Indications that major changes are, indeed, coming to the Edmonton Oilers appear to have taken on extra emphasis.
Two credible sources told your correspondent that Peter Chiarelli, the recently fired general manager of the Boston Bruins, was in Edmonton Wednesday to interview for a job.
The question is if he’d be interviewing to replace Kevin Lowe in a job as director of Hockey Operations or replacing Craig MacTavish as general manager.
When Bob Nicholson, the former head of Hockey Canada, appeared at a Monday press conference to accept the promotion as CEO of the Oilers Entertainment Group, he telegraphed that changes would be coming.