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Sharks fire McLellan

For what it's worth, I lived in San Jose for much of his tenure, subsequently I caught a lot of Sharks games in person and on TV. I would not touch him with a 10 foot barge pole.

He's a dump it in kinda coach and he is extremely negative a lot of the time, never struck me as imaginative at all, his go to move was lean on the horses and hope for the best.
 
I don't think there will be much for Leaf coach speculation until the Babcock situation gets resolved one way or another.

I'm surprised that there aren't more Leaf GM rumours around...maybe once playoffs are over that'll get a little crazier. 
 
Frank E said:
I don't think there will be much for Leaf coach speculation until the Babcock situation gets resolved one way or another.

I'm surprised that there aren't more Leaf GM rumours around...maybe once playoffs are over that'll get a little crazier.
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I get the sense that those will wait for Babcock too.
 
There's talk that Shanahan really liked McLellan when they were both still in Detroit, so, there's likely real potential for a reunion here.
 
bustaheims said:
There's talk that Shanahan really liked McLellan when they were both still in Detroit, so, there's likely real potential for a reunion here.
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I think that somebody reported (maybe Cox?) that the Leafs were planning on replacing Randy with McLennan last summer if the Sharks let him go.
 
Yeah, McLellan ran the PP for the Wings the year Shanny scored a bunch on it, they've been close ever since apparently.

I've read that the relationship between Todd and Brendan is significantly warmer than the one between Brendan and Mike.
 
It's not official yet so won't make a new thread yet in case it falls through, but Elliotte Friedman said on the radio today that the Oilers are expected to hire Todd McLellan

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/friedman-mclellan-to-coach-oilers-barring-major-breakdown/
 
Potvin29 said:
Sharks loading up

https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/591628324604084226
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I do hope that he gets another job.  Not because I think he deserves one.  Not because I think he'll redeem himself.  I just want him to be a poor coach in a 3rd environment so we can put to rest the fact that Carlyle's strategy for the NHL doesn't work anymore.
 
Potvin29 said:
It's not official yet so won't make a new thread yet in case it falls through, but Elliotte Friedman said on the radio today that the Oilers are expected to hire Todd McLellan

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/friedman-mclellan-to-coach-oilers-barring-major-breakdown/
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McKenzie said just now there is no contract signed yet, '...but it's progressing in that direction'.  He made it sound like it's going to get done, they're just hammering out the details.
 
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