I’m just going to excerpt a quote from the story on the Oilers website:
“However, at the end of the season and for some time now I have been communicating our plan for the future. Part of that plan is to change the culture in our dressing room, and this is the right moment to bring a fresh energy to the medical, training and equipment area and Ken, Barrie and Sparky understand that. This has nothing to do with their work, their effort, their passion, or their dedication. We all know you couldn’t find three more hard working, dedicated or passionate people in this industry. I know that because I was a part of Hockey Canada’s efforts when we won World Hockey Championships and an Olympic Medal together with Kenny and Barrie.”
I’m like a lot of people in that I have some difficulty in understanding why Ken Lowe was fired (although I thought it might be telling that Terry Jones got quotes from Ryan Smyth and Matt Greene for his piece trashing the move, but not Jarret Stoll, who was permitted to play very shortly after he received a concussion and then suffered another one) and I cannot for the life of me imagine why the equipment people needed to be replaced.