kelly-buchberger Stories - The Copper & Blue
Who Takes The Fewest Shots On Goal In The NHL?
"You must shoot if you want to score."--Pekka Virta, Head Coach KalPa I've spent a couple of posts on the players that take the least amount of shots on goal and in doing so discovered that Jason Strudwick's 2009-2010 performance was record-breaking, though not necessarily in a good way. The...
The Survivors
I just undertook what I found to be an interesting exercise: I went to the Oilers official site, and rolled through the coach, management and trainer biographies: in short, of everyone on the hockey side of the organization. I hadn't realized how much turnover there had been in those positions, and...
Bucky Back to Buoy the Kill?
In an interview the other day, Pat Quinn mentioned that the responsibilities of this year's penalty kill would fall on Kelly Buchberger's shoulders as it did a year ago. Toss out everything I said in this post. Buchberger at the helm in front of the supposed whiz in Tom Renney is a puzzling...
Steve Smith, Kelly Buchberger hired as Oilers assistant coaches
The Oilers' coaching picture became a lot clearer on Thursday. Two poorly-kept secrets were made official with the rehiring of Kelly Buchberger and the departure of Wayne Fleming. The surprise was in who was chosen to replace Fleming in the chain of command, namely Steve Smith. Several names of...
Pat Quinn Named Head Coach
The Edmonton Oilers have named their new head coach, and it will be Pat Quinn. They've also picked a new associate, Tom Renney, and of the three assistant coaches, it now appears that only Kelly Buchberger will remain behind the bench, while Charlie Huddy and Bill Moores may find employment...
Daum Done?
From Jim Matheson's article yesterday:Daum, who signed a one-year contract with the Oilers last summer when Craig Simpson left to be a Hockey Night in Canada colour commentator, is in a state of limbo.He was an injection of new blood to the coaching staff, but the NHL season's been over for three...
Edmonton Oilers Management
The Edmonton Oilers have some decisions to make in the off-season, and not all of them are directly related to the on-ice product.As noted previously at this site, Rob Daum's contract as assistant coach expires this season, and he has not yet been informed of whether or not he'll be back....
Jeff Truitt to Coach Springfield
At least, according to a more-mainstream and better-funded blog than I write for. OilersNation says that Truitt was informed on Friday that he will be taking over as head coach of the Springfield Falcons. They than go on to say that this means Kelly Buchberger will join MacTavish's staff in...
Progression?
As I often do, I'm about to take issue with something said in the Edmonton Sun. This particular statement comes from an article by Rob Tychkowski, who in my opinion is a competent journalist, and who also writes on the Oilers for The Hockey News. Today, however, he said this:A lot of Edmonton's...
We Are Pleased to Promote...
According to one Robin Brownlee (be careful of that link- if it's still early when you may not want to see Marty York's beaming face on the side), Kelly Buchberger has been officially anointed as saviour assistant coach of the Oilers, dooming Rob Daum to haunts unknown, and allowing Jeff Truitt...
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