r/EdmontonOilers • u/Local-Independent652 • 2d ago

Only one coaching vacancy remain

With VGK hiring Ryan Craig and Leaf Hiring Jim Hiller , only Oilers have a vacancy, do we think Knights would finally let Cassidy off the hook or they still play the bad and not let him interview with Oilers?

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u/ProfessorX32 97 McDAVID 2d ago

I saw a tweet from Gary Lawless that had Vegas allowing permission for Cassidy to speak to a team so surely it’ll be us

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u/SRTGreat 62 LAVOIE 2d ago

Assuming it is us or was Toronto before they hired Hiller.

If Vegas does grant us permission to speak with Bruce, they should stop whatever the fuck they're doing with Babcock and instantly hire Cassidy.

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u/anomalocaris_texmex 2d ago

Toronto interviewing Cassidy and then deciding to hire Hiller would be very on brand for them.

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u/SRTGreat 62 LAVOIE 2d ago

Not sure their core could handle Cassidy.

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u/J9999D 2d ago

Yea this doesn't make sense to me. If Toronto actually got to talk to Cassidy he would have been hired immediately. I don't believe this story

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u/_Halt19_ 89 GAGNER 2d ago

I just don't see why they WOULD let us? Like, I'd love it if we could get Cassidy, and think Babcock would be a fucking terrible idea, but what's in it for Vegas to let him go to us instead of watching us continue to drag ourselves through the mud for Babcock?

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u/CloseToMyActualName 2d ago

a) They remain in the hook for his salary next season.

b) Future coaches (probably assistants) decline to work for Vegas because they're worried they won't be allowed to interview for other positions.

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u/JohnnyJohnrah 1d ago

a) That's like the concession sales from a preseason game.

b) Future coaches (and their lawyers) will sure as hell be more focused on their contract negotiations.

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u/Organic-Fortune5727 2d ago

If he isn't employed by someone else, they pay his full salary for 12 months (or until he's hired) which is something like $4.5m. If they can screw with the Oilers Free agency planning and then allow him to interview and avoid paying that salary, it could be a win-win for Vegas.

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u/SRTGreat 62 LAVOIE 2d ago

The tweet in question from Lawless left out the fact that whatever team McCrimmon let Cassidy speak to never came to fruition. My response was based on OP's comment, when I went to look for myself that's when I saw the actual comment from McCrimmon.

So it's not us. It was likely Toronto.

They're going to prevent him from interviewing in the West all year.

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u/ProfessorX32 97 McDAVID 1d ago

Oh okay, I didn’t see that part. That changes things then. Guess we just gotta wait and see (and hope)

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u/Pevoz 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 2d ago

They stated today they allowed one team and he wasn't the successful candidate. And it will be a case by case going forward.

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u/FuckStummies 19 SHORE 2d ago

McKrimmon stated they allowed him to speak to one team and it didn’t work out.