[News] Oilers fire Chiarelli. Nicholson: "There is something in the water here in Edmonton."

[OldSam]

And there it is. The Kostkinen contract was agreed to by upper management. And of course Principe asks about how Conner took it.

[GullFoss]

This clown thinks the team is "just a few small tweaks away" from being an elite team

[Textcritic]

This is bizarre messaging:

The players are good enough. They have shown that they can win in this League and believe in themselves to be successful. There is nothing wrong with the roster that only a few minor adjustments can fix.

The General Manager who constructed this excellent roster that is only a few "tweaks" away needed to be fired in the middle of a game.

Wow.

[Looch City]

Talbot, comes to the Flames. We'd love you here.

[Toonage]

Need to know: Is Principe dressed in a costume of some sort?

[Coach]

GM by committee. What could go wrong?

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Bunk

Yeah, I agree - the only path I can see is a rebuild. You'd have to get McDavid to buy-in to having 4-5 years of patience, which will be tough. If he's not with the program, the best actual thing to do would be to trade him for a crazy return.

If he is in, you trade probably Draisatl for assets to try and load up. Build properly through the draft and patiently develop.

If I were a fan, I'd rather have that hope than cut corners and likely at best end up in mediocrity. This of course is all dependent on purging the organization of rotten culture it has.

But - they probably won't purge, McDavid probably isn't that patient in his prime, so the likely result is a hasty retool with predictable results. Edmonton = No Good!

Listing to the presser, it appears this is the path. No Good!

[GullFoss]

I think Keith Gretzky will be the next GM

[burn_this_city]

Something in the water.

[FLAMESRULE]

Good drafting last couple years...hahaha...minor changes and Keith Gretzky has done a good job.

[Firebot]

Nicholson just dodged the last question questioning the OBC LOL

[VilleN]

So is Keith Gretzky the interim GM? Am I understanding this correctly? (can't listen to the whole thing... apparently Wednesday is a 'work' day)?

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Something in the water.

It's because when he looks in the water, he sees his reflection

[Textcritic]

Nicholson: "We've got good players! We've got good staff! The problem is in Edmonton's water!"

You can't make this up.

[Ashasx]

Nicholson is looking as bad as MacT at that infamous Tambellini conference.

[northcrunk]

lol It's not the water in Edmonton Bob. It's the Kool-aid that's the problem.

[Boo Radley]

Bob: "There is something in the water in Edmonton, and we have to figure it out"

Me: raises hand "Oh, oh, oh...I know what it is"

[BurningYears]

lol. "there's something in the water here in Edmonton that we don't have right"

[burn_this_city]

Haha Kevin Lowe so important.

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

These questions are largely good; blunt and to the point.

I hate it and worry it might actually penetrate their wall of stupidity.