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Old 02-17-2019, 08:05 PM   #9137
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
Jack Hughes is probably just shaking right about now.
When the Oilers won the lottery in McDavid's year, they brought in Chiarelli who was GM of the Bruins' Stanley Cup Championship team. Nicholson was brought in to break up the Old Boy's Club. MacLellan was hired as a veteran coach to right the product on the ice.

It was a clear message that the Old Boys Club tenure was over.

It made sense that McDavid was the catalyst for this, and would be the corner stone of a new era in Edmonton.

However...

There's something in the water.

If I was Hughes' agent, if drafted by Edmonton I'd send him to the podium with a bottle of water, shake hands, and then inform the Oilers brass that Jack isn't reporting.

If McDavid can't fix the Old Boys Club in Edmonton, no way Hughes can.
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