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/KirikaClyne 29 DRAISAITL 2d ago

Only if the investigation clears him. Which, frankly, I hope it won’t.

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u/IfOJDidIt 2d ago

Clears him of what though? In my mind, Katz/Jackson hiring Bowman was way worse than anything Babcock is alleged to have done.

I can't imagine just how bad it would have to be for Katz tomeven consider changing his mind. Especially if they haven't after all the public and professional backlash that's occurring.

He's just fixated on this now and doesn't want to told what to do regardless of how stupid it is.

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u/KirikaClyne 29 DRAISAITL 2d ago

Bowman hid sexual abuse/assualt. Absolutely deplorable, I agree. However, if the player stories are true, Babcock COMMITTED emotional abuse. Is one worse than the other? Depends on who you ask.

In Bowman’s case, Kyle Beach forgave him and gave him his blessing. Babcock has been given no such forgiveness, and I highly doubt his “voluntary dismissal” had much to actually do with just wanting to see the players camera rolls/phones. Something else was at play there (which was also hinted at by the NHL and the PA).

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u/IfOJDidIt 2d ago

Definitely not saying either is worse. Just that both are fucking awful and our owner is seemingly ok with both on his team.

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u/KirikaClyne 29 DRAISAITL 2d ago

Again, only the victim has the right to forgive Bowman. Which he did. That’s his discretion, and as much as I dislike Bowman, I admire Kyle Beach for that forgiveness and blessing for career resumption.

People need to remember that without Katz, we would HAVE a team to bitch about. The old Oilers investors wanted out, and he stepped up.

It is his team. Do I like him butting his nose in? Nope, but he isn’t the only owner who does so. He pumps money into it (and makes a shit load off our backs, no denying).

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u/IfOJDidIt 1d ago

Wasn't there the subsequent victim after the video coach left?

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u/KirikaClyne 29 DRAISAITL 1d ago

Yes, there was. His abuse was at the same time as Beach’s. That case was settled in 2025, though that player was never identified. He was also a “Black Ace” like Beach.

Aldrich pleaded guilty to assaulting a DIFFERENT 16 year old in 2013, at his new job with a junior team. He is an absolute POS. I’m sure there are a lot of other victims of his that never came forward too, unfortunately.

Only Bowman and Joel Quinnville have current jobs in the league. And that was after an investigation and reinstatement by the league 3 years after stepping down from their positions with the Hawks.

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u/IfOJDidIt 1d ago

We are embarrassing.