Oilers Cut Knoblauch Loose After Another Spring Letdown

Edmonton has made the kind of move that tells you the room is changing, not just the coach. Kris Knoblauch is out after the Oilers’ first-round playoff exit, even though the club had just been on two straight trips to the Stanley Cup Final. That is the NHL for you: one bad spring can outweigh a lot of winning in a hurry. The next question in Edmonton is whether this is the first domino or the whole avalanche.