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Important Announcement from the Oilers Coming

From the Edmonton Oilers:

Oilers General Manager Kevin Lowe will be announcing important changes to the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Operations Department at 11:30 p.m. MDT. Follow the link below to listen to the press conference LIVE via 630 CHED and check back for reaction, including audio, video and exclusive interviews.

The press conference can be heard live at this link at 1:30pm ET.

Update 1:36pm ET: From the Oilers’ announcement --

  • Kevin Lowe will be the new President of Hockey Operations.
  • New General Manager, Steve Tambellini
  • New Assistant General Manager, Kevin Prendergast


More at the Oilers website.

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PuckHound61's avatar

Good for Tambellini, I believe he will be a good GM for the Oilers.

Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 07/31/08 at 12:39 PM ET

Tapeleg's avatar

Sounds like a step down for Lowe, but I’m really not sure.

Posted by Tapeleg on 07/31/08 at 12:39 PM ET

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Wow, Tambellini finally gets his shot.  I’m surprised there were no rumours of this happening though.

Posted by Karina on 07/31/08 at 12:42 PM ET

ColdWar's avatar

anyone think this is cuz the oil weren’t getting deals because of the lowe/burky feud?  this moves lowe out of the eye of the storm and allows a new face to move and shake in the nhl.  huh.  i dunno ...

Posted by ColdWar on 07/31/08 at 12:50 PM ET

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Finally...a GM that will trade with Mike Gillis. wink

Posted by Mike from NYC on 07/31/08 at 01:18 PM ET

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But..but..but...Kevin Lowe won 5 Cups...LOL

Posted by kevin from boston on 07/31/08 at 01:22 PM ET

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Getting Lowe away form GM for the Oilers can’t be a BAD thing.  If it helps any though, we’ll see.

Posted by Primis on 07/31/08 at 01:38 PM ET

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But..but..but...Kevin Lowe won 5 Cups...LOL

he won 6!

Posted by blake from new york on 07/31/08 at 01:51 PM ET

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This will be a interesting experiment for the Oilers, having a GM that hasn’t won a fistful of Stanley Cups with the team.

Posted by Slater on 07/31/08 at 02:33 PM ET

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