jammer2 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 What a break for the Oilers, not only do they get a Stanley Cup winning GM, a GREAT talent evaluator, BUT they get rid of Craig McTavish....a stiff of a GM if there ever was one. I'm not sure if Craig will be retained and remain with the club in some other capacity (probably).....that is EXACTLY what the Oil did with Kevin Lowe, still employed, but will focus on the business side of the Oilers. SOOOOOO, we have Darrly Katz as CEO....directly under him, former head of Hockey Canada Bob Nickleson....a GREAT hockey mind if there ever was one...Bob will act as President. Chiccarelli will answer to Nickleson. These are some GREAT moves!! The re-build can now begin in ernest....with some fantastic hockey minds running the show!! Lowe and McTavish had their shots, they lasted WAY to long. I'm happy for the Oilers fans, they did not deserve this crap!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Good for the Oil.Compared to where they were, they can ONLY go up from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Wow, the Oilers gets Nicholson, mcDavid and Chiarelli. Move over Buffalo, there's a new up and comer and it means business. What took so long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 What a break for the Oilers, not only do they get a Stanley Cup winning GM, a GREAT talent evaluator, BUT they get rid of Craig McTavish....a stiff of a GM if there ever was one. I'm not sure if Craig will be retained and remain with the club in some other capacity (probably).....that is EXACTLY what the Oil did with Kevin Lowe, still employed, but will focus on the business side of the Oilers. SOOOOOO, we have Darrly Katz as CEO....directly under him, former head of Hockey Canada Bob Nickleson....a GREAT hockey mind if there ever was one...Bob will act as President. Chiccarelli will answer to Nickleson. These are some GREAT moves!! The re-build can now begin in ernest....with some fantastic hockey minds running the show!! Lowe and McTavish had their shots, they lasted WAY to long. I'm happy for the Oilers fans, they did not deserve this crap!!You could have bumped out Lowe and MacT with Mike Milbury and it would have been an improvement. That they got chiarelli actually makes me jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Wow, the Oilers gets Nicholson, mcDavid and Chiarelli. Move over Buffalo, there's a new up and comer and it means business. What took so long? I guess it's tough if you're the owner (Katz) and your best friend of the last 30 years (Lowe) is the one you have to let go. Even if Lowe stays on with the business side, it has to sting to be taken from the hockey ops, and could possibly strain the friendship. One of the many reasons it can be risky to do business with buddies, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 @JR Ewing Thing is, that friendship caused a lot of heartache with the Oilers fan base. You can't see things objectively when your best friend is running the show, it almost gives off this "us against the world" type of feeling, which is counter productive to winning. It took WAY to long, but kudos to Katz for doing what was right for the long suffering fan base. Those are some real quality hockey minds he put in charge, good things are coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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