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Originally Posted by direwolf
You have to wonder at this point if McDavid asks for a trade before the end of the season. There's no way he's happy about Nicholson's decision to stand pat with what they currently have, given his recent comments.
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IMO I think this firing actually means they won't stand pat.
If they were actually just going to do nothing and let the season ride out they would have just waited and fired Chiarelli in the offseason.
But I think the Oilers management team / ownership group actually wants to make a big splash to try and make the playoffs this year.
Then they saw the big negative backlash from the Koskinen hiring being made by Chiarelli and realized they couldn't have him making any more big moves from a public perception standpoint.
The stuff around still believing they are a playoff team, thinking they have better assets now then when Chiarelli took over, and that they think they are 1 or 2 pieces away from winning screams a big move to me.
Also they fire Chiarelli but the guy he brought with him from Boston, who was Chiarelli's hand picked right hand man, takes over...what really is changing.