Shawn Horcoff News

There's little debate among the sportswriters that Pavel Datsyuk of the Detroit Red Wings is the NHL's best defensive forward.

Potential first overall draft pick Nail Yakupov is off to Edmonton this weekend for a follow-up interview with the team that owns the first overall pick on June 22 in Pittsburgh.

"There's been so much made of this because I went over to coach in the world championship and Kevin Lowe was the manager and I have a relationship with Tamby .

There is no guarantee that whoever the new head coach of the Edmonton Oilers is will enjoy more success than his predecessor, but what's certain is he will be put in a much better position to be successful.

This day wasn't about the deposed head coach Tom Renney. Nor was it about Brent Sutter, farm club coach Todd Nelson, or whomever succeeds Renney as Steve Tambellini's third coaching hire in four seasons at the helm of this Edmonton Oilers organization.