Mike Priest, President of Blue Jackets parent company JMAC, Inc., was named President of the club, while Assistant General Manager Jim Clark served as General Manager until the Blue Jackets named Edmonton Oilers Assistant General Manager Scott Howson as the new general manager on June 15, 2007.

On June 11th, 2012, Edmonton Oilers General Manager Steve Tambellini announced that Craig McTavish has been added to the club's Hockey Operations Management team as Senior Vice-President of Hockey Operations.

He remained the Oilers ' Executive Vice President and General Manager until the 2008 – 09 season when he was promoted to President of Hockey Operations.

He has also served as the head coach of the Rangers, as well as General Manager and coach of the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association ( WHA ) and later NHL.

After taking them to the first round of the playoffs in their inaugural season, Sather was promoted to President and General Manager, and named Bryan Watson the head coach of the Oilers.

Oliers General Manager Sather hoped that Anderson could guide the then young, rebuilding Oilers with his leadership and experience, and hoped to see Anderson hit his expected career milestones of 500 goals and 600 assists as an Oiler.

Initially, Oilers General Manager Kevin Lowe was harshly criticized for the acquisition when Roloson struggled during the regular season.

In the late 1980s, the Penguins finally gave Lemieux a strong supporting cast, trading for superstar defenseman Paul Coffey from the Edmonton Oilers ( after the Oilers ' 1987 Stanley Cup win ) and bringing in young talent such as scorers Kevin Stevens, Rob Brown and John Cullen from the minors.

Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun reports that many, including Edmonton Oilers president Kevin Lowe, believe the induction ceremony should be held on a night when there are no NHL games scheduled.

* Kevin Hunt, NFL player ( offensive lineman ) for Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Houston Oilers, and New Orleans Saints

MacTavish was traded to the New York Rangers in 1994, just in time to help several other former Oilers ( including Kevin Lowe, Glenn Anderson, Adam Graves, Jeff Beukeboom, Esa Tikkanen and Mark Messier ) win the Stanley Cup.

He was subsequently promoted to the top job after head coach Kevin Lowe was promoted to general manager of the Oilers.

Kevin Hugh Lowe ( born April 15, 1959 ) is a retired defenceman and coach in the National Hockey League and the current President of Hockey Operations for the Edmonton Oilers.

Sather left the Oilers organization in 2000 and was succeeded as general manager by outgoing head coach Kevin Lowe.

The performance of Hextall in the next game tied the series and forced a seventh game ; at the end, the Flyers team surrounded Hextall in congratulation and the Oilers player Kevin Lowe said that Hextall " held them in it ".

However, during the 2005 – 06 season, both goaltenders proved to be inconsistent, with Conklin's performance additionally hampered by injury and no longer considered NHL-caliber, prompting the Oilers to waive Conklin in early February and general manager Kevin Lowe to acquire a new starter, Dwayne Roloson, from the Minnesota Wild at the trade deadline.

It was reported that Perry was to be sent to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Mike Comrie, but the trade never materialized as Oilers ' GM Kevin Lowe asked Comrie to repay a portion of his bonus money.

Over the next three seasons, Smith continued to shape the team through trades and free-agent signings, acquiring several players from the Edmonton Oilers dynasty of the 1980s, such as Kevin Lowe, Adam Graves, Esa Tikkanen, Jeff Beukeboom, Craig McTavish and Glenn Anderson.

Many established hockey figures attended his funeral, including then Edmonton Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe, then Oilers coach Craig MacTavish, then Calgary Flames coach Mike Keenan, Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald and a busload of players from the Calgary Flames.

Palmer ’ s first NFL coaching experience was as the Houston Oilers wide receivers coach from 1990-92 when Kevin Gilbride was the Houston offensive coordinator.

Lowe played 13 full seasons in his first stint with the Oilers, winning 5 Stanley Cups.

The Oilers traded him to the New York Rangers, in December 1992 ( Lowe was a restricted free-agent ).

Lowe joined the Oilers staff in 1998 as an assistant coach.

Lowe holds the Edmonton Oilers record for most regular season and playoff games played as an Oiler ( 1037 and 172 ).

On the night the Oilers won their fourth Championship, Wayne Gretzky informed the media that Lowe was also hiding broken ribs throughout the playoffs, adding, " That's what it takes to win a Stanley Cup.

Lowe is the younger brother of the former Edmonton Oilers Head Medical Trainer Ken Lowe.

As was the case in the previous season, they made it to the conference finals only to lose again to the eventual cup champion Oilers in five games.

He was head coach of the Wichita Wind, the Oilers ' Central Hockey League affiliate, in the 1980 – 81 season.

The name " Houston Oilers " was unavailable to the expansion team, as that name was still owned by the Tennessee Titans, whose owner Bud Adams had retired the name from use in 1999.

After the Astrodome was renovated for the primary benefit of the Houston Oilers, the Astros began to grow increasingly disenchanted with the facility.

LP Field ( formerly Adelphia Coliseum ) was built after the National Football League's ( NFL ) Houston Oilers agreed to move to the city in 1995.

Their time in the playoffs was short as they would lose to the Houston Oilers 17 – 14 loss in the divisional round.

The Raiders, led by head coach John Rauch, had stormed to the top of the AFL with a 13 – 1 regular season record ( their only defeat was an October 7 loss to the New York Jets, 27 – 14 ), and went on to crush the Houston Oilers, 40 – 7, in the AFL Championship game.

This was also the first Super Bowl played in a stadium that was not the current home to an NFL or AFL team, as no team had called Rice Stadium home since the Houston Oilers moved into the Astrodome.

Marino's 48 touchdown passes broke the previous record of 36, which was held by both George Blanda for the Houston Oilers in 1961 and Y. A.

From 1960 to 1996, the team was known as the Houston Oilers, an original charter member of the American Football League ( AFL ).

For two seasons, the team was known as the Tennessee Oilers before changing its name to Titans in 1999.

When the team debuted as the Oilers in 1960, the club's logo was an oil rig derrick.

This was the first time, since Tennessee changed its name, the Titans wore their Oilers uniform, in honor of the AFL's 50th anniversary.

Also in 2009, the team honored former Quarterback Steve McNair, by placing a small navy blue disc on the back of their helmets, inside of the navy blue disk, a white number 9 ( 9 was the number McNair wore during his time with the Oilers / Titans ).

The same success was not immediate when they joined the NHL, but within four seasons, the Oilers were competing for the Stanley Cup.

The rule change was made due to the dominance of the Edmonton Oilers during four-on-four play in which they thrived in the wide open style of play and would almost assuredly get a goal.

The arena was sold out, and the attendance of 17, 503 was the Oilers ' biggest crowd ever to that date.

From 1988 to 1996, Sydney was home to the Cape Breton Oilers of the AHL, the primary farm team of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers.

A federal judge ruled that Matuszak could not play for the Texans, since he was still under contract to the Oilers.

The NFL also used Memphis as a temporary home for the Tennessee Oilers in 1997 before their stadium in Nashville was completed.

The next year, although the Islanders had won three straight Stanley Cups, more attention was being paid to the upstart Edmonton Oilers, whose young superstar Wayne Gretzky had just shattered existing scoring records.