What's great about this is that Oiler fans will come back in droves to tell us that they're a move or two away from a championship team under Holland's leadership.
Then they'll realize that they're in cap hell for the foreseeable future, and they have ZERO organizational depth at any position. They have two players that can be considered top end talent with a bunch of bottom of the roster fillers or AHLers. They still have the same group of guys behind the scenes having influence over hockey decisions, including an owner who has no idea how to cut out the tumor that is the OBC. They still have the same scouts that have gathered zilch outside of their top end picks year after year after year.
I don't doubt that Holland is a better than average manager still, but that organization is still in an awful mess and I doubt it gets better for them in the short term. There's an outside shot they've figured it out in 3-5 years if Holland makes every right move, and judging by his track record, that's unlikely to happen.
Nobody can save the Edmonton Oilers.
No, not even Ken Holland can save them.
Nobody.
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"You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender
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