Jason Brough

And I think...

They're looking for the polar opposite now.

Someone that's going to come in and maybe unleash psychological warfare on these guys in the hope that it stirs something up.

That's how desperate the Oilers are right now.

Yeah, I agree.

I believe there's a very strong connection between Babcock and Zach Hyman that I think maybe is a part of this.

Yeah, and I believe, if I'm not mistaken, the team that the Hyman family owns just hired Babcock's son in a role.

So whatever the case, he's one of the guys, I think, that might be spearheading this.

But here's another thing to consider.

Even just take the Mike Babcock out of it and say you're going to another coaching change.

Do you really believe that coaching is the issue for a group and a team and a core and a general manager?

Now, Bowman hasn't gone through this.

They're going to be on their sixth head coach in 11 years.

And we're not talking about run of the mill guys like the guys that they've gone through.

McClellan, Hitchcock, Tippett, Woodcroft, Knobloch.

Like these are good quality NHL head coaches.

12 years ago.

I don't think so.

I think Bruff's got a point here where he's saying they need to do something, and it can't just be a quote-unquote another head coach.

It has to be a definitive head coach.