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Edited for clarity. These are the Oilers questions from the segment:

11:50 - Q: How long will they wait for Bruce Cassidy?

>EF: “No, they're not waiting… Look, the only reason this played out the way it did was they tried to do it quietly and it got out, right? if you're the Oilers, you're going after him and you're getting it done. That's the goal here.”

12:20 Q: Could they go to the league to push Vegas for permission?

>EF: “You could. I don't know that it's going to do anything..I got a note this morning. I was under the impression that the league was not interfering at this point in time."

>I think there's a couple of things here: number one, I think that now we have an opening in Edmonton. Number two, there has been some suggestion given to me that the Golden Knights didn't want to deal with this while they were in the middle of their series and they were prepared to deal with it after their series.

>And the thing I talked about on the pod is about the money, I think that's a factor. There is some suspicion out there that the Golden Knights wanted to make sure that if Cassidy is hired, they will not have to pay him at all next year. It will be at a number that either equals or exceeds what he was supposed to make, which I believe was 4.5M. And then there's just a little bit of, you know, we've got control here and you don't.”

>I still think this will sort its way out, but I think one or a degree of all of those things was at play. I ultimately think he will be given permission, but the last I checked, which was about two hours ago, I didn't get the sense he had been.”

17:20 Q: Do you think Craig Berube is a candidate? Or is it Cassidy or bust?

>“To me, it just seems like this whole thing is because of Cassidy. And I wasn't surprised by anything Stan Bowman said today in the sense of..this was clumsy..this is not the way that these things are supposed to go. But I don't think Edmonton is apologising at all for we have to review what we have to review.

>And there was some feeling in there that if it doesn't get out, there's a chance that Cassidy is a no and Knoblauch still the coach.

>So I think really what it comes down to is they had targeted him or someone like him. Like Jon Cooper, he's not available. So, you know, if Jon Cooper was available, we might be talking about Jon Cooper and Bruce Cassidy. But Jon Cooper is not available. So I just think the way this unfolded, it's hard not to look at it and think Edmonton is going to take a big run at this guy and try to get him as quick as they can.”

Link: https://www.sportsnet.ca/590/the-fan-hockey-show/around-the-nhl-with-elliotte-friedman-oilers-next-steps-canucks-name-new-front-office

Used the heat wave in WNC as an excuse to finally check Bartrams Bass off of the list.

Chanterelle, lobster, and hedgehog pizza with ramp pesto

Some nice WNC wild fish during a much needed rainy Saturday

[The FAN Hockey Show] Friedman on Oilers possibly pursuing other candidates: "To me, it just seems like this whole thing is because of Cassidy...it's hard not to look at it and think Edmonton is going to take a big run at this guy and try to get him as quick as they can.”