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Inside the Nation: The GM search is on, Nicholson’s presser, and #BlameTheWater

Jan 24, 2019, 17:02 ESTUpdated: Jan 24, 2019, 17:03 EST
It’s been an eventful week in Oilersnation with the firing of Peter Chiarelli, and Dusty Nielson went live on our Facebook page to do his best to try and make sense of it all. This week, Nielson looks at the Oilers’ GM search and potential candidates, Bob Nicholson’s press conference, and what’s going on with the water.
To start off today’s episode of Inside the Nation, Nielson starts thing off with a salute to H20. After Bob Nicholson’s dropped that beauty quote in yesterday’s press conference, it was hard not to have a laugh about what’s going on with the water. Sure, he didn’t mean it in the sense that there is a problem with the literal water but that didn’t stop us from launching a brand new shirt! Back to the task at hand, the quest is on for a new General Manager but will that be enough? Will this new GM have the authority to bring in the staff he wants and make the changes he wants throughout the organization? Needless to say, this could be the most important decision the Oilers have made in a long, long time and they had better get it right.
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