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Contraversial take: if the Oilers had fired Knoblauch in order to hire Cassidy, then the Knights refused permission to talk, and then all of a sudden the Oilers were coachless, the fanbase would be irate
It's really unfortunate and ultimately very disrespectful to Knoblauch the way this came out. But Vegas didn't fire Cassidy and then wait a while to interview and hire Torts while the team was in limbo. If a GM is going to fire a current coach, especially one who took the team to the Cup Final in back to back years, he damn well better have a sure thing locked in place beforehand. To do otherwise would be negligent.
It's a tough business, but in this case it's Vegas that intentionally leaked it and caused problems to make the Oilers look bad. I don't love Bowman or his moves by any means, but in this case he was looking out for the team's best interests.
u/Anxious-Extreme-2766 — 2 days ago