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But Burke says “Oilers are not going to have a problem finding a quality GM.”

This in from NHL commentator Ray Ferraro on Toronto sports radio TSN 1050 on Edmonton losing out on some major GM candidates, such as Kelly McCrimmon, now named GM of Vegas: “The ripple effect is you’re down about four or five on the chart here. Whatever Edmonton might have wanted in their batting order, you’re moving down. There’s no denying they wanted to talk to McCrimmon. There’s no denying they wanted to talk to Ken Holland. They’ve both pulled themselves out of it. So now you’re in a different ballpark. Is it Mark Hunter? Is it Sean Burke? It starts to have a bad look to it.”

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TSN announcer Gord Miller added in regards to potential candidates: “The owner scares them off. The Old Boys Club, you have to walk in and fire like seven people, some of whom are some of the greatest names in franchise history. I wonder if they don’t circle back to Holland and say, ‘Name your price.'”