PITTSBURGH — Stan Bowman’s time in Edmonton began with a fire drill, courtesy two offer sheets from the St. Louis Blues that were dropped on his desk virtually the day he started as Oilers general manager.
Then he sat back as folks blamed him for the performance of Jeff Skinner, the health of Viktor Arvidsson, the Josh Brown contract, and everything that happened under team president Jeff Jackson’s watch — well before Bowman had even been hired by Edmonton.
Eventually, he made his decisions on Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg, and unlike some Oilers fans, Bowman isn’t poring over the Blues’ game summaries every second night to see how many points they had.
“That’s just the way I am in general. I’m not…