Bob Nicholson knows what he said about Toby Rieder was dumb. But it was momentary dumb. (via SportsnetSpec)
“I was answering a question on depth — what we’re trying to do with depth and character on the wing,” Nicholson began, when asked to explain what happened at that ticket holders event Thursday morning. “I say, ‘We need to find more wingers with skill and character.’ I say, ‘We thought we had that in Toby Rieder.’”
From there, it became a frame-by-frame of Nicholson inserting his brogue inside his own mouth, as chronicled by Bruce McCurdy of the Edmonton Journal, who was at the event:“Toby Rieder … came here for one year because he wanted to play with Leon Draisaitl, who he plays with on the German national team. He thought if he wasn’t playing with Leon, he’d be playing with Connor. He’d score 15-16 goals, and instead of making two million, he’d sign a four-year deal at $3.5 million.
But when you are the CEO of this Oilers ship, the thing you can never, ever, ever do again, is pass the buck.“Now you’re saying the reason you’re making the playoffs is because of Toby Rieder, which is the furthest thing from what I meant to say,” rued Nicholson. “I take the blame. I said it. I phoned the player and apologized. He chuckled and said, ‘Don’t worry about it Bob.’”
Now, I know many of you are disappointed here. You clicked on this piece to see Spector carve Nicholson a new you-know-what, the way we carved most elements of this team a couple of days ago.When I was a young reporter, and old-timer in the sports writing business told me, “Kid, never carve with a dull knife.” I would learn that meant two things:
One, if you’re going to criticize, be fair, but don’t hedge. Don’t be the guy who writes kinda hard every day, or it will lose its effect. Write hard, own it, and move on.We’re not carving Nicholson here, because he had a bad five minutes. If he was really a guy who wanted everyone to think this was all some UFA winger’s fault, he’d have shown us those colours a long time ago.Like a goalie who lets one in from centre ice, it doesn’t define his season.
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