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Advertisement 1 Share this Story : Is former Pittsburgh Stanley Cup-winning manager top on Edmonton Oilers list? Is former Pittsburgh Stanley Cup-winning manager top on Edmonton Oilers list? Author of the article: • Edmonton Journal Article content The Edmonton Oilers are expected to name a general manager this year and one name that keeps coming up is Jason Botterill, who was a key member of the Pittsburgh Penguins management team when that franchise won three Stanley Cups in 2009, 2016 and 2017. Advertisement 2 Article content Is former Pittsburgh Stanley Cup-winning manager top on Edmonton Oilers list? Back to video Botterill is now Asst. GM in Seattle to Ron Francis. Asked by Bob Stauffer on Oilers Now which teams might have been approached by Oilers hockey boss Jeff Jackson for permission to talk with an existing staff member, NHL insider Frank Servalli mentioned one team, the Seattle Kraken in regards to Botterill. But it could be that Francis will be promoted to the presidents role in Seattle with Botterill elevated to be general manager, Seravalli said. “I don't think that part has sorted itself out yet but speaking to people close to the Seattle Kraken organization, they wouldn't be surprised to see that happen…But if you were talking external candidates and asking permission, my assumption would be that Jason Botterill would be toward the top of that list for the Oilers.” Advertisement 3 Article content My take 1. Seravalli is a top NHL insider, so this rumour has a great amount of credibility around it. 2. I hadn't been. keen on Botterill due to his time as Buffalo Sabres GM from 2017 to 2020. Buffalo has been out of the playoffs 13 straight years and didn't do well in Botterill's three seasons at the helm. But Buffalo draft well, picking up Casey Mittelstadt and Rasmus Dahlin in the first round, though Dahlin was the consensus first choice. But Buffalos also grabbed solid goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and useful d-man Mattias Samuelsson. 3. He ran Pittsburgh's Wilkes Barre/Scranton AHL team from 2010 to 2017, when that teams developed NHLs like Robert Bortuzzo, Mark Letestu, Brian Dumoulin, Bryan Rust, Matt Murray, Connor Sheary, and Carter Rowney, with some of those players be key figures in Pittsburgh's 2016 and 2017 Cup-winning runs. Article content Share this article in your social network Share this Story : Is former Pittsburgh Stanley Cup-winning manager top on Edmonton Oilers list? Comments Join the Conversation Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion. Please keep comments relevant and respectful. Comments may take up to an hour to appear on the site. You will receive an email if there is a reply to your comment, an update to a thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information. Latest National Stories News Near Elliot Lake Featured Local Savings
