A great day for Oates

by **STLADOGG** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:18 pm

He was named head coach for Capitals and inducted to the Hall of Fame today.

by **kodos** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:24 pm

Hopefully he honors his contract with the Capitals.

by **kodos** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:03 pm

So...

Oates, Sakic, Sundin and Bure...

Hard to argue with those guys... but... How did Shanahan not beat out anyone not named Sakic on that list?

He has better career stats and 3 more cups.

by **dmiles2186** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:13 pm

kodos wrote:So...

Oates, Sakic, Sundin and Bure...

Hard to argue with those guys... but... How did Shanahan not beat out anyone not named Sakic on that list?

He has better career stats and 3 more cups.

Thinking the same thing. Hard to believe probably the premier power forward of his generation didn't get in on the first ballot. Most of the articles I read leading up to this were saying Shanny and Sakic were shoo-in's and guys like Oates/Sundin/Bure would be the ones scratching to get in.

by **cprice12** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:06 pm

Oates was far and away my favorite player growing up.
I styled my play after his and he's why I wore #12...and that's where cprice12 comes from.

Very cool he got in...and good for him for getting the head coaching job on a very good team.

:letsgoblues: