Daryl Katz names Jeff Jackson Oilers CEO of Hockey Operations (Jackson was McDavid's agent)
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RELEASE: Daryl Katz names Jeff Jackson Oilers CEO of Hockey Operations
https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/release-daryl-katz-names-jeff-jackson-oilers-ceo-of-hockey-operations/c-345510072
Jackson will report directly to Katz and serve as an Alternate Governor on the NHL Board of Governors, overseeing all aspects of OEGSE's NHL, AHL and WHL hockey operations
I listened to media availability on oilersplus.com. I'll include my notes of stuff I thought was interesting. OEG will usually post the video up later on their youtube channel.
- He said that Paul Coffee helped talk him into it.
- A lot of the earlier questions were about "how do we keep Connor" and he answered in a general way, but shared a good personal story about Connor.
- He said would not have accepted a CEO job anywhere else, only for the Oilers.
- He mentioned that they're getting pretty close to signing Bouch.
- Holland was asked about Nicholson, where Kenny pointed to Tim who spoke off mic, all I could make out was that he would be shifted to "Special Advisor".
All CEOs kind of sound the same, but I already like this guy way more than Bob Nicholson.