Katz’s Patience Runs Thin as Knoblauch’s Firing Gets Scrutinized

When Daryl Katz gets unhappy, everybody in the Oilers orbit feels the temperature drop fast. The latest read on Knoblauch’s firing points to more than one bad week or one ugly stretch, because this kind of move usually reflects ownership pressure that has been building behind the scenes. In Edmonton, the public explanation is only half the story, and the real clues tend to come from who was no longer getting protected upstairs.