from Terry Jones of the Emonton Sun,

Daryl Katz sat beaming after he opened the press conference in a rare public appearance to finally face the customers and listened to new GM and President of Hockey Operations Ken Holland field questions and make statements.

But behind the expression around his lips, people watching the press conference Tuesday morning were struck with the much different appearance of the owner since he last appeared in public.

His face had a different colour and look and his hair was more wild and unmanaged.

The result was a great deal of comment on social media that, some time after the press conference ended, was silenced when Rogers Sportsnet commentator John Shannon sent out the following tweets:

“There’s been a lot made publicly today about how Daryl Katz looks. After asking a few questions, I can tell you he has been struggling with life threatening bacteria-resistant sinus infection over the past few years.

contiued including the Oilers confirming the health issue..