What is going on in Edmonton? There seems to be a lot of talk about Tambellini firing Craig ‘no bucket’ MacTavish, whether this is just the media or an actual problem going on will be seen by this summer.

Why should Mac T stay?

- He won 4 Stanley Cups in his playing career, 3 with the dynasty in Edmonton and then served as the Captain in Edmonton from 92-94

- He was the last player to not wear a bucket.. a joke that most guys already know about

- The Cinderella story that the Oilers had in 2005-2006, where they couldn’t finish the story by losing to Carolina in game 7

Why Mac T is done.

- Edmonton has not made the playoffs since their run to the finals, the senators have been bad since their run and it feels like they have went through 10 coaches.

- The stick incident: recently called Teemu Selanne out in the last minute to try and get a penalty for an illegal stick, this backfired as his stick was legal and Edmonton had to play a man down and could not finish their comeback

- He has seemed to rub Ales Hemsky the wrong way and has supposedly not let him be as creative as he wants to be. Watching Ales play when he has the passion he should not be a 70 point annual guy, he should be pushing the 90 point mark and not have to worry about what his coach wants him to do defensively.

- Dustin Penner makes 4 million dollars and had 47 points last year..who is this Sean Avery? This is not Mac T’s fault, but it is time to get this big lug going, this year he will be around the 40 point mark again

- They have dropped 4 of the last 5 games and they are in a run for the playoffs…that could be the last straw if it wasn’t for:

- Manslaughter? Yeah that is correct Mac T did time for Manslaughter in 84-85. He was drunk at the wheel and killed 26 year old Kim Radley and then spent a year in jail. When he was released he was rewarded by getting a contract with the Edmonton Oilers dynasty.

I feel it is time for Craig MacTavish to move on. He is a smart man as well as a coach, but has not been able to get the Oil to play with the passion and desire that they need to play with to compete. He has a lot of talent in Edmonton do work with and it just isn’t working with his defensive style.

RIP Mactavish, you were always a Beaut