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Most of the issues Belanger raised have now been rectified. The organization fundamentally changed last year when Bob Nicholson took over as team president, the Oilers old boys network was shuffled out of the key positions in hockey ops, and new General Manager Peter Chiarelli was hired.

No longer were the same individuals on top and no longer did the main man in hockey operations, Chiarelli, get to report directly to Katz. Instead he now answers to a businessman, Nicholson, who is charged with holding all aspects of the organization accountable.

If you missed it, here’s some of the back and forth onTwitter between various fans and Belanger, @belly2020

@Lessy19: awfully bitter for a guy that basically stole 5 million dollars from the team

‏@belly2020: I didn’t steal it was giving to me because i was actually a good player for a long time before Edmonton.

‏@jjwiens57: not sure why I guy would hate a team so much. Pretty sure your cheques cleared.

‏@belly2020: Don’t worry about the checks but look at the rest of my career. It’s graveyard for players. I didn’t wanna believe it.

@MesaMoe: good for him. But If you think he wasn’t at fault too then you are not being honest. Or never watched him play.

‏@belly2020: I did and played with him. And it was the same for me wasn’t good enough but there was so much more stuff.

@oilersrule05 I’ll take the word of players like Gretzky, Messier, Kurri, Fuhr and Weight over any speacialist player.