The Edmonton Oilers made the decision to dismiss head coach Ralph Krueger on Saturday, just one season after he was hired by the team. Krueger coached the Oilers to a 19-22-7 record during the 2012-13 campaign, and they did not qualify for the playoffs.
The team's official Twitter account broke the news:
Check the Ticker then fired off this post when chatter about the move began to circulate, noting that management hasn't had a good run with head coaches in franchise history:
Krueger was the 11th head coach of the franchise since it moved from the WHA to the NHL in the 1979-80 season. His predecessor, Tom Renney, lasted two years with Edmonton before he was fired last summer.
Renney was fired by then-general manager Steve Tambellini, who was canned in April and blamed for many of the team's personnel struggles—including those on the bench, according to Dan Rosen of NHL.com. Tambellini was behind the hiring of Krueger, but new GM Craig MacTavish's job is not to cater to the old regime.
The news comes just days after Elliotte Friedman of CBC Sports repor ...
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Edmonton Oilers Part Ways With Head Coach Ralph Krueger
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