[Textcritic]

This press conference was truly a master class in mixed-messaging.

Bob Nicholson proclaims that ...
· the players are good enough. They have shown that they can win in this League and believe in themselves to be successful.
· the prospect base is deep and loaded with up-and-coming top-end talent.
· there is nothing wrong with the roster that only a few minor adjustments can fix, and they expect to be in the playoffs this Spring.

... but the General Manager who constructed this excellent roster that is only a few "tweaks" away, and who put together the impressive collection of prospects in the Oilers system needed to be fired in the middle of a game.

This was idiotic.