Will the Edmonton Oilers subsequent GM must prioritize extensions for Leon Draisaitl and ultimately Connor McDavid and Evan Bouchard?
Sportsnet: Tom Gazzola on Sportsnet 960 radio when requested how essential the Edmonton Oilers GM rent is on the subject of getting the eventual contract extensions achieved for Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid, and Evan Bouchard. Will that even be his principal precedence or will another person be dealing with that?
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Host: “How essential is that this subsequent GM rent for Jeff Jackson, Tom, within the sense of,sure we all know (Leon) Draisaitl’s up however Connor’s proper across the nook. And oh, I think about Evan Bouchard gonna wish to elevate on that $3.9 million. Like, is it too hyperbolic to say like, the man that is available in and has to work these offers goes to place a stamp on the following like, decade of Oilers hockey a method or one other?”
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Gazzola: “I believe that’s the pure intuition to say that this subsequent GM bett GMs.
And I believe it’s not taken away for, from whoever is available in as GM, however I believe that’s the place Jeff Jackson goes to must be at his finest and I believe he understands that’s going to be his function to be the man to be sure that the large canine keep and ner be an excellent wheeler and vendor and must be sure that he retains these guys comfortable and retains them right here.
However the best way issues have sort of panned out and the best way the, the Oilers have sort of maneuvered in the previous couple of weeks has indicated to us that this, the large heavy lifting, and people contracts are in all probability going to be Jeff Jackson priorities, not the newow Evan Bouchard.
So, I don’t, I don’t essentially consider it’s going to be the following GM that’s going to be doing the primary negotiating from an Oilers standpoint. I believe it’s going to be Jeff Jackson. I believe Darrell Cates shall be concerned, particularly with Connor and Leon, after which perhaps a bit little bit of Paul Coffey. And ensures whoever is the GM or is available in as GM, you recognize, could be in there however I believe that is Jeff Jackson’s mission and I believe that’s why Darrell Cates and Paul Coffey introduced him in is to ensure the following decade of this franchise is solidly secured.
And that’s sort of a testomony to, to the brand new means of dealing with NHL entrance places of work. We’re beginning to see across the league and there’s sort of this evolution the place the POHO (president of hockey operations) and GM sort of work as a tandem. I imply, the Oilers don’t have a president of hockey operations, they’ve CEO Jeff Jackson.
And you recognize, I level to love Patrik Allvin and Jim Rutherford in Vancouver. You sort of seemed on the scenario in Montreal, Gordon and Hughes there. And it’s sort of like tandems. Ken Kelly McCrimmon, and George McPhee in Vegas. Like, which guys actually name the photographs or are they working as a staff?
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I believe that’s sort of what we’re going to see right here and I believe that Jeff Jackson goes to be the man that’s going to be sort of working present. And like I stated, his GM goes to be the sidekick and working mate principally to assist him with the day-to-day smaller stuff.”
