The Edmonton Oilers’ desperation to win a Stanley Cup is clear and obvious. 

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Since Connor McDavid called them an average team with high expectations, the organization has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. 

McDavid and Leon Draisaitl again made comments about the coaching in their end-of-season media availabilities. News leaked that they asked the Vegas Golden Knights to speak with Bruce Cassidy before hiring Kris Knoblauch. Then Knoblauch was fired. Then Vegas denied them permission to speak with Cassidy, and that remains the case. 

Now, in early June, they’re making headlines after Darren Dreger reported that Edmonton has an interest in hiring Mike Babcock as their next head coach. 

Great. 

The man who resigned in Columbus before he had time to set up his new office. Not exactly the hire we all envisioned when Bowman and Co. fired Knoblauch. Columbus isn’t the only spot where Babcock treated his players poorly, either. 

On July 1, 2023, Babcock was unveiled as the coach in Columbus. His past was up for debate and left for Blue Jackets management to answer for. Jarmo Kekäläinen, the former GM in Columbus, stated he had spoken with “Hall of Fame people........

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