Yeah, that is definitely Baghdad Bob setting the stage for a GM change. Won't get too excited until it happens, but it is at least a sign Bobby Burgers and Katz are actually taking a good hard look at things.
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Yeah, that is definitely Baghdad Bob setting the stage for a GM change. Won't get too excited until it happens, but it is at least a sign Bobby Burgers and Katz are actually taking a good hard look at things.
Last three years have been worse than Tambellini's era, Tambellini did not fundamentally damage the team in any huge way that couldn't have been fixed quickly by a good GM.
Or you know the Oilers could just do 30 minutes of work for once and pick up a telephone and make 4-5 phone calls to the Nashville assistant GM, Tampa assistant GM, etc.
I would bet good money they'd have 2-3 guys interested pretty damn quick by virtue of McDavid alone. But I guess it's too hard to do that much work, might cut into lunch time.
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Lol President of hockey operations....for the guy who gutted the organization's depth this year, put us in cap hell and cost 97 an MVP award.
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There's plenty of other reasons to not hold me in high regard, not liking pineapple on pizza isn't one of them.
Must be a Canadian thing
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Who needs to put forth that kind of busywork when you can throw Gretz/Mess/MacT/Lowe over the boards?
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****ing kill me. They wouldn't actually do it, would they?
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If used purposely (which seems likely), the puff of smoke traditionally refers to the fact that the Cardinals have gathered together and chosen a new pope. I think that turn of phrase was selected by Stauffer to indicate:
- That the entire management team has gathered, and/or
- Changes at the top will be made
Treliving has spoken to the media twice already.
April 4th: Flames GM filled with disappointment, anger after team's collapse - Sportsnet.ca
And again had a 30 minute full presser with the Calgary media yesterday.
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F*** man just when my Hope's were up...you had to throw this in there....please ...no more Chia....pleeaassee.
If they are going that route, which I doubt, but if they are, I think Keith Gretzky would be made interim GM for the time being because they would probably need time to interview a new GM (seeing as how that would be a normal way of doing things).
Bob is probably just being dumb with that quote though, not getting my hopes up.
Bob is probably just being dumb with that quote though, not getting my hopes up.
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Maybe the puff of smoke refers to an expectation that the conference may be a little more heated/feisty than usual from what he's hearing from members of the MSM.
Tambellini did absolutely nothing. Which is what would make us a much better team today.
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bone
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Why interview when you can just hire someone with a name tied to Oiler history. It's the Oiler way.
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I don’t think anyone could put a positive spin on that.
If any of Gretzky, Messier, Lowe, Mactavish, Coffey have any control over player decisions come Sept I might check out of this gong show for good...
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Several of those guys are likely better GMs than Chiarelli, which is sad. Lowe is for sure, Gretzky and Coffey are probably more competent than Lowe.
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Oh the horror! we would have had no D though! We would have the daunting task of picking between Karlsson and OEL and who to give up one of the forwards for (maybe even pick up both if feeling cheeky enough)
Okay, well, maybe the oilers have inside info on weed legalization. Maybe that's the smoke they're talking about.
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