Frank Seravalli

I think they have to find a way to move on from Darnell nurse at whatever the cost is.

He's not just an anchor on their salary cap, but he's an anchor on their end zone play.

And that I know it's a buyout proof contract and you may have to swallow hard to make it happen, but I think you have to do it and you have to look at a different fresh approach for the Oilers in their own end.

Um, and then they have some other important questions to answer with their roster moving forward.

What happens with someone like Jack Rossovic, who played on a value deal, scored north of 20 again?

That value deal ain't happening again.

He's going to require term and dollars.

And how do you find a competent bottom six forward group that your coach can trust and play after watching a team like the Anaheim Ducks beat the wheels off of you with Jeffrey Vielle and Tim Washi?

Yeah, I think the machinations are going to be interesting to see title and all those things, how exactly it's going to work.

Um, not entirely surprised.

Um, I mentioned on my, in my conversation with sat and Beck earlier this week that the Sedins were pretty big proponents of Ryan Johnson.

Um, and that if they were going to have a larger say that he was their guy, that was their choice.

Um, with that.

I think there's so many interesting things to look at here because Ryan Johnson has paid his dues.

He's worked his way through the organization.

He's been at this for 14 years now, but he's never run a team.

He's seen how a team is run, but he's only ever seen it from one perspective, really.

I mean, there have been regime changes and everyone has a little bit of a different style, but

He hasn't sat in the chair before, and that can be a positive and a negative.

I just wonder, in the end, for the Sedins having increased say, who don't have any front office experience really themselves, outside of jumping on the ice and working with players in a development role, there's a lot to learn here, and there's a lot of things to nail.