Sometimes you need to think through rumors and specific scenarios as not everything can be taken as it is being said.
What constitutes owners "meddling" ?? There is a massive difference between these rumored situations
Vancouver: Team owner makes it very apparent that they want Torts as their new head coach for the team to get them over the hump with a tougher style of coaching.
Edmonton: Team owner and owners son LOVE Nail Yakupov and want him selected with the first overall pick going against all the scouting and management of the organization.
Calgary: May or may not have killed a deal with Bishop for what amounts to a huge financial commitment. Given today's foreign exchange rates, a rumored $35-37 million contract is actually close to $50+ million in Canadian funds, nothing to sneeze at here.
Also the rumors of not being able to get a hold of Ken King because he was on a flight seems strange. An organization of that level and the level that Murrary Edwards has built in his career would have had some sort of back up plan for communication during significant events. This shouldn't be a mom and pop coffee shop here and in my personal opinion of a man like Brian Burke should be able to contact a Murrary Edwards if need be.
I have no reason to doubt that Edwards has a very methodical way of analyzing his business and asking a lot of questions and understanding the rationale behind decisions that will affect them, I just don't think he is the type to sit there and tell management which 1st rounder to select based on his visualized "foot speed" I know he is one of the most influential owners in the NHL behind Jeremy Jacobs and is known to be very close with Bettman on the direction of the NHL.
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