Here's what any veteran coach with an eye to winning the Stanley Cup, should insist on from the Oilers.
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Edmonton Oilers fire coach Kris Knoblauch after disappointing 2025-26 season
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How would the Edmonton Oilers benefit from a coaching change?
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The Edmonton Oilers' present, Connor McDavid's future and everything that's at stake
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How the Edmonton Oilers should approach increasing their NHL talent pool
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All three players are previous winners of the award, which is voted upon by the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
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The Oilers have big holes to fill on the roster and there will be temptation to add veteran players in free agency.
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The upcoming UFA class is a little short on headline names, but there are plenty of quality players eligible to hit the market on July 1.
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The big part of the NHL’s trade season will arrive next month around the draft and the Oilers should be shopping.
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As eight teams shift into offseason mode, let’s take a look at what their losses say about their future trajectories.
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With the second round of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs already underway, we made our picks for each series, conference champions and more.
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All Oilers fans want is management, coaching and players marching in lock step with a game plan that works.
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How many Condors could fly north and push for NHL work with the Oilers in 2026-27?
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McDavid was limited to one goal and six points while posting a minus-8 rating during the series.
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With the Oilers at another crossroads, the organization will make some big changes over the summer.
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The process of evaluating where the Oilers season went wrong is underway.
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The urgency brought on by a narrowing Stanley Cup window could influence whether any significant organizational changes are coming.
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The Ducks secured their first playoffs series win since 2017 as the Oilers bowed out early.
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Both teams have found paths to success in the first five games of the first-round series.
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How worried should these five teams be? It’s time to dust off the Concern-o-Meter™.
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If the Oilers are unable to get past the Ducks, does that make them one of the softest teams in a soft division?
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Edmonton reunited its superstar duo on the same line and it worked in a must-win Game 5 against the Ducks Tuesday night.
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Leo Carlsson, Ivan Demidov and Logan Cooley are all going up against the best-case scenario of their future evolution in the first round.
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Sometimes you have to take the wins where you can find them, and sometimes those wins come from very specific places.
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The Oilers scored 3 first-period goals and cruised to victory, setting up Game 6 on Thursday.
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