The New York Rangers are once again shopping Vincent Trocheck. The two-way center was taken out of the lineup last season, that's how engaged the trade talks were, however, no deal was struck, and Trocheck awkwardly finished the season in New York. Heading into the offseason, Rangers GM Chris Drury is looking to move off Trocheck, who has three seasons left on his contract at $5.6 million AAV, and he does own a 10-team no-trade clause. Some feel there could be most of the Canadian teams includ...
After a disappointing first-round exit against the Anaheim Ducks, the Edmonton Oilers head into the summer with more questions than answers. The team still has Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl at the centre of everything, but the version of the roster around them clearly wasn’t good enough. That leaves general manager Stan Bowman with a…
*Yesterday it was Danny Briere’s turn to get in behind the microphone and face the questions posed by the intrepid professionals on the Flyers beat. Naturally, there was much to be said about Matvei Michkov. [ BSH ]
*The Edmonton Oilers got busy and fired head coach Kris Knoblauch as some sort of shield and to blame someone else for constructing that team so poorly. [ Sportsnet ]
*That wasn’t all, of course. He also talked a bit about the offseason and the Flyers’ long and short term...
Thursday afternoon means a fresh episode of Real Life was recorded and edited, and it’s ready to help you wrap up the week. On today’s podcast, the guys discussed the Kris Knoblauch firing, what comes next for the Edmonton Oilers, Tyler’s mukbang idea, and much more. The guys kicked off the Monday episode of Real…
The Edmonton Oilers may have made a mistake in trading Brett Kulak away. In December 2025, the Oilers sent Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak, and a 2029 second-round pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Tristan Jarry and prospect Samuel Poulin. Jarry, who was available on waiver just over a year prior, had a tough stretch of…
General manager Stan Bowman said that the Edmonton Oilers needed a new voice behind the bench, despite Kris Knoblauch earning his contract extension when they agreed to terms back in October. After all, Knoblauch had been the head coach for two straight visits to the Stanley Cup Final, so a three-year extension reportedly worth roughly…
The Edmonton Oilers have finally tied the can to Kris Knoblauch . After a completely uninspired campaign (Connor McDavid referred to the team as "average"), and a first-round flop in the playoffs, the Oil are now mining for a new bench boss. Let's have a look at 4 top candidates to take over behind the Oilers' bench. Bruce Cassidy Yes, of course, he is Priority No. 1 for Edmonton, and might even make the rest of this list a moot point. After all, their interest in Cassidy leaking o...
Edmonton Oilers general manager Stan Bowman has shot down reports of Evan Bouchard playing through a concussion in the 2026 playoffs. “No, that is not accurate,” Bowman told the media during Thursday’s availability. "No, that is not accurate," Bowman on report Bouchard played with a concussion v. Anaheim. — Jason Gregor (@JasonGregor) May 14, 2026…
Despite all of the smoke this week about the Edmonton Oilers and Bruce Cassidy being the team’s reported target at head coach, general manager Stan Bowman said he would be casting a wide net in searching for Kris Knoblauch’s replacement. The process is without a timeline, Bowman said, though they aren’t looking to “drag this…
The worst-kept secret in hockey finally came to light this morning as the Edmonton Oilers announced they have relieved Kris Knoblauch of his duties as head coach. The team also announced that Mark Stuart has been let go. Fans of the Oilers and observers from around the hockey world were eager to learn the news…
The Edmonton Oilers have made the news official, firing head coach Kris Knoblauch and his assistant coach Mark Stuart. Knoblauch’s name had been in the wind for two days, with news of the Oilers seeking permission to speak with former Vegas Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy, but Stuart’s name hadn’t been involved, despite there…
Eleven months after taking the Edmonton Oilers to their second straight Stanley Cup Final, and seven months after putting pen to paper on a three-year contract extension, Kris Knoblauch is out as the team’s head coach. His unceremonious exit came at 5:58 a.m. MT Wednesday morning, two days after news leaked that the team had…
There’s been no lack of controversy surrounding the Edmonton Oilers, Vegas Golden Knights, and Bruce Cassidy. Late in the regular season, the Golden Knights fired Cassidy after struggling post-Olympic break. It has worked out for the Golden Knights, as they are just one win away from reaching the Western Conference Final after hiring John Tortorella….
It’s been another wild week around here with the Oilers rollercoaster making another loop, and I’ve got a fresh episode of Better Lait Than Never ready to recap it all. On today’s podcast, I discussed the Oilers’ coaching debacle, Vegas’ gamesmanship, pressure on the management group, and more. Needless to say, it’s been a busy…
Kris Knoblauch has been left twisting in the wind after the news leaked this week that the Edmonton Oilers asked for—but were denied—permission to speak to Bruce Cassidy about their head coaching job. The thing is, Knoblauch still holds that job (as of Wednesday evening). In fact, he has a three-year extension that doesn't even kick in until next season . The Oilers are now getting dragged through the mud for their handling of the situation. Jason Gregor wrote in OilersNation that ...
The Toronto Maple Leafs continue to make headlines off the ice as the team announced on Wednesday they've fired Craig Berube from his head coaching position. Now, John Chayka and Mats Sundin get to bring in a fresh perspective behind the bench and hopefully the players will respond next season. There's been several names already linked to the Leafs bench, including Bruce Cassidy, who recently tried to interview with the Edmonton Oilers, but was denied by the Vegas Golden Knights, who still hav...
Did the Edmonton Oilers err in asking for permission to speak with Bruce Cassidy while Kris Knoblauch is still under contract? I believe they did and I wrote about it yesterday, but today I want to look at recent hires across the NHL to see how they were handled. I had many people suggest that…
The Vegas Golden Knights have denied permission to talk to their staff members before, says Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. He was on The FAN Hockey Show on Wednesday morning laying out the Bruce Cassidy situation, after the initial Frank Seravalli report that the Edmonton Oilers hadn’t received permission yet to talk to the Vegas coach 24…
The Edmonton Oilers appear ready to rip off the band-aid and make it official, removing Kris Knoblauch from his post as head coach. It comes amid an awkward time for the team, a day after word leaked out that the team had tried to get permission to speak with Bruce Cassidy, only to be stalled…
The Oilers are heading into their most important summer in ages, and while it was always going to be weird and messy, I’m not sure anyone expected it to start with a leak that turned into a fork in the road. After getting bounced by the Anaheim Ducks in six games after a season of…
This story just keeps getting stranger and stranger. And the back-and-forth, he-said, she-said, about the Vegas Golden Knights withholding permission from the Edmonton Oilers to speak with their former head coach, Bruce Cassidy, continues. Now, as it turns out, the Los Angeles Kings may not have spoken with Cassidy yet after all. The situation is…
As of early Wednesday morning, Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch still has a job, despite being caught searching for a replacement. Frank Seravalli reported on Tuesday that the Oilers had asked the Vegas Golden Knights for permission to speak to Bruce Cassidy, but were dragging their feet and hadn’t given an answer. With that…
The Edmonton Oilers lost to the Anaheim Ducks in six games in the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the organizational autopsy that followed has identified two recurring problems that GM Stan Bowman needs to solve this summer.
The blue line needs a right-shot defenseman with size, and the goaltending needs an answer beyond the current group.
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Sun identified two trade targets he believes Bowman should pursue to address both.
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Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here. As the 2026…
One of the questions about the Vegas Golden Knights stalling the Edmonton Oilers’ ability to interview Bruce Cassidy was how the Los Angeles Kings played into all of this. After all, in Frank Seravalli’s initial report, which detailed the drama, he indicated the Kings were after Cassidy for their own vacant head coaching spot, but…