Edmonton Oilers CEO and vice chair Bob Nicholson still has full confidence in general manager Peter Chiarelli.The same can’t exactly be said for head coach Todd McLellan and his staff.Nicholson addressed reporters in Edmonton on Thursday and stated that he believes Chiarelli http://www.floridapanthersteamshops.com/authentic-james-reimer-jersey , also president of hockey operations, is still the right guy to lead the Oilers’ front office and isn’t going anywhere – despite Edmonton missing the playoffs for the second time in three seasons under his guidance.However, when asked about McLellan or his assistants returning for 2018-19, Nicholson would only say the organization still has some thinking to do heading into the offseason.”We will have a plan coming out in the near future with how we are moving forward,” Nicholson said. ”I think we want to do an evaluation and make the decisions we think are right. We are going through the process with not just the coaches, but everyone within hockey operations and (Oilers Entertainment Group) staff.”It’s all being evaluated.”The Oilers entered the 2017-18 season with high expectations, but things quickly went downhill after they started 3-6-1 in October and chased the pack the rest of the way.Despite another strong outing from superstar forward Connor McDavid – who earned his second straight league scoring title – the Oilers had a 25-point drop in the standings from the previous season http://www.hurricanesshoponline.com/authentic-jeff-skinner-jersey , when they made the playoffs for the first time since 2006 with 105 points.Edmonton finished 23rd this season with a 36-40-6 record. The Oilers were 25th in goals against, last on the power play and 25th on the penalty kill.Nicholson plans to discuss coaches with Chiarelli, but says the GM will have the most input in any coaching changes.”On the whole it was a challenge for our coaches this year,” Chiarelli told reporters in Edmonton on Wednesday. ”I think Todd is a very good coach, but we’re in a period of evaluation right now with him and his staff. Certainly we didn’t perform the way we expected.”Nicholson hired Chiarelli in April 2015 after he was let go by the Boston Bruins. Chiarelli brought in McLellan only a month later to be Edmonton’s sixth coach since 2010. Despite regressing in numerous ways over the course of a season, Nicholson is optimistic in Chiarelli’s vision.”Yes we had a down year, but I really believe when I talk to Peter he has a plan to get us back in the playoffs next year http://www.hurricanesshoponline.com/authentic-justin-williams-jersey ,” Nicholson said. ”Our goal is to make the playoffs next year.”Nicholson mentioned that he’s met with season ticket holders that are frustrated with the organization. He also says team owner Daryl Katz is: ”disappointed, angered and wants us to get it right.”McLellan is 114-109-23 in three seasons with Edmonton.Nicholson won’t hint at when an announcement on the coaching staff will be made.”From my own personal side of it I’m not a person that’s going to rush it, we’ll announce it when we are ready,” Nicholson said. ”I’m not going to put a timeline on it.”— WINNIPEG, Manitoba — What a difference a couple of weeks can make.After walloping the St. Louis Blues 8-4 on the road during the last week of November — a game where sniper Patrik Laine scored five times — the Jets were blanked 1-0 by the same team thanks to a 26-save performance from Jake Allen.Laine was held to a single shot on goal, although he did ring one off a post. It’s just the second time this season that the Jets have been shut out, following a no-goal performance against the Nashville Predators nearly two months ago.Article continues below ...The Jets’ vaunted power play went 0 of 6 with just four shots on goal.The Jets are hoping to reverse their fortunes Sunday afternoon at Bell MTS Place when they host the Philadelphia Flyers Minnesota Wild Hoodies Womens , who laid a 6-2 licking on the Buffalo Sabres in an early game on Saturday. That’s the most goals the Flyers have scored since early October and just their third win in their last 10 games.The Jets are expected to welcome back defenseman Josh Morrissey, who has missed two games with a lower-body injury. The team reassigned defenseman Cam Schilling to the Manitoba Moose on Saturday.“(Morrissey) will come to the rink as a player,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said after practice on Saturday. “Then we’ll make sure he feels as good (Sunday) as he does (Saturday) and we’ll make that decision.”After a brief injury bug hit the Jets’ defensive corps during the last couple of weeks, they’re back to full power.Dustin Byfuglien and Dmitry Kulikov returned to the blue line on Friday and Byfuglien didn’t exactly ease his way back in after missing three games with a concussion, leading all players in ice tie with 26 shifts for 28:56. Kulikov, meanwhile, played 11:40 in the third pairing.Laine is one Winnipeg player who’ll be disappointed the season series between the Jets and Blues has wrapped up Rod Brind'Amour Jersey , with the Jets winning three of them. The 20-year-old produced six goals and one assist in the four games.“Obviously, I know what I’m expecting from myself, but all that matters is what we think here inside this room and what the coaches and other players are expecting of you,” Laine told The Winnipeg Sun. “They’re expecting you to play your best hockey every night and give everything that you’ve got on the ice and if you score, that’s great. But just give great effort on the ice. That’s what these guys are expecting of you.”You can bet Claude Giroux will be centering the Flyers’ top line on Sunday. With No. 1 pivot Sean Couturier out with a lower-body injury, the captain moved over from right wing to center the lead trio on Saturday for the first time in nearly two years. He seemed to know what he was doing, scoring a goal and adding three assists. “I’d like to tell you it’s like riding a bike Womens Scott Darling Jersey , but it’s not,” Giroux said in a postgame scrum. “But it turned out great tonight.”It was also the Flyers’ first win for new general manager Chuck Fletcher, who replaced Ron Hextall in late November.