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Real Kyper & Bourne

Oilers' Options After Firing Kris Knoblauch

14 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

6.123 - 29.199 Justin Bourne

All right, let's get her going. It's the real Kipper and Boren show. We're live on Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet 590, The Fan in Toronto, streaming always on Sportsnet Plus. Also available at your convenience if you can't catch us live, which I think you all do. Sometimes we don't catch ourselves live. What did we say today?

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Chapter 2: What prompted the Oilers to fire Kris Knoblauch?

29.78 - 36.586 Justin Bourne

Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, where if you're not in that chat, man, you are missing something.

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37.307 - 38.568 Unknown

Things are happening. It's wild in there.

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38.849 - 39.149 Justin Bourne

It is?

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39.349 - 39.69 Sam McKee

Oh, yeah.

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39.71 - 41.011 Justin Bourne

I'm on it. I keep an eye.

41.091 - 44.534 Unknown

You do? Just dip your toe in like the piranhas bite it off sort of thing.

44.554 - 45.676 Sam McKee

I'll send a little comment in there.

45.696 - 52.562 Justin Bourne

Can you say hi to everybody for us? Hi. And let's, you know, if they can start us off with just, you know, a couple thumbs up. Hi, everybody. We'd love it.

53.183 - 55.165 Unknown

Everybody. Dr. Nick?

Chapter 3: How does this coaching change affect the Oilers' future?

215.409 - 216.49 Justin Bourne

Can you walk and chew gum?

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216.69 - 216.971 Sam McKee

No.

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217.832 - 218.953 Justin Bourne

No. I don't know.

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219.113 - 221.215 Sam McKee

Do you want to stream it? We can just go to that so we don't have to talk.

221.676 - 231.627 Unknown

Play them. Hey, Sammy, why don't you tell us about your thoughts on twins while we're watching the Sedins being introduced as co-presidents of the Vancouver Canucks? I don't know.

232.13 - 234.613 Justin Bourne

Okay, we'll just push that one down for a little while still.

235.614 - 237.916 Unknown

Co stands for couple. They got a couple.

239.878 - 256.094 Justin Bourne

Chris Weidman, former National Hockey League defenseman, Habs, Sens, Oilers, and Panthers. So he'll have a little bit on what to think about maybe the Oilers as well. And their head coach, of course, Montreal and Buffalo get going once again. Big night.

Chapter 4: Who are the potential candidates for the Oilers' head coach position?

353.281 - 366.795 Justin Bourne

You think? I do. I do too. Really? And not confirmed, but the decision was right from the top.

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367.349 - 370.652 Unknown

Uh-huh. That, hey, we got to look into this guy. He's available.

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370.772 - 379.4 Justin Bourne

He's... Just in terms of maybe firing Knobloch, I think the hammer came down and it may have come right from the owner.

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379.541 - 384.005 Unknown

Well, hey, if he's willing to spend the money, what's it to everyone else?

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384.085 - 388.609 Justin Bourne

I mean... Three years. He hasn't even started a new contract.

388.809 - 389.71 Unknown

He had three more years.

389.73 - 394.875 Justin Bourne

Chris Knobloch had three more years. Berube, two more years.

395.108 - 404.26 Sam McKee

Man, him and Ruby are just on a yacht somewhere. I got to tell you, being a fired coach has got to be the dream job. The best. Like, what's he making? Three mil? Four mil?

404.28 - 406.142 Justin Bourne

He went to the finals twice.

Chapter 5: What role does Connor McDavid play in the Oilers' coaching decisions?

513.382 - 538.936 Unknown

Oh, great. This is going to be fun. Frontrunner Bruce Cassidy at plus 225. Second odds... Bruce Boudreaux, plus 400. David Carl, plus 550. John Gruden, the American Hockey League coach for the Marlies, plus 550 as well. Gerard Gallant, Manny Malhotra, plus 650. Dean Everson, Jay Woodcroft, plus 1,000. Chris Knobloch, plus 1,200. And then the name Sam was talking about.

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538.956 - 540.018 Justin Bourne

Jeff Halpern? No.

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Chapter 6: How does the Oilers' situation compare to the Leafs and Canucks?

540.038 - 545.965 Unknown

Halpern, no. I just sent you a screenshot. I could look at the actual thing. Yeah, it could be farther down. The name that Sam wanted to bring up. I'll let him have it.

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547.466 - 548.067 Sam McKee

Patrick Waugh?

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549.953 - 550.475 Unknown

Your boy.

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550.836 - 551.076 Justin Bourne

Yeah.

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551.096 - 555.891 Unknown

If you had gotten the team you thought you were... Yeah. Not to do too much here, but you like him a lot.

556.392 - 559.14 Justin Bourne

I do. I do.

559.16 - 564.857 Unknown

I don't know how much... Could he wear the blue and white after all those years as a

565.293 - 567.556 Justin Bourne

Oh, I think he could. I think he could.

568.156 - 587.959 Sam McKee

Oh, that would. Oh, I got to tell you a few things sweeter than seeing Patrick Waba behind the Leafs bench at the Bell Center. That would be like, do you think? I mean, that's it. I think there's a few guys that you could go out there and hire that are officially like a statement. I think hiring Patrick Waba is like a real statement.

Chapter 7: What are the implications of a Morgan Rielly-Darnell Nurse trade?

758.818 - 764.484 Unknown

You know, what NHL superstars get leaned on by head coaches in today's day and age?

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764.524 - 765.685 Justin Bourne

Patrick Watt, Barzell.

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766.526 - 767.146 Unknown

Yeah, good one.

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767.767 - 778.645 Sam McKee

Yeah. Jim Montgomery, Pasta. Was he hard on pasta? Yeah, then he got fired next year. So did Waugh. Yeah, so did Waugh.

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778.685 - 781.368 Justin Bourne

That's the chat line. There's probably more.

781.408 - 787.457 Unknown

But it does seem like a recipe for pushing it to you or me, and the team always is like the star, please.

787.477 - 803.51 Justin Bourne

It's way tougher today for coaches to go to their star players because they have... They have more power. They know where their power is. The no moves have changed.

803.81 - 804.671 Unknown

Long contracts.

805.312 - 818.93 Justin Bourne

You're worth more money. Climate of trades and how we treat these star players. Yeah. So I don't know if Craig felt that or I can't lose Willie.

Chapter 8: What insights does Bob Stauffer provide about the Oilers' coaching change?

818.95 - 820.773 Justin Bourne

I don't know what it was.

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820.793 - 831.055 Unknown

And he's not wrong. You couldn't have success without Willie, but... Yeah, it did feel early on like they went head-to-head, and then Willie came on top. Willie wanted more ice time.

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831.235 - 834.38 Sam McKee

Yeah, I remember. Willie wanted more ice time. He said that he wanted more ice time.

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834.52 - 835.001 Justin Bourne

And he got it.

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835.101 - 839.788 Sam McKee

And then he did get it. And he got it. He did score 40 goals. Great numbers. Yeah, he scored 40 goals.

840.248 - 853.167 Justin Bourne

But others would have said, well, you know how it works, right? You play better, you work harder, you get more ice time. You just don't get it because you ask for it.

853.805 - 862.421 Sam McKee

I do think that if there's one thing for a coach that's actually really hard about this market, would be benching players here.

862.742 - 862.982 Unknown

Yeah.

863.183 - 870.677 Sam McKee

I think here, if you sit down, like, I mean, I remember we had a, when Marner got benched for a couple shifts by Keith, it was like a referendum.

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