[Sylvanfan]

Today the Edmonton Oilers did something they're very good at. They resurrected a relic from their past glory in hopes of returning to prominence by naming Sylvanfan as the clubs 7th General Manager. The Oilers who have made the CPHL playoffs for 5 consecutive seasons as one of the Howe Conferences top 4 seeds have struggled through the first half of this season sitting 10th in the Western Conference two points out of the final playoff spot.

Since being fired after game 7 of the 2005 Stanley Cup playoffs by than owner Peter Pocklington for what he cited as "Epic Failure" Syl has surfaced in New Jersey and Columbus trying to resurrect those franchises. But family issues pushed Syl out of New Jersey where the team still never recovered to this day. Recently ex CPHL Commissioner Cheese organized a CPHL coup d'etat to fire half the leagues GM's and was successful in ousting Syl from the Jackets position. But once again Cheese decided to go off and fight organized religion opening up an oppurtunity for Syl to resurface. New owner Darryl Katz with his love of nostalgia jumped on the bandwagon to make it happen.

Gone are Martin Brodeur, Marian Hossa, Vincent Lecavalier, Jay Bouwmeester, and Jeff Carter who were Oilers the last go round for GM Syl. In their place is Roberto Luongo, Rick Nash, Henrik Zetterberg, and Patrick Sharp.

Right now I'm evaluating the team, considering all my scenarios, and numerous projections. I have to get a feel for the league again and devise myself a plan. I've had some internet issues at home which won't get fixed for like another two days, so you probably won't see my on MSN till after this weekend. Until than, PM is the best way to hunt me down. Thanks for the welcome back!