Its just astounding that the Oilers did this.
Let's pretend that Bowman is miles ahead of the next best candidate (he isn't), or that Bowman is close to being the best candidate (he isn't), it STILL wouldn't make sense to hire him given the s*** storm that they knew would follow.
For a team that just garnered a lot of positive attention with their cup run to go and make this move has to be one of the most ignorant decisions I've ever seen in pro sports.
They have set off an intentional grenade and now they will have to suffer the fallout from this self-inflicted explosion.
This should only make it more inevitable now that Leon & Connor will be playing their last season together in 24/25.
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