Darren Dreger

You think Kelly McCrummon likes firing people or George McPhee?

They didn't want to fire Bruce Cassidy when they fired him.

They did it because they felt like he had squeezed, I believe they felt like he had squeezed

More than he could moving forward out of each individual player, and they didn't have a choice.

So that, so you make the tough call, you bring in torts, but you also recognize that for the first few years that Cassidy was working as head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, man, he got a lot out of those guys.

They won a championship with them.

So they don't want that to happen for Edmonton, and I can appreciate why.

Oh, just warming up for another hot zone.

Yeah, well, look.

I mean, I'm not pointing fingers at how leaks occur.

I mean, that's part of what I do for a living and have done it for a long time.

That's where it really came off the rails, right?

Because in the perfect world, if...

The Vegas Golden Knights give the Edmonton orders permission to get to Bruce Cassidy.

Chances are you fire and you hire on the same day and it's a big splash and everybody moves on.

It feels like Edmonton was backed into it.

I mean, look, I guess Vegas doesn't have to feel any sense of obligation to cut Bruce Cassidy loose and give him permission to speak with the Oilers or any team for that matter.

But because the information was out there.

Right.

Now Edmonton's in that jam up, all right?