It’s going to be a very important offseason for the Edmonton Oilers
Sportsnet 590 The FAN: Frank Seravalli, on some of the offseason decisions the Edmonton Oilers could consider. Will there be a coaching change? Will they be able to move defenseman Darnell Nurse?
Justin Cuthbert: “Frank or Fiction, there will be something major in Edmonton this season? Like, something that we are forced to talk about the next day, because it’s substantial. The Oilers are actually going to listen to their superstars and do something that would be considered heavy lifting.”
Seravalli: “I’ll say Frank, because I do think significant changes are coming in Edmonton. But I don’t know that it’s going to come on the back of listening to their superstars. Maybe just in the sense that they heard them loud and clear and understanding that this organization took steps backwards, Yes.
I think one. I think a coaching change is likely. I think it’s more likely than not that Kris Knoblauch and his staff are sent packing. I think there’s likely to be front office changes coming in Edmonton as they reshape and restructure.
And I really wonder, in terms of how they go about rejigging this roster. What happens next? Do they find a way to convince a team, sweeten a package with a team, to move on from Darnell Nurse? I think that’s needed.
I think they’ve gotta, it’s almost like a little bit of addition by subtraction. You can’t have a player taking up that much space on your cap and not producing at a level that is commensurate for your team. And so I think that’s on top of going out and getting a goalie.
Yeah, I think any one of those things would force you to talk about them the next day. I think the totality of it and what we’re going to see for the most consequential offseason, maybe in Edmonton Oilers history, on tap is worth watching.”
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