It would be tough for the Edmonton Oilers to be even worse vs the NHL probabilities at the sportsbook than they were last season.

Edmonton was 27-48-8 last season with Pat Quinn as head coach. This season they will be coached by Tom Renney and it looks the Oilers will be greater vs the probabilities at the offshore sportsbook with the new coach.

General manager Steve Tambellini made the announcement on Tuesday. He said that his goal had always been for Tom Renney to be the coach while Pat Quinn was to take a senior advisory role. Tambellini seems to think that Renney is a proven coach in terms of development and structure, and might also be best going forward with a young group.

Quinn was in control for 1,400 games and picked up 684 victories. Only 3 other NHL teams have won more games. He will still be going to training camp, go on a few of the Oilers’ road trips, and he will be traveling to Oklahoma City to see the squad’s American Hockey League affiliate play. Quinn might have coached until he was 90 if he’d been allowed, according to Tambellini. He basically is in love with the sport.

The squad could be better, though sportsbook probabilities still won’t favor Edmonton quite often in 2010-2011. Taking Quinn off the bench is a step in the correct direction. He was a solid head coach a decade ago but he is basically not a solid head coach now. Quinn will continue to be with the squad as a senior advisor. Renney will take over as head coach and it’ll be his third chance as an NHL head coach. He coached the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks. He will now be expected to enhance an Edmonton squad that won only 18 games at home and only nine on the road last season. The squad hasn’t made the playoffs since 2006.

The Oilers appointed Quinn in May of 2009 but it was clear that he was not the right man for the job. Quinn was actually not ready for the young players that Edmonton has, given that he had not coached in the league since 2006. Injuries also did not assist Quinn’s cause last season. The Oilers lost Nikolai Khabibulin, Alex Hemsky, Sheldon Souray and Ladislav Smid to injuries and they did not have much depth to make up for it.

Dustin Penner headed the Oilers last year but he had only 63 points. The Oilers were quite poor on offense as they averaged only 2.5 goals per game. They also did not stay out of the penalty box and that hurt them. The defense was even worse as they allowed 3.4 goals per game which was the worst in the league. They were 26th in the league in penalty killing, which was horrible.

Despite the bad numbers from last season, the Oilers could be better next season vs the probabilities at the offshore sportsbook. Edmonton will get several players back from injury and they’re likely to be inspired to play well under their new head coach.


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