It will be hard for the Edmonton Oilers to be worse vs the NHL probabilities at the sports book than they were last season.
Edmonton was 27-48-8 last season with Pat Quinn as head coach. This season they will be coached by Tom Renney and it figures the Oilers will be better vs the probabilities at the offshore sports book with the new coach.
General manager Steve Tambellini made the announcement on Tuesday. He said that his goal had always been for Pat Quinn to take a senior advisory role, while Tom Renney was to be the coach. Tambellini seems to feel that Renney is a proven coach with regards to development and structure, and might be also perfect moving forward with a young group.
Quinn was in charge for 1,400 matches and picked up 684 victories. Only 3 other NHL teams have won more matches. He will still be attending training camp, go on a few of the Oilers’ road trips, and he’ll be traveling to Oklahoma City to see the team’s American Hockey League affiliate play. According to Tambellini, Quinn might have coached until he was 90 if he’d been allowed. He simply adores the sport.
Sportsbook probabilities still won’t favor Edmonton quite often in 2010-2011 however the team could be much better. Getting Quinn off the bench is a step in the right direction. He was a solid head coach a decade ago but he is simply not a solid head coach now. Quinn will continue to be with the team as a senior advisor. Renney will take over as head coach and it will be his 3rd shot as an NHL head coach. He coached the Vancouver Canucks and the New York Rangers. He will now be supposed to enhance an Edmonton team that won only 18 matches at home and only 9 on the road last season. The team has not made the playoffs since 2006.
The Oilers hired Quinn in May of 2009 but it was apparent that he wasn’t the right man for the job. Quinn was truly not ready for the young competitors that Edmonton has, given that he had not coached in the league since 2006. Injuries also didn’t aid Quinn’s cause last season. The Oilers lost Nikolai Khabibulin, Alex Hemsky, Sheldon Souray and Ladislav Smid to injuries and they didn’t have much depth to compensate for it.
Dustin Penner led the Oilers a year ago but he had only 63 points. The Oilers averaged only 2.5 goals per game, making them quite poor on offense. They also didn’t stay out of the penalty box and that hurt them. The defense was even worse as they allowed 3.4 goals per game which was the lowest in the league. They were 26th in the league in penalty killing, which was horrible.
Despite the poor numbers from last season, the Oilers could be much better next season vs the probabilities at the offshore sports book. Edmonton will get a number of competitors back from injury and they should be inspired to play nicely under their new head coach.
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