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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
I think McLellan was a victim of a lack of management support in San Jose in regards to this. Management gave a couple of guys too much power as players to the point where the manager or coach could do little about it. I think Todd was happy to leave San Jose knowing that the problems there are too big for him to be able to fix. Whereas he's willing to go to this new regime in Edmonton. That's sort of telling to me.
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If McLellan thinks Thorton and Marleau had too much power, he's in for a rude awaking when he sees how much power McDavid, Hall, and Eberle will have with the Oilers. Those guys essentially walk on water as far as management is concerned.