Dreger on 1260 thinks it'll be a minimum of three years to get the team highly competitive, which a lot of us already know/believe.
Dreger thinks next week could be an interesting week for the Oilers on the GM front now that the deadline has passed and the GM meetings are next week. He also said Burgers and Kretz will be in attendance. He alluded without directly saying Nicholson will be asking other GM's for permission to speak to AGMs face to face, but referred to it as "talking with many hockey people". He also mentioned a potential tandem of McCrimmon and Mark Hunter in some capacity...not as a rumor, just speculation.
Huh? We are gonna hire GM's based on what other teams think is best? This org is so clueless. They have no idea what they're looking for yet.
Takes me back to 2013 when MacT and Lowe bragged about how other teams told them that the Oilers are on the right track.
That explain the last hire.
Bob : "Hey fella's who is the best available GM I should hire"
Every other Organization : "Oh hands down that Chiarelli fella"
Bob : Gee Thanks guys!
Every other Organization : *Snickers*
Yuck.Dreger on 1260 thinks it'll be a minimum of three years to get the team highly competitive, which a lot of us already know/believe.
Dreger thinks next week could be an interesting week for the Oilers on the GM front now that the deadline has passed and the GM meetings are next week. He also said Burgers and Kretz will be in attendance. He alluded without directly saying Nicholson will be asking other GM's for permission to speak to AGMs face to face, but referred to it as "talking with many hockey people". He also mentioned a potential tandem of McCrimmon and Mark Hunter in some capacity...not as a rumor, just speculation.
They would be very smart to talk up MacT. "Oh yeah, MacT is such a good guy, I loved working with him when he was your GM!". "MacT still with your org? I remember he talked about analytics. Such a smart guy, definitely someone we would look at trying to add to our org if he was available!".
Can only imagine how much they will be making fun of Nicholson behind his back if he's going around asking other GM's for help to find the next Oilers GM. Does he realize he is involved in a cutthroat business with millions of dollars on the line? He certainly hasn't acted like he gets it yet. Not long ago he was bragging about how much other GM's liked working with Chia as a great quality.
Did he get a divorce?GM candidates the Oilers should interview according to TSN:
- Kelly McCrimmon
- Ron Hextall
- Tom Fitzgerald
- Chris Pronger
- Bill Guerin
- Mark Hunter
- Craig Button (LOL)
- Al Murray
They would be very smart to talk up MacT. "Oh yeah, MacT is such a good guy, I loved working with him when he was your GM!". "MacT still with your org? I remember he talked about analytics. Such a smart guy, definitely someone we would look at trying to add to our org if he was available!".
Can only imagine how much they will be making fun of Nicholson behind his back if he's going around asking other GM's for help to find the next Oilers GM. Does he realize he is involved in a cutthroat business with millions of dollars on the line? He certainly hasn't acted like he gets it yet. Not long ago he was bragging about how much other GM's liked working with Chia as a great quality.
I'd hire Burke as the POHO. Yeah I said it.
GM candidates the Oilers should interview according to TSN:
- Kelly McCrimmon
- Ron Hextall
- Tom Fitzgerald
- Chris Pronger
- Bill Guerin
- Mark Hunter
- Craig Button (LOL)
- Al Murray
Pierre McGuire was the one who brought up Button's name and I think he only did it because Button was standing a few feet away.Hiring Pronger would be so crazy that it might break the curse after that POS left. That said get ****ing real TSN.
Button? The only guy that looks more goofy than MacT and is probably even dumber? **** you TSN.
Pierre McGuire was the one who brought up Button's name and I think he only did it because Button was standing a few feet away. No one would hire Button.
Not GM related, but what do you guys think of Guy Boucher as a coaching option.
I thought he did fairly well with Ottawa before they were decimated by bad press and trades.
I'd hire Burke as the POHO. Yeah I said it.
2 great points on Lowetides show today.
John Shannon reports that Bobby N will consult with the other NHL teams at the GM meetings regarding hiring a GM.
Point 1...why in the world would Bobby N think that the other 30 teams (teams that would like nothing more than to beat the Oilers badly) will help the Oilers in this process?
Point 2....why would Nicholson make public what he is doing?
How on earth can anybody feel confident that Bobby N will get this right?
Maybe somebody can convince me that this team and this process is in good hands because I am just not feeling it at all.