Todd McLellan, congratulations on reportedly being the man to usher in the Connor McDavid era to Edmonton.
Provided this Sportsnet report is accurate, and McDavid doesn’t ‘Pull a Lindros’ after the 2015 draft McLellan will be the next coach of the Oilers, announced possibly as soon as Tuesday.
Previous reports by Sportsnet indicated the team would wait until the former Sharks head coach returned from Prague, where he was coaching Team Canada at the World Championships.
McLellan finished his tenure at San Jose with a 311-163-66 record. He mainly left San Jose unstained, in spite of the captain-less debacle was the Sharks’ non-playoff year last season.