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When it comes to the Edmonton Oilers, the hockey world is asking one question: Who will Bob Nicholson, head of the Oilers Entertainment Group, hire to replace Peter Chiarelli as GM?

But perhaps the right question is: Is Nicholson the right person to make this decision?

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The only answer that counts on this question will come from Daryl Katz, the Absent One.

So far it looks like Nicholson is firmly in charge of the hiring process, that he’s going to run this process and make the call, just as he did when he hired Peter Chiarelli and Todd McLellan in April 2015.

At that time, I thought Nicholson got it right, but I was wrong. Nicholson did not. Just like Craig MacTavish when he took over as GM and at once fired Ralph Krueger and hired Dallas Eakins, Nicholson’s first major decision turned out to be the wrong decision.

It seems that both MacTavish and Nicholson acted to rashly without proper planning or research. In MacTavish’s case, he was looking to hire an asst. coach for Krueger when he met up with Eakins and was so impressed he hired him on as head coach.