I know many of us are done with Kevin lowe....my self most definitely included

But for fun here is the other aide of the coin

The oiler are as bad as they are for one reason Kevin Lowe

Okay like him or hate him he gets a pass for everything prior to the 05 lockout

Lets also look at the EIG they set the budgets for Lowe they ultimately killed the farm team and system which has an impact on the length of our current rebuild.....
Please note this is an opinion based on rough timing I know the roadrunner were relocated to edm for the lockout season I am sure that is when Edmonton ended its ahl affiliation

Once the new economic system was in place eig knew that they would be selling out it was their mandate to secure the team until a new system was in place. So with no farm system to pay for and a scouting staff built on the cheap the eig was able to put all the money on the ice and be a cap team a further factor to the length of the rebuild

Dk bought the team as the team owner he gave Lowe his marching orders and they were go big or go home, so the team lost out on players as they went big game hunting the depth of the NHL roster was hurt and no minor league system this proved to be the start of the what may be a decade with out hockey in spring

On ST okay when he was hired by Lowe it was generally considered a good move he had just helped build an Olympic winner and was considered a bright and rising star in hockey circles

Keeping St for as long as he did....... yeah I got nothing can't justify that

Well after writing all this still one thing jumps out at me great people overcome obstacles Kevin Lowe has many excuses and very little success no matter how hard I try to let Lowe off the hook he is the guy who couldn't work with what he had

Wait a minute, wait a minute... Donkey Kong bought the Oilers?