we on dat dere oilers old boys club time?
I think if the Oilers weren't failing so badly with their version of their "Ol' boys club"... no one would bat an eye... and people would be celebrating his potential addition considering the experience he's picked up since retiring...
It's such a common thing in this business.
Montreal - tonnes of names.
Calgary - Craig Conroy - Special Assistant to the GM ( i think that means coffee fetcher)
Colorado - Joe Sakic - Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations/Alternate Governor / Roy
LAK - Luc Robitaille - President, Business Operations, Alternate Governor
Minnesota - Andrew Burnette - Hockey Ops Advisor
Nashville - Scott Nichol (does he count?)- Director of Player Development
Phoenix - Sean Burke - Assistant GM
St Louis - Brett Hull - Executive Vice President
Vancouver - Trevor Linden - President & Alternate Governor (presently labelled as GM as well on Website)
Boston - Cam Neely - President & Alternate Governor
Carolina - Ron Francais - VP of Hockey Ops
Detroit - Chris Chelios - Advisor to Hockey Operations
NYI - Garth Snow - GM / Weight, Klatt
Philly - Ron Hextall - General Manager & Director of Hockey Operations, Holmgren, Clarke
Pittsburgh - Lemieux - Owner
MODO - Naslund.