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There should be a pleathora of fodder for the "no good" thread after Lowe takes the mic tomorrow.

Again, I just don't see how the experience of being the top guy at a wide ranging organization like Hockey Canada, which have much different ideals and goals than an NHL organization, relates to basically giving the keys to running the business side of an NHL team.

For Lowe though, Nicholson's value is in the fact that he's a recognizable name that he's just throwing out to the fanbase, in order to placate them and dispel the notion that he's not hiring anyone but the Boys on the Bus.

However, fact is, he's gotten to know Nicholson after Gretzky added Lowe to the Olympic program in 2002, so they already have that buddy buddy relationship. As a bonus, Nicholson's much more removed from than other NHL people outside of Edmonton, (who are already within the league) who know the depth's of Lowe's abilities to perpetually continue decimate a franchise's reputation off the ice.