Oilers exec: Cart ready, who cares about the horse?

Edmonton Oilers president Patrick LaForge showed he knows the ropes of the arena game during a press conference yesterday, saying the team is moving ahead with plans for a $500 million (or maybe $1 billion) downtown arena-and-development project, but has no thoughts of how to pay for it: "I'm not even going there. The idea is to get the design and the development put together, understand what is on the table, how much it costs and where it's going to be. ... Through the process we'll be understanding what partnerships look like on the arena." The Oilers need a new arena because their at current home, Rexall Place, they've sold out 155 straight games and have a 2,000-person waiting list for tickets. No, wait, that's not right. They need a new arena because the old one has too many unpleasant memories of Nickelback?