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MacTavish is out, so where will Oilers turn for replacement?

By Pierre LeBrun

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Lindy Ruff, Barry Trotz and Dave Tippett are still employed, right? Just checking, because with Craig MacTavish out the door in Edmonton and Jacques Lemaire packing it in with Minnesota, both having put in nine years (eight seasons) apiece with their respective teams, I just wondered if this wasn't the offseason of change for the longest-tenured coaches in the NHL. Ruff (12 years), Trotz (11) and Tippett (seven) do indeed still have their NHL jobs and, in a twist of irony, together form the co ...

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