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During the Twitter frenzy Sunday morning to confirm knowledge that Ken Holland had accepted a $5 million over five-year contract to be the new general manager and head of player development of the Edmonton Oilers, there was this:

“When the Oilers circled back with an offer this week, Ken Holland called friends in the game to get their thoughts,” tweeted TSN play-by-play man and Edmonton native Gord Miller.

“One of them warned him about the poisonous social media atmosphere around the team.

“ ‘You’ll get killed on social media,’ he warned.

“ ‘I’m not on social media,’ Holland replied.”

Perfect.

After 12 years out of 13 out of the playoffs, it’s a toxic town and the volume was turned up beyond belief this year with the trolls and haters on social media.

The combined noise suggests they want everybody fired, traded, released or bought out and are damn determined to not like their replacement regardless.