Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said something obvious but nonetheless shocking to me in his opening day press conference. Article content

We all know that a number of players have moved on from the 2024-25 Oilers, but the scope of the change hadn’t really registered with me at least until Knoblauch described his challenge dealing with all the change in the forward group. Article content Article content

As many as seven of the ten regular wingers that played for Edmonton in the Stanley Cup Finals have either moved on, been moved out, are injured, or will play in a new position this season.

“We’ve got a lot of uncertainties,” Knoblauch said. “We’re missing about half our forwards from last year Stanley Cup run. So there’s going to be a lot of fluctuation. And, you know, I prefe

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