Mark Messier has denied rumors that he's a candidate to become the next head coach of the Oilers. Messier said that the best more for both his family and his career is to work for the Rangers. "That's not necessarily true," Messier told the Edmonton Journal of being interviewed for the Oilers' coaching job. "I talked to Kevin about working in the Oilers organization in some regard ...not just this summer, but for the last few years. We never really talked about the coaching, per se. We explored every possibility."