Probably cuz they needed to hash out the details of their new coach lol

Wrong decision imo he was a great coach

Because Seattle was the final game of the roadtrip. Replacing a coach while on the road would've been more complicated.

I’m honestly not sure why Woodcroft is the one to go; Holland has been far worse for longer. Edmonton always slumps like this at some point during the season, but Woodcroft shouldn’t be punished because it’s at the beginning this time.

How many lives does 1 GM get?

They hired mcdavids junior coach

I mean he can’t stop pucks at this point. He was really good. Really don’t understand it. He wasn’t the problem so nothing is going to change. I mean he saw it coming after the Sharks game. If you read his lips he was saying “ yup that’s it “ to his assistant and he replied “ yup”. Is his assistant gone too?

Holland is retiring at the end of the season anyway. They should be worried about what he might do at the TDL

Plenty because even if you get fired this league recycle the gms.

Friedman said they won’t do a dump panic deal so don’t think it will happen.

About damn time but yeah it’s wild they did it after they won a game not after they lost to the sharks makes no sense

They lowkey should of gave him a chance to build up something after the domination win vs Kraken. I’m sure McDavid and Draisaitl had something to say about him being fired.

There’s not much any coach can do when the goalies can’t even make it to .900

They would have had to get permission from NYR, then work out a contract for the coach. It could take some time.

The Flames fired Geoff Ward after a blowout win and replaced him with Sutter. It happens some times.

Why permission with the NYR? Their new coach is the AHL one. He just got promoted

The coach of the AHL team is under contract with the NHL club. Edmonton needed the blessing of NYR for this to happen. It's rare to allow your coach to leave in the middle of the season.

Total panicking mode, no other choice. After win means nothing, just a big process behind the scenes.
Their 1st option was: Coach, cheap & easy.
2nd option: Trade, hard no/bad cap.
3rd: GM, hard considering still have to do #2 Trade, with cold feet.
Now that McDavids Jr coach is here, Holland will blow a load on shedding Campbell Kulak Brown for vet/defensive Fs & Ds, and a 1G lol.
48 32 2 min to make playoffs, edm is @ 3 9 1, must go 45 23 1 lol. Can only lose 23 out of 69 games remaining lol

Manson was fired also

Well Kenny boy left the Red Wings a parting gift before he was replaced by Yzerman. He drafted Filip Zadina over Quinn Hughes and Noah Dobson. 😬

He did his best work before the salary cap was a thing. The results since have been meh.

Apparently it had to do with contract negotiations with Knoblach. Either way this is a horrendous decision by a joke of an ownership group.