So Terry Jones did a comparison between Melnyk & Katz this weekend. No surprise, he thinks Katz is better...(even though there's definitely been more on-ice success for the Sens under Melnyk - strangely, that's never actually considered).

Still, Jones, who can carry water with the best of them (as long as he's let in the dressing room to enjoy some delicious donuts), does realize that the Oilers owner has been far from perfect. He points out that the Oilers have been bad, missing the playoffs again and again, but still charge the 5th highest ticket prices in the entire league.

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This is as good a time as any to deal with the Katz Crisis in Edmonton because that’s what it is. It’s nothing that winning wouldn’t cure. But other than one year, there’s been no winning. And this year, maybe more than any other, Katz needed winning. It’s been hard to determine to what degree the blame lay with Katz for his ownership of the Oilers on the ice and in the standings other than to simply point out his hockey club has made the playoffs once since he bought the franchise on June 18, 2008. You miss the playoffs all those years with all of those first round and No. 1 draft choices and you have to be eligible for blame. Yet I’ve never heard Katz accept any of it. He needs to do that.

No surprise, he thinks that an interview with Katz would go a long way...no doubt, he's thinking he should be the one doing the interviewing...

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You can call out Katz all you want for his pathetic (win-loss) record as an owner. But he’s still going to be the owner. So what does he do? It would go a long way for the reclusive Katz go public and perhaps confess a few sins and follow up with some acts that deliver a message that maybe he gets it.

But that can't be it, and Jones knows it. There's something missing here. Something that the team needs to do to signal to the fans that they're serious about winning, and that they appreciate the fan support. But what?

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Paying the price of a ticket is one thing. It’s THEN getting hit for a small fortune for a beer that really hisses people off when the team has a losing record at home and is in NHL Draft Lottery Contention again. An $8 beer would be a welcomed statement.

Oh right...cheap beer. That's the meaningful change we've all been waiting for.

https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oiler s/jones-fans-cant-compare-daryl-katz-to-eugene-melnyk/wcm/4d ad84eb-d5a7-4ea0-9b63-9c15291a873a

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