Edmonton Journal -
In a shrewd move today, Edmonton has promoted previous GM Kevin Lowe to President of the Edmonton Oilers, in addition he will also hold the title of Assistant General Manager.
Taking over General Manager duties is relative unknown Matt Seaman. Seaman, with less than 2 years of experience, instantly becomes one of the most inexperienced GM's in the league.
In a press conference held earlier today, when asked what direction he intends to take this team, Seaman said the following.
Ideally, I'd like to stay the course, continue finding gritty, talented, leader type players. Also, I would like to infuse more pure offensive talent, as well as finally solve the goaltending issue Edmonton has been struggling with for the last few seasons. Overall, I will stay away from those "big money" players, because in my experience they always end up being cancers in the dressing room. To sum up, I want to keep a good solid young core, and try to return the Oilers to the dominance it enjoyed in the 80's.