On May 13th, the Edmonton Oilers were on the brink of firing Kris Knoblauch, but before that, it was Michael Menzies on Oilersnation Happy Hour who brought up Mike Babcock as a potential candidate for the Oilers head coach position.

After weeks of speculation and fans suggesting anyone who has ever coached in the NHL for the role, Babcock got the job. And after his opening remarks on Tuesday afternoon, fans shared their thoughts on the 19th head coach of the Edmonton Oilers.

Actions are what matters here. Learned today that he can talk the talk. Now he better walk the walk. – Kristopher Palmer via X

Seems like his wife and him have a lovely relationship. – Tyler Mulek via X

Babcock was not willing to acknowledge that he had any fault in any of his firings. That does not inspire a lot of confidence that he has actually learned anything. – Josh Andersen via X

I hate it even more than I did before the hiring was official. He hasn’t changed at all, and took zero responsibility for anything that happened. Not encouraged. – Michael Schoenhardt via X

He avoided a lot of questions. I like what he said about finding a role for depth players but we have heard that from a lot of recent coaches. – Oil Fan via X

The Oilers actually have........

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