davis.

August 4, 2010 – re-signed D Jassen Cullimore.

August 11, 2010 – re-signed D Jordan Hendry to a one-year, $600k deal.

August 16, 2010 – re-signed D Nick Boynton to a one-year, $500k deal.

August 24, 2010 – signed F Fernando Pisani to a one-year, $500k deal.

August 31, 2010 – signed F Brandon Pirri to a three-year, entry-level deal.

September 9, 2010 – signed F Ryan Potulny to a one-year, $500k deal.

November 26, 2010 – signed D Garnet Exelby.

December 17, 2010 – signed F Ryan Johnson to a one-year, $500k deal.

January 1, 2011 – signed D Dylan Olsen to a three-year, entry-level deal.

February 27, 2011 – signed D Brent Seabrook to a five-year, $29M extension.

March 31, 2011 – signed F Jimmy Hayes to a three-year, entry-level deal.

April 12, 2011 – signed D Joe Lavin to a two-year, entry-level deal.

May 20, 2011 – signed G Corey Crawford to a three-year, $8M deal.

May 31, 2011 – signed Fs Byron Froese and David Gilbert to three-year, entry-level deals.

May 31, 2011 – signed G Alexander Salak to a two-year, $1.225M contract.

June 30, 2011 – signed D Steve Montador to a four-year, $11M contract.

July 1, 2011 – signed F Jamal Mayers to a one-year, $550k contract.

July 1, 2011 – signed D Sean O’Donnell to a one-year, $850k contract.

July 1, 2011 – signed F Andrew Brunette to a one-year, $2M contract.

July 1, 2011 – signed F Dan Carcillo to a one-year, $775k contract.

July 10, 2011 – re-signed F Viktor Stalberg to a two-year, $1.75M contract.

July 13, 2011 – re-signed minor-league D Brian Connelly to a one-year contract.

July 15, 2011 – signed D Sami Lepisto to a one-year, $750k contract.

July 15, 2011 – re-signed F Michael Frolik to a three-year, $7M contract.

August 3, 2011 – signed F Patrick Sharp to a five-year, $29.5M extension.

October 2, 2011 – signed G Ray Emery to a one-year, $600k deal.

January 2, 2012 – signed F Mark McNeill to a three-year, entry-level contract.

January 2, 2012 – signed F Phillip Danault to a three-year, entry-level contract.

January 3, 2012 – signed F Andrew Shaw to a three-year, entry-level contract.

March 12, 2012 – signed F Daniel Carcillo to a two-year, $1.65M contract.

March 19, 2012 – signed F Terry Broadhurst to a two-year, entry-level contract.

April 7, 2012 – signed G Ray Emery to a one-year, $1.15M contract.

May 15, 2012 – signed F Rob Flick to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 29, 2012 – signed G Mac Carruth to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 29, 2012 – signed G Kent Simpson to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 29, 2012 – signed F Joakim Nordstrom to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 29, 2012 – signed D Klas Dahlbeck to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 29, 2012 – signed F Jamal Mayers to a one-year, $650k contract.

May 29, 2012 – signed D Johnny Oduya to a three-year, $10.125M contract.

May 31, 2012 – signed D Adam Clendening to a three-year, entry-level contract.

June 18, 2012 – signed G Carter Hutton to a one-year, two-way contract.

June 18, 2012 – signed F Ben Smith to a two-year extension.

June 18, 2012 – signed F Brandon Bollig to a two-year extension.

July 1, 2012 – signed D Sheldon Brookbank to a two-year, $2.5M contract.

July 2, 2012 – signed F Martin St. Pierre to a one-year, two-way contract.

September 11, 2012 – signed D Michal Rozsival to a one-year, $2.0M contract.

April 9, 2013 – signed F Garret Ross to a three-year, entry-level contract.

April 12, 2013 – signed F Drew LeBlanc to a one-year contract.

May 31, 2013 – signed F Alex Broadhurst to a three-year, entry-level contract.

June 3, 2013 – signed G Antti Raanta to a one-year contract.

June 30, 2013 – signed F Bryan Bickell to a four-year, $16M contract.

July 3, 2013 – signed D Nick Leddy to a two-year, $5.4M contract.

July 12, 2013 – signed F Marcus Kruger to a two-year contract.

July 15, 2013 – signed D Ryan Stanton to a one-year contract.

July 17, 2013 – signed F Kyle Beach to a one-year contract.

July 19, 2013 – signed F Drew LeBlanc to a two-year contract.

July 19, 2013 – signed D Theo Peckham to a one-year contract.

July 19, 2013 – signed D Michael Kostka to a one-year contract.

July 24, 2013 – signed F Brad Winchester to a one-year contract.

August 22, 2013 – signed F Teuvo Teravainen to a three-year, entry-level contract.

October 19, 2013 – signed D Viktor Svedberg to a two-year contract.

October 25, 2013 – signed F Brad Mills to a one-year contract.

November 12, 2013 – signed F Andrew Shaw to a two-year, $4M extension.

November 18, 2013 – signed F Ryan Hartman to a three-year, entry-level contract.

March 3, 2014 – signed F Brandon Bollig to a three-year, $3.75M extension.

March 10, 2014 – signed D Dillon Fournier to a three-year, entry-level contract.

March 19, 2014 – signed  F Brandon Mashinter to a two-year, two-way contract extension.

March 20, 2014 – signed F Matt Carey to a two-year contract.

March 24, 2014 – signed D Trevor vanRiemsdyk to a two-year, entry-level contract.

April 2, 2014 – signed D Stephen Johns to a two-year, entry-level contract.

June 10, 2014 – signed F Dennis Rasmussen to a one-year contract.

June 27, 2014 – signed G Antti Raanta to a two-year extension.

June 27, 2014 – signed F Ben Smith to a two-year extension.

June 27, 2014 – signed F Jeremy Morin to a two-year extension.

July 1, 2014 – signed F Brad Richards to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2014 – signed G Scott Darling to a one-year, two-way contract.

July 1, 2014 – signed F Peter Regin to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2014 – signed F Pierre-Cedric Labrie to a one-year, two-way contract.

July 1, 2014 – signed F Cody Bass to a one-year, two-way contract.

July 2, 2014 – signed D Kyle Cumiskey two a one-year contract.

July 9, 2014 – signed F Jonathan Toews to an eight-year, $84M extension.

July 9, 2014 – signed F Patrick Kane to an eight-year, $84M extension.

August 18, 2014 – signed G Michael Leighton to a one-year, two-way contract.

October 4, 2014 – signed F Daniel Carcillo to a one-year, $550k deal.

February 22, 2015 – signed G Scott Darling to a two-year extension.

March 21, 2015 – signed F Vince Hinostroza to a three-year contract.

March 26, 2015 – signed F Kyle Baun to a two-year contract.

March 26, 2015 – signed D Mike Paliotta to a two-year contract.

April 2, 2015 – signed F Tanner Kero to a two-year contract.

April 30, 2015 – signed D Erik Gustafsson to a two-year contract.

May 1, 2015 – signed F Artemi Panarin to a two-year contract.

June 29, 2015 – signed D David Rundblad to a two-year contract.

June 30, 2015 – signed G Michael Leighton to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2015 – signed F Viktor Tikhonov to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2015 – signed F Artem Anisimov to a five-year extension.

July 2, 2015 – signed D Cameron Schilling to a two-year contract.

July 3, 2015 – signed F Andrew Desjardins to a two-year contract.

July 7, 2015 – signed D Trevor van Riemsdyk to a two-year extension.

July 9, 2015 – signed F Dennis Rasmussen to a one-year contract.

August 5, 2015 – signed D Viktor Svedberg to a one-year contract.

August 18, 2015 – signed D Nolan Valleau to a two-year contract.

September 2, 2015 – signed F Joakim Nordstrom to a one-year contract.

September 11, 2015 – signed F Marcus Kruger to a one-year, $1.5M contract.

September 19, 2015 – signed D Michal Rozsival to a one-year contract.

September 26, 2015 – signed D Brent Seabrook to an eight-year, $55M extension.

October 15, 2015 – signed D Kyle Cumiskey to a one-year contract.

February 28, 2016 – signed G Mac Carruth thru the remainder of the 2015-16 season.

March 3, 2016 – signed F Kyle Baun to a two-year extension.

March 8, 2016 – signed F Marcus Kruger to a three-year, $9.25M extension.

March 14, 2016 – signed D Viktor Svedberg to a two-year extension.

March 31, 2016 – signed D Robin Norell to a three-year, entry-level contract.

April 6, 2016 – signed F Tyler Motte to a three-year, entry-level contract.

April 14, 2016 – signed D Carl Dahlstrom to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 12, 2016 – signed D Gustav Forsling to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 24, 2016 – signed G Lars Johansson to a one-year contract.

May 24, 2016 – signed D Michal Kempny to a one-year, $925k contract.

May 24, 2016 – signed F Martin Lundberg to a one-year contract.

June 14, 2016 – signed G Mac Carruth to a one-year extension.

June 15, 2016 – signed F Richard Panik to a one-year, $875k contract.

June 24, 2016 – signed F Nick Schmaltz to a three-year, entry-level contract.

June 30, 2016 – signed D Michal Rozsival to a one-year, $600k contract.

June 30, 2016 – signed F Brandon Mashinter to a one-year, $575k contract.

July 1, 2016 – signed D Brian Campbell to a one-year, $2.25M contract.

July 1, 2015 – signed F Sam Carrick to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2015 – signed F Spencer Abbott to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2015 – signed F Pierre-Cedric Labrie to a one-year contract.

July 5, 2016 – signed F Jordin Tootoo to a one-year, $750k contract.

July 15, 2016 – signed F Mark McNeill to a one-year, $600k contract.

September 26, 2016 – signed F Alexandre Fortin to a three-year, entry-level contract.

September 30, 2016 – signed F Graham Knott to a three-year, entry-level contract.

November 7, 2016 – signed F Alex DeBrincat to a three-year, entry-level contract.

December 28, 2016 – signed F Artemi Panarin to a two-year, $12M extension.

February 24, 2017 – signed G Jeff Glass to a two-year, two-way contract.

February 28, 2017 – signed F Jordin Tootoo to a one-year extension.

February 28, 2017 – signed D Michal Rozsival to a one-year extension.

March 2, 2017 – signed F Matthew Highmore to a three-year, entry-level contract.

March 12, 2017 – signed F John Hayden to a two-year, entry-level contract.

March 13, 2017 – signed F Anthony Louis to a two-year, entry-level contract.

March 15, 2017 – signed D Luc Snuggerud to a three-year, entry-level contract.

March 23, 2017 – signed F Tanner Kero to a two-year extension.

March 28, 2017 – signed F Matheson Iacopelli to a two-year, entry-level contract.

April 27, 2017 – signed F Nathan Noel to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 2, 2017 – signed F David Kampf to a two-year contract.

May 11, 2017 – signed F Richard Panik to a two-year, $5.6M extension.

May 27, 2017 – signed D Michal Kempny to a one-year extension.

June 7, 2017 – signed D Jan Rutta to a one-year contract.

June 26, 2017 – signed G Anton Forsberg to a two-year extension.

June 26, 2017 – signed F Tomas Jurco to a one-year extension.

June 27, 2017 – signed D Ville Pokka to a one-year extension.

July 1, 2017 – signed F Tommy Wingels to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2017 – signed G Jean-Francois Berube to a two-year contract.

July 1, 2017 – signed F Lance Bouma to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2017 – signed D Jordan Oesterle to a two-year contract.

July 1, 2017 – signed F Patrick Sharp to a one-year contract.

July 14, 2017 – signed D Erik Gustafsson to a one-year contract.

July 28, 2017 – signed G Collin Delia to a two-year contract.

October 4, 2017 – signed F Bryan Bickell to a one-day* contract.

October 4, 2017 – signed D Cody Franson to a one-year contract.

March 6, 2018 – signed D Erik Gustafsson to a two-year extension.

March 6, 2018 – signed F Tyler Sikura to a one-year contract.

March 9, 2018 – signed D Jan Rutta to a one-year extension.

March 25, 2017 – signed F Dylan Sikura to a two-year, entry-level contract.

March 27, 2018 – signed D Blake Hillman to a two-year, entry-level contract.

March 28, 2018 – signed D Joni Tuulola to a two-year, entry-level contract.

April 13, 2018 – signed D Dennis Gilbert to a three-year, entry-level contract.

April 28, 2018 – signed F Dominik Kahun to a two-year, entry-level contract.

April 28, 2018 – signed D Lucas Carlsson to a three-year, entry-level contract.

April 28, 2018 – signed G Kevin Lankinen to a two-year, entry-level contract.

April 28, 2018 – signed D Darren Raddysh to a two-year contract.

May 31, 2018 – signed F Jacob Nilsson to a one-year contract.

June 7, 2018 – signed F Andreas Martinsen to a two-year extension.

June 12, 2018 – signed D Henri Jokiharju to a three-year, entry-level contract.

June 15, 2018 – signed F John Hayden to a two-year extension.

June 15, 2018 – signed F Vinnie Hinostroza to a two-year extension.

July 1, 2018 – signed F Chris Kunitz to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2018 – signed D Brandon Manning to a two-year contract.

July 1, 2018 – signed G Cam Ward to a one-year contract.

July 1, 2018 – signed D Adam Boqvist to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Sept. 27, 2018 – signed D Brandon Davidson to a one-year contract.

Oct. 16, 2018 – signed F MacKenzie Entwistle  to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Oct. 30, 2018 – signed F Brandon Hagel to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Nov. 9, 2018 – signed D Nicolas Beaudin to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Feb. 11, 2019 – signed G Collin Delia to a three-year extension.

March 6, 2019 – signed F Reese Johnson to a three-year, entry-level contract.

March 12, 2019 – signed F Philip Kurashev to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 6, 2019 – signed F Mikael Hakkarainen to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 6, 2019 – signed F Tim Soderlund to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 13, 2019 – signed D Slater Koekoek to a one-year extension.

May 23, 2019 – signed F Anton Wedin to a one-year contract.

May 29, 2019 – signed F Dominik Kubalik to a one-year contract.

Nov. 11, 2019 – signed D Alex Regula to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Jan. 24, 2020 – signed G Matt Tomkins to a to a two-year, two-way contract.

April 3, 2020 – signed F Andrei Altybarmakyan to a two-year, entry-level contract.

April 3, 2020 – signed F Matthew Highmore to a two-year extension.

April 3, 2020 – signed G Kevin Lankinen to a two-year extension.

April 3, 2020 – signed F Evan Barratt to a three-year, entry-level contract.

April 10, 2020 – signed F Michal Teply to a three-year, entry-level contract.

April 12, 2020 – signed D Ian Mitchell to a three-year, entry-level contract.

May 28, 2020 – signed F Matej Chalupa to a two-year, entry-level contract.

July 15, 2020 – signed D Wyatt Kalynuk to a two-year, entry-level contract.

July 15, 2020 – signed F Pius Suter to a one-year, entry-level contract.

Aug. 18, 2020 – signed F Cam Morrison to a two-year, entry-level contract.

Oct. 9, 2020 – signed F Dominik Kubalik to a two-year extension.

Oct. 9, 2020 – signed G Malcolm Subban to a two-year extension.

Oct. 12, 2020 – signed F Mattias Janmark to a one-year contract.

Dec. 26, 2020 – signed F Carl Soderberg to a one-year contract.

Jan. 3, 2021 – signed F Dylan Strome to a two-year extension.

Jan. 28, 2021 – signed D Madison Bowey to a two-year contract.

March 11, 2021 – signed F Josiah Slavin to a two-year, entry-level contract.

March 30, 2021 – signed F Mike Hardman to a two-year, entry-level contract.

April 25, 2021 – signed D Riley Stillman to a three-year extension.

May 12, 2021 – signed F Henrik Borgström to a two-year contract.

May 13, 2021 – signed G Arvid Söderblom to a two-year, entry-level contract.

July 28, 2021 – signed D Seth Jones to an eight-year extension.

July 28, 2021 – signed F Jujhar Khaira to a two-year contract.

July 28, 2021 – signed F Adam Gaudette to a one-year extension.

July 28, 2021 – signed D D Jake McCabe to a four-year contract.

Aug. 6, 2021 – signed F Brandon Hagel to a three-year extension.

Aug. 10, 2021 – signed F Mike Hardman to a two-year extension.

Aug. 16, 2021 – signed F Alex Nylander to a one-year extension.

Aug. 17, 2021 – signed F MacKenzie Entwistle to a two-year extension.

Aug. 30, 2021 – signed D Connor Murphy to a four-year extension.

Sept. 15, 2021 – signed D Nolan Allan to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Oct. 1, 2021 – signed F Colton Dach to a three-year, entry-level contract.

 

 

Pretty mediocre.

[Diamonds]

3 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:

 

People are trying to say Bowman was a terrible GM, not because of the covering up of the sexual assault, but because he was just terrible period, bad decisions and according to one poster "threw away the core".  How exactly can you "throw away the core", if you won 3 cups?  Can you explain that?  No other team in the salary cap era has won 3 cups.  That's just a dumb comment to be totally honest with you. 

 

My retort was I'd have no problem having a bad GM if he brought us 3 cups.  If Gillis had brought us 3 cups he would be a God in this city and a statue of him would be in front of Rogers Arena.  Regardless that he inherited the core and made so many bad decisions...

Pittsburgh would like to have a word with you. 2009, 2016, 2017

[Elias Pettersson]

3 hours ago, canuck73_3 said:

You’re ignoring that he inherited Kane, Toews, Hossa, Keith and Seabrook. He did FUCK ALL to help the post cup run team that he inherited. Panarin for Saad deal? LMAO mediocre drafting at best… guy is as overrated as Babcock. If his dad wasn’t Scotty he’d still be out of the league. 

 

Imagine if Allvin traded Petey for a bag of pucks and we went on to win 3 cups in 5 years.  I can see the outrage in all Canucks fans...   

[canuck73_3]

1 hour ago, Elias Pettersson said:

 

Imagine if Allvin traded Petey for a bag of pucks and we went on to win 3 cups in 5 years.  I can see the outrage in all Canucks fans...   

What point are you even trying to make? A lot of meaningless hypotheticals while defending a rape apologist. 

[canuck73_3]

1 hour ago, Elias Pettersson said:

 

Imagine if Allvin traded Petey for a bag of pucks and we went on to win 3 cups in 5 years.  I can see the outrage in all Canucks fans...   

also he traded Panarin for the ghost of Saad and pucks AFTER winning cups with the core Tallon built. 

[DeNiro]

Not surprisingly Sportsnet is already starting the spin a day later.

 

They’ve clearly invested everything in the Leafs and Oilers they won’t dare criticize the moves they make. They could have hired anyone and they would have pumped them up.

 

Cant wait till Sportsnet is gone and we get more regional based media. The quality of sports coverage in this country has never been lower. Bring on Amazon, Disney, or Apple. As long as we get a better quality of sports coverage I’ll be happy.

[Bob Long]

8 minutes ago, DeNiro said:

Not surprisingly Sportsnet is already starting the spin a day later.

 

They’ve clearly invested everything in the Leafs and Oilers they won’t dare criticize the moves they make. They could have hired anyone and they would have pumped them up.

 

Cant wait till Sportsnet is gone and we get more regional based media. The quality of sports coverage in this country has never been lower. Bring on Amazon, Disney, or Apple. As long as we get a better quality of sports coverage I’ll be happy.

 

I'd love to be able to use something legally other than Sportsnet.

[Bob Long]

6 hours ago, canuck73_3 said:

What point are you even trying to make? A lot of meaningless hypotheticals while defending a rape apologist. 

 

Yea it's weird. Is he saying hed be ok if Allvin did the same thing as long as we got a cup?

 

[DrJockitch]

This overall is a bit of a weird one. Some of the articles show he actually worked with Beech after to try and improve in this area and did a lot of work around it but at the same time after he knew what happened he set Aldrich up for jobs in college and fucking high school. 
Covering up the sexual assault because of the orders of upper management is cowardly and lacks judgement but the kind of judgement that says it is okay to release this guy on children should really keep him out of the league.
Second chances are one thing, rehabilitation is another, but just the inherent lack of awareness to keep pumping a sexual abusers tires and helping his career along after you knew what he did is something altogether different and would be a non-starter for me. 

[DrJockitch]

6 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

I'd love to be able to use something legally other than Sportsnet.

Well, streaming sites are not illegal in Canada. 

[Bob Long]

6 minutes ago, DrJockitch said:

Well, streaming sites are not illegal in Canada. 

 

Oh? I thought it was... Or is it grey? 

[DrJockitch]

19 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

Oh? I thought it was... Or is it grey? 

It is fairly grey. I believe it is legal to access but illegal to stream in Canada. 

[Gurn]

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nhl/oilers-fans-petition-to-fire-stan-bowman-gains-traction/ar-BB1qCicF?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=f28ff6f3e5824566aa7d4cca90f7de3a&ei=40

'An online petition has been gaining momentum surrounding the Edmonton Oilers’ most recent front-office move. The petition was created on July 1, but since the announcement of Stan Bowman being named the new General Manager and Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations for the organization, the number of signatures has skyrocketed.

 

On Wednesday morning, Oilers fans woke up to the news that the team hired Bowman as their new GM. Bowman last worked in the NHL as the GM for the Chicago Blackhawks, before resigning following the lawsuit claiming the team’s mismanagement of sexual assault allegations. The former player, Kyle Beach, alleged that former Blackhawks’ video coach Brad Aldrich, sexually abused him on various occasions in 2010. Blackhawks team personnel were made aware of these allegations but chose to not address the situation right away, due to the team being in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Chicago would end up winning the Stanley Cup that year, but the team still did not address these serious allegations.

In 2021, a four-month investigation was made into the allegations from 11 years ago. The conclusions were that multiple members of that team insufficiently responded to the manner effectively. As a result, the Blackhawks were fined $2 million and Bowman would end up leaving the organization.

Out of the NHL since 2021, Bowman was reinstated by the league on July 1st for permission to look for NHL opportunities once again.

Oilers Fans Upset and Outraged Following Bowman’s Hiring

At the time of this article, the petition on Change.org has almost 4000 4700 individual signatures. The petition was re-released just hours after the team announced Bowman’s hiring. Over 1200 people signed on Wednesday alone.

Oilers fans have been going to social media to express their displeasure and anger over this controversial decision. While everyone is entitled to second chances, many people believe that what Bowman was involved with in 2010 is inexcusable and simply has no place in hockey today. The Blackhawks’ lack of action combined with the trauma the victims have gone through all these years has fueled the backlash against this move.

It certainly is a head-scratching decision. Before today, the Oilers were having a good offseason with many smart additions. Fans were feeling quite good about the team’s outlook and finding a new GM was the only major item left to cross off their list. Giving Bowman a major role as GM and POHO considering his situation is a puzzling move.

Unfortunately, it looks like many Oilers fans have now begun to question the team’s leadership. It seemed like Oilers CEO Jeff Jackson already had Bowman in mind as the ideal candidate from the beginning, given his experience in the league and winning pedigree. Only time will tell to see how this plays out, but the controversy will always be there.

[DrJockitch]

24 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

Oh? I thought it was... Or is it grey? 

 

3 minutes ago, DrJockitch said:

It is fairly grey. I believe it is legal to access but illegal to stream in Canada. 

Actually this may have changed in the last two weeks. There was just a court case by the big media companies. 

[Elias Pettersson]

8 hours ago, canuck73_3 said:

What point are you even trying to make? A lot of meaningless hypotheticals while defending a rape apologist. 

My entire point was that I would gladly take winning 3 Stanley Cups over having an incompetent GM. Couldn’t care less if he traded Petey for a bag of pucks if we won the cup 3 times. 
 

The fact that you have to keep going to the “you’re defending a rape apologist” card to try and demean me means my point is valid and you have nothing else to counter with. 

[Bob Long]

13 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said:

My entire point was that I would gladly take winning 3 Stanley Cups over having an incompetent GM. Couldn’t care less if he traded Petey for a bag of pucks if we won the cup 3 times. 
 

The fact that you have to keep going to the “you’re defending a rape apologist” card to try and demean me means my point is valid and you have nothing else to counter with. 

 

But would you knowingly hire someone like Bowman knowing what you know now about him?

[Rip The Mesh]

 

 

 

 

Edited July 25 by Rip The Mesh

[canuck73_3]

58 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said:

My entire point was that I would gladly take winning 3 Stanley Cups over having an incompetent GM. Couldn’t care less if he traded Petey for a bag of pucks if we won the cup 3 times. 
 

The fact that you have to keep going to the “you’re defending a rape apologist” card to try and demean me means my point is valid and you have nothing else to counter with. 

I mean you can't just gloss over the Sexual Abuse thing. Period. 

[Elias Pettersson]

47 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

But would you knowingly hire someone like Bowman knowing what you know now about him?

 

I would gladly hire someone like Benning who was incompetent and traded away Petey if it meant winning 3 cups.  When Bowman was hired he wasn't covering up sexual assaults.  If it was today after what we know now, I wouldn't hire Bowman to run an ice cream truck.  He should be banned permanently from the league.  Which is why if you go to my very first post in this thread I said this was all Bettman's fault.  Bettman should never have allowed Bowman back in the league, period...

 

On 7/24/2024 at 10:13 AM, Elias Pettersson said:

Everyone seems to be blaming Edmonton.  But the person who is directly responsible for this is Gary Bettman.  He is the one who allowed Bowman and Quenneville to be hired again.  If the NHL simply kept both of them suspended indefinitely then we wouldn't be having this issue.