MONTREAL, QC - JUNE 26: (L-R) Gary Bettman of the NHL and Daryl Katz of the Edmonton Oilers photographed during the first round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft at the Bell Centre on June 26, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
This morning the Edmonton Oilers announced that Jeff Jackson had been appointed as the new CEO of Hockey Operations for the Edmonton Oilers. Jeff Jackson is an NHL agent working for Wasserman Hockey as Executive Vice President.
Before this announcement, there were a lot of people that thought perhaps the Edmonton Oilers would promote Ken Holland and then backfill Holland’s GM role with someone internally.