10/20/21 - Firing Ralph Kreuger as Edmonton Oilers head coach wasn't only the worst coaching decision in the history of the hockey club, it was one of the worst HR decisions in sports history, period. Now Eakins is back in the NHL as the head coach of the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks look now a lot like the Oilers did then: a talented young team with a few veterans to show the young guys the way. What Eakins destroyed in Edmonton he could still destroy in Anaheim.