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Originally Posted by Firebot
I still believe, that behind the scenes, McDavid's camp gave Katz an ultimatum that he will not sign with the Oilers unless they cleaned house once the Oilers won the draft. I still think it was too much of a coincidence to see McTavish demoted, Lowe pushed behind the scenes, and hockeymen being put in place within a week of winning the draft lottery (as fun as it has been to see the comedy of errors with Chiadenfreude and McLellan, they were seen as a big step up).
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...015-nhl-draft/
https://oilonwhyte.com/2015/04/24/oilers-3/
It's one of those conspiracy theories I love to think happened, but we may never know the truth behind. I think we may see some cracks if the Oilers are out of it by December again. |
Lol, this was a gem:
"What does this mean for the organization? First and foremost, the Old Boys Club is finished. Finally. It’s like sending an old horse off to the glue factory. It was years overdue and desperately needed and now it’s finally happened."
I wouldn't be surprised one bit if there was some truth to that from the McDavid camp. The Oilers have more credibility today than they did then and it would be no surprise if the McDavid camp was very concerned about spending his career there.
Considering one old boys club was replaced with another, and they have an arguably worse roster without McDavid compared to 3 years ago... I'd imagine their fears haven't been quelled yet.
I legitimately think the 2017-18 Oilers would have their hands full with the 2014-15 Oilers...
Taylor Hall - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Jordan Eberle
Benoit Pouliot - Leon Draisaitl - Nail Yakupov
David Perron - Mark Arcobello - Teddy Purcell
Jesse Joensuu - Boyd Gordon - Matt Hendricks
Andrew Ference - Mark Fayne
Oscar Klefbom - Jeff Petry
Darnell Nurse - Justin Schultz
Ben Scrivens
Viktor Fasth