Kris Knoblauch is gone, so what do the Oilers do now?

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The episode discusses the Oilers' off-season changes, including coaching and player trade rumors following their first-round playoff exit.

It's Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of off-season Oilers talk. On today's podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers' first-round exit, what changes to expect in Edmonton, line combinations , injury updates, and more. We kicked off the Friday episode of ONR with a delicious debate about the Morgan Reilly rumour that came out of the DFO Rundown: Insider Edition, suggesting that Toronto might be ready to move on from their long-term d-man. Given that there have been plenty of rumours about Darnell Nurse getting traded, would it make sense to do a one-for-one swap of the two defencemen? Is that a move the Oilers should even consider? Shifting gears, the boys looked at the Kris Knoblauch timeline, which seems to suggest the Oilers were trying to have their cake and eat it too. It was almost as if they wanted to see their options before deciding on Kris Knoblauch, but with the news leaking, that option was likely taken off the table. The guys also discussed the latest rumblings that Bruce Cassidy is interested in coaching the Oilers. Does that mean he's the right fit? Finally, we wrapped up the Friday…

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Topics covered

• Oilers off-season
• coaching changes
• player trades
• injury updates
• line combinations
• playoff analysis

Keywords

• Oilers
• Kris Knoblauch
• Morgan Reilly
• Darnell Nurse
• Bruce Cassidy
• NHL playoffs
• coaching changes
• trade rumors

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