Oilers Legend Craig MacTavish (6/8/26)
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What is the main topic of discussion regarding Mike Babcock?
Hey, it's Bob Stauffer. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Oilers Now ad-free on Amazon Music, included with Prime. 506 in oil country. Welcome back, obviously. Great hit with Frank Cervalli. You're allowed to have a dissenting opinion. That's the beauty of it. Some of you didn't like what I had to say to open the show, and I'm going to replay a segment. This is Mac T on Monday sliding in here. Craig McTavish is part of our spotlight conversation for Cowan Graphics. Trusted for over 80 years to bring your brand to life. Proudly Canadian. Visit cowan.ca. You can keep texting us, and we've got hundreds of texts. Please don't be offended. We're going to try to get some in here during the next hour.
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From ownership to management to the players, he is the selection for the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club. There were several different parties involved with this. At various times, Mike Babcock has not only spoken to Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Cates, but he has met with Daryl Cates. There you go. So he's their selection. And I just, I want to clear the air on this. I mean, I could come on the air and PS you, oh, well, let's just wait and see what happens here. And those reports might be a little bit, no. Babcock's their choice and there were lots of different parties involved in it as we go to MACT on Monday for contract equipment Canada's premium heavy equipment with dealer with rental and sales MACT we talked about this back after Chris Knobloch was removed of his relieved of his duties that I said that the orders would look for an experienced coach with Gravitas
uh that can put into structure and process in his team's game uh and somebody that has won before and we talked a lot of people thought bruce cassidy was the top available prospect that was back on may the 14th we don't know what the actual contract says between bruce cassidy and the vegas golden knights some people like stop for you the owner should have just waited until we don't know now
It sounds like, is that your impression of Frank?
No, no. Frank was much more polite. Frank didn't call. He was much more polite. No, but we don't know each coaching. You don't have a standard coaching contract. We don't know what the parameters of the structure of the deal, the Vegas Golden Knights. And Bruce Cassidy was. Like, to be honest with you, when Frank initially reported that the owners had requested permission and to that point had been, I was surprised that Vegas would deny anybody because I just thought it was sort of part and parcel in the National Hockey League. You let fired coaches interview for other jobs and find jobs. And then we subsequently found out, no, no, no, each contract is different. There's non-competes in place. It's entirely possible Vegas would have said no to L.A., no to Edmonton, and yes to everybody else that was not in the Pacific Division.
$4.5 million left on Cassidy's deal in Vegas. Would you rather, what happened if you lose to Edmonton? Don't forget, the Oilers beat the Golden Knights in five games a year ago. What happens if Edmonton knocks Vegas out in the opening round of the playoffs and costs Bill Foley and George McPhee and Kelly McCrimmon three home dates in the playoffs? That's $18 million. So you would eat the $4.5 million. We don't know it. Some people say they should have just waited, but you don't know.
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