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Hey Nick! love your podcast, you are sooo well informed and I learn tons from you. My favorite podcast on the Oilers is The Cult of Hockey with David Staples and Bruuuce McCurdy. You are a close second. I follow you every episode. I live in Edmonton, we have an even better team this year than last; our achilles heel is Nurse... aaarrrrgh

I thought Stu started his own podcast about the Oilers lol

High there from Saskatchewan,, I just wanted to say that i like the content of your channel. It comes across as well spoken and thought out, and not just a bunch of stat number being thrown at you. Also not a whole lot of yelling, screaming, and drama.. Just chill,, thanks

The Oilers had a good playoff run but I hope they properly learned the lessons dealt to them because their fans sure as heck didn't. The Oil weren't the playoff juggernaut their fans think they were. LA was a pushover. The Kings were just happy to be in the post season. The Oil wouldn't have even come close to beating Vancouver if the Canucks weren't missing their top two goalies, had a no-show in Pettersson and had no Boeser in game 7. The Oil had luck bend their way. Then Dallas... Dallas burned out half way through that series. Benn and Seguin looked like they simultaneously said "Woof, this is too hard. I'm tired. Time to hit the greens." Even then, it required McDavid to stand on his head and carry the team. Then Edmonton faces a real team. A perfectly rounded team and got their arses handed to them 3 games straight. It would have been over in 4 but Florida derailed themselves. Edmonton didn't solve the Panthers' system like the Oilers fans delusionally think they did. Florida just let the annihilation go to their heads and let their egos run wild. The Cats started living in the "we already won the Cup, now how are we going to celebrate" universe. They fell apart and desperately started playing run'n gun, rush hockey against the Oilers. Big mistake. As soon as Florida got their heads straight, they went back to their killer system and won the Cup. This is more or less, the truth of what happened although Edmonton fans can't stomach it. That doesn't matter, though. What matters is if the Oilers learned from their playoff reality. If they did, then they'll solve their shoddy defense. They'll solve the need for more secondary scoring. They'll solve how to motivate Draisaitl when the going gets tough. And they'll solve how to keep McDavid from being absolutely shut down by opposing defensive forwards. The whole NHL was taught a free lesson by Barkov. He just wrote the book on how to neutralize McJesus. If the Oilers solve these issues, they'll probably win the Cup next year.

As a London Knights season ticket holder, I'm very pleased with The Oilers drafting Sam O'Reilly and William Nichol 😁

JJ doesn't need a GM he needs a headhunter that's it. that stache is legit.

Oilers management needs to convince nurse to wave his nmc and trade him for literally anything, I knew from the moment ken Holland signed him to that deal would later bite that team in the butt. They desperately need that money

Amazing at your analysis bud. Keep it up and you will get 10 k followers soon. Your material is very unique and is very informative. Keep it up....

Ken Holland is stupid to give the contract.

NURSE SUCKS

Oilers look scary. Like the cats they will have learned a lot on their way to the final. Top teams in the west are tough to pass, though. Dallas just as good, if not better. Preds improved, at least on paper. Knucks no joke. Avs I am a bit more uncertain. Vegas? probably not. Oilers pretty strong favorites to win the west imo

Panthers destroyed Oilers.

I wish the NHL would crack down on interference. The chip and chase is barely effective at all anymore. I expect to see several picks go uncalled every game. I know they're managing the games. I sure do wish they'd just call them.

Interesting take - I had thought that Edmonton's defense and goaltending gave them a fair chance to win, the lads just didn't quite bury enough chances and attrition wore down some key players. Leon especially was a shadow of himself in Game 7 - no disrespect to the player, you could see the desire, but you could also see his body just wouldn't do it.

9:16 - I think you might be selling the average Oilers fan short. Most knowledgeable fanbase I've spoken to. As an Oilers fan, IMO when we look bad it's for acting boorish (ie tossing trash on the ice when we don't like a call) than for hockey ignorance. Lots of Oilers fans played ice hockey themselves, and it shows. IMO it's why the fanbase loves blue collar players so much - they can relate to the guy who manages to play a couple seasons in a league higher than he 'should' play in because he works so hard and takes such risks.

Nurse and Connor are best buds. We're probably better off making the best of an awful contract, which is 100% Oilers management's fault btw, they used the hammer hard when they held it in contract negotiations with the player, kept giving him lowball bridges, then put themselves into a position where the player held the hammer. They could sign a bad contract or lose him for nothing. This is maybe the last remnant of the DoD. BUT.... that's not the player's fault. Nurse is plenty good if you value him for what he's good at, instead of his contract. Also, he and Connor are best buds.

Buy out and wave

they have a full blown nurse problem. Get that man a doctor

I like your reports but seriously how can you blame defence in a 2-1 game?

If they end up getting rid of Ceci. I think Nurse and Stecher would be a good pair because stecher is a good puck mover and then you can let Broberg play his strong side on different pair .

what Nurse and Skinner do to EDM = 👉👌

His contract will be a huge problem.

This is by far the most informative Locked on pod cast out there. I'm a Calgary guy and ours is brutal....just saying. I do also listen to LAs and New Jerseys. Anyhow I am subscribed and listening

Theres More to a defenseman than puck retrieval and puck distribution. You mentioned Nurse leads the team in blocked shots. Theres immense value there. He also defends your star players, with his physicality. Maybe if all of edmonton didnt hate on him he would have more confidence and be better. Nurse is a minutes eater who is overpaid sure, but he is still a really good player.

Evander can’t rehab the hernia. It needs to be removed and it can take months before he can resume his career. This might be something in September that they do and put him on LTIR until likely December He needs surgery or it can get worse

Ngl. I like you ♥️

Absolutely love this type of podcast, focusing on larger more “philosophical” topics as you said. Keep up the deep-dives and insightful takes! This is the off-season content I’ve been looking for!

best analysis of Oilers game and where they need to improve defensively!

Oilers should keep Kane on the LTIR all year so he can hang with his family and work out get 100%. After the All Star Game Nurse goes on the LTIR. Then that opens 15 million on free agents, miraculously Nurse and Kane heal right before playoffs and join the team

Interesting dig but you never mentioned a huge factor that frames the player and his maligned contract = the Covid era flat cap. The business operations plan of every team anticipated growth each season which, by design, annually reduced the strain of bigger % contracts like Nurse’s. Not including this massive implication denies contextual awareness to put the appropriate lens on the contract’s present complexion and team’s frustrated restriction. Instead of $88mil, the cap could be about $105mil by now. Would this change the fan stress and pressure of the Nurse contract? Maybe, maybe not. Haters gonna hate lol but the raises of other players off ELC and inflation during the flat cap is what further damned the contract and the player. Perfect storm all around. I hope he has a great season and $9mil is the new $6mil soon.

At the time, drafting Nurse was the pick to make because they desperately needed a stud dman. He was actually the 1st Dman selected in the 1st round by the Oilers since 1989. He did everything right, spent time in the minors, worked his way up to the top pairing, and even logged over 30 minutes a game during his first few playoffs runs. Seeing him struggling after signing the "contract" is tough.

It's very sad to say, but with Nurses performance in the SC Finals, this guy is un tradable !! %100 him and Skinner not on the team, the Oiler's win the Cup !!

No one expected Hyman to be a 50 goal scorer but here we are. I think the trade is fin considering we could just have easily traded him for a second round pick. But we got a top prospect. I think size shouldnt matter to much. Look at Stankoven in Dallas.

Yeah, hey, what happened? Did we win? Is McD now the king of Canada.bwahahahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂

This guy, Nurse, should be flipping burgers for a living,not playing professional hockey. Must be a DEI hiring.

You can throw Ryan Whitney in there as well. A magnificent talent who could skate like the wind and put up the numbers offensively. He was another #1 defenseman! He too was the victim of a nasty heel/ankle career ending set of injuries. A true crime that both he and Klefbom weren't able to stay healthy. Horrible to see such talented players have their careers terminate prematurely.

With all due respect, When healthy, Oscar Klefbom was without a shadow of a doubt a #1 defenseman! If it wasn't for that horrible shoulder injury he would STILL BE our #1 defenseman!

Would love to see one of these types of video breaking down Draisaitl’s career/play style and exploring what exactly he’s worth to this franchise coming into the last year his current deal.

Nurse contract felt bad immediatly by about 2 million. I think consensus was 7.5 coming off the year he had? Bear and Barrie elevated Nurse's game and gave him his best years. So i feel the blueprint for his needed partner is there.

NMC - not here the don't - Kenny and Peter gave them out as an addition to paying top dollar. Remember Lucic- 6m X 7 PLUS a full NMC - crazy stuff. Now, RNH's deal is good - that is a time when you put a NMC in. If I were a player I would want top dollar- and no NMC, if I was giving my team a 'discount' to play there, then I would insist on the NMC.

Haha, I'm loving it. Oilers fans are losing their minds over next season because of a few inconsequential moves. It’s really just a way of dealing with their losing the cup a few days ago. Kind of like drinking.

If McJesus is going up to 20% of the total cap hit again something's gotta give. And thats just one of Oilers really big problems, Nurse contract, Kane etc. They gotta plan upfront to manage such a big jump. Can they handle Drai at $13+ in such a picture

Your forgetting the biggest issues on this team ok....The Goaltending and the D !!! Once again the Canuck's are far better team in the Pacific, it took the Oiler's 7 games to beat a team using a 3rd string goalie !!

Should do more research on Savoie... he's a similar style player to Brayden Point, is producing more than Point at the same age, and his PNHLe comparison has him at 74 points in the NHL. You seem to be severely neutering any expectations of him just so when he does blow the doors off on the place, you can tell yourself "oh that was a happy accident". Additionally he barely missed being the first player ever in the WHL to ever get exceptional player status. You never know til you know and there is some risk with him still being a prospect who has moslty only played junior to this point. But he definitely has potential to become a 1st line player, even on this stacked roster. So Oilers fans should be very excited about that. Whatever will be will be, he'll have to earn it first, but we got a lot more of a player than you're letting on.

Nice work, Nick. Keep it up! Btw, if I remember correctly Holland did let Kane take a look at the FA market before he came back and signed with the Oilers.

flip savolie for a bottom Dman

Bouchard is under contract to 24/25 season

I wonder if the new trick will be similar to the Gudreau incident. Ok Kane have a 15 team list! Oilers at the deadline put him on waivers and ducks pick him up, oilers then trade them a 2nd rounder for future considerations. I personally hope they keep him and LTIR him not only for the cap but so he’s 100% healthy. The best season for him was his HALF season where he ran the flames out of the building!

Totally agreed . McLeod for Savoie, is a great salary dump ,

The Oilers took in their recycle empties and checked under the sofa cushions and came short of having the millions we need to give raises. So we aren't trading equivalents...we're freeing up money, so hold on we're going to be unloading players for virtually nothing. For the water or skate shine boys. Jackson was caught jacking 50 catalytic converters. Lucky it was his first offense...he is out on bail.