This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network.

Okay, welcome to it once again, kicking off another week here and once again the program is going to sound like a version of

Oilers now with Bob Stoffer. Actually Bob Stoffer joins me an hour or two, so it will sound like Oilers now.

The team making the biggest headlines right now, the Edmonton

Oilers, despite the win against a Seattle Kraken. Jay Woodcroft and Dave Manson find

themselves without a job, without a team.

In comes Chris Knoblock and in comes Paul Coffey.

We'll talk a lot about this today.

Not just the coaching situation, but the dynamic above them as well and if you had

let's kick it off this way Elliot's gonna stop by in a couple of moments we'll get more into this

if you had any doubts whatsoever who was running this team right now and who was

calling the shots right now. You saw the dynamic play itself out yesterday at the press conference

where they announced Chris Nablock as the new head coach of the Edmondton

others. This is this is this has had a lot of play already but I want to spin it back for you and keep one thing in mind.

Think about under what scenario this conversation could possibly happen.

This is the talk about where the players consulted

about the firing of Jay Woodcroft.

First is Ken Holland, second is Jeff Jackson. Let's go back to yesterday.

I did talk. I have talked over this past week with some of the veterans on our team.

I'm not going to tell you what they said.

I take the information.

Ultimately, I have to make decisions.

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