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Old 12-15-2014, 10:54 AM   #158
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Originally Posted by Muta View Post
Ok, well, I beg to differ. As much as we like to rag on the Oilers (me included), I don't agree with 'firing' someone before a very sensitive holiday, the optics are just terrible.

Sure he's getting paid to not work, and we can all have a laugh at this, but at the end of the day, it's still a ###### move from the Oilers - especially considering Eakins' firing was hardly the solution to this deep-rooted problem (a fun problem to watch for the rest of us, though).
What?

The guy is making millions of dollars to be home with his kids for the holidays and the forseeable future.

He gets to move away from Edmonton, and he won't have to hear how sucky he is from elementary children anymore.

The oilers just gave him a golden parachute.
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