Freddie Chabot has a new gig

This is great news for Chabot fan.
According to inews 880 AM (an insanely reliable source), Freddie Chabot (who played several stints for the Aeros from 1996-2001) is the new goaltending consultant for the Edmonton Oilers.

And yes, he will have his work cut out for him.

In my opinion, the Aeros should have retired his number (along with that of Mark Freer's) a long time ago. They both hold team records that will never be broken.

Retiring his number now would mean nothing, I'm afraid, because very few people know either one of them or how special they were to the franchise once upon a time.

But I digress ...

Oilers make it official: Daum stays in Springfield

Rob Daum, who took over for a very bad Springfield team last year, led the Falcons to a respectable 7-16-5 down the stretch.

For those efforts -- and that fact that he got backing from several Oilers prospects after changing things up a bit -- he will return for the 2009-10 season.

Here is the article from the Edmonton Sun.

No matter what you think of the job Daum did in Houston, he did not really get a fair shake in 2006-07. The team that year lost several players (including Wyatt Smith) very early in the year to NHL callups, but still competed for a playoff spot into the New Year. They were at or one game below .500 when Josh Harding was called up for the rest of the year leaving Miroslav Kopriva and Tony Quesada to mind the nets.

No coach wins with the team he had from mid-February on.

Mr. Daum, good luck in Springfield and here's to hoping the schedule maker gets an Aeros/Falcons matchup for 2009-10. I know it won't happen, but who knows?