The Edmonton Oilers are five days away playing the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2006. They’ll take on the Florida Panthers, who are in the final for the second consecutive year, after they beat the New York Rangers in six games. The Oilers and Panthers have met twice this season with Florida taking both games.
Tyler Yaremchuk and Liam Horrobin will go live at noon for Oilersnation Everyday to get you prepared for the Stanley Cup Final. You can watch Oilersnation Everyday on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook everyday weekday at noon. Want your thoughts on the show? Leave your questions, comments and concerns in the Charm Diamond Centre YouTube live throughout the program. Tyler and Liam encourage and welcome everything you have to say.
Joining the guys on the show today is former Edmonton Oilers defenceman Jason Demers. With Demers, they’ll break down what he though of their six game Western Conference Final series versus the Dallas Stars. Additionally, he’ll talk about the Oilers chances in the Stanley Cup Final this upcoming weekend.
Finally, Cam Lewis from Oilersnation joins Tyler and Liam in studio. They’ll talk about the upcoming series against the Florida Panthers along with what his thoughts on the Panthers.
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e [Music] you’re watching Oilers Nation everyday with Tyler your REM your One-Stop shop for all things Oilers cup here cup year cup here cup here cup here let’s get into it with the [Music] lead welcome in to another Stanley Cup Final edition of Oilers Nation every day coming to you live from the sports closet Studio check them out online Sports closet. CA I know you’re itching to get a fresh some Fresh Threads ahead of the the uh the big series coming up I think is what we have to call it the big game the big game our friends at sports closet can absolutely hook you up and when I go to their website sports.con gear might have to get one of those hats I think the hats are cooler than the jerseys also they do have Western Conference Champs merch up at sports closet hello hoodies oh they have the Stanley Cup Final patch on pre-order really [Music] interesting it’s pretty cool we’re gonna get to see an Oilers jersey with the Stanley Cup Final patches on there yeah that’ll be nice actually won’t it be pretty pretty cool pretty cool um First Time In Our Lifetime we can finally Stick it to that LA Kings fan oh yeah yeah you never seen I’ve never seen you know what I was thinking about last night actually was that Dallas Stars fan that was running down the street in the Miro High School New Jersey after game two and was like well be back here up 3-1 best road team in the league best road team in the league won one road game out of three hey nerd suck it probably watching all right bunch of stuff we’re getting to Today Jason demur in 28 minutes actually knowing him he’s gonna show up in 15 because he’s so excited and he’ll just start texting me saying let me in let me in which is behind the scenes usually what Demmer does for his hits if you haven’t noticed I’m always like Demers is coming up at 12:30 then it’s like 12:17 and I’m like well let’s get to the Star Mechanical guest line also one o00 rafy Torres whoa Torres on the show who’ have thought who’ have thought um we’re still we’re we’re confirmed to them right AB is working hard behind the scenes get this thing set up ah man it’s it’s the sanley Cup playoffs and when you find out at 11:46 that you can have rafy Torres on the show at one o’clock you make everything happen so ab’s working hard to make sure we can get connected with rafy Torres at the top of the hour um all right there are a couple of things I want to get to first off AB you have the look on the sports closet site of the of the of the of what they got up let’s just give some love to the sports closet website hell yeah look at that the shirts the hats on pre-order the cup oh go back to the Cup Final patch [ __ ] oh no you hit the wrong thing oh no no show us the Cup Final patch ah you know we’ll look at the shirt that’s good enough Western Conference Champs feels good to say it feels good I know like again everyone’s going to get some do you think it’s a faux paw to wear it during the Cup Final is it something you get and maybe you wear further down the line a pajama shirt maybe I don’t know I don’t think it’s a bad thing I like you know me I’m not superstitious I’m incredibly superstitious are you actually uh not as superstitious as Conor McDavid but also my dad told me I can’t watch the game couldn’t watch the game with him the other night because I had watch games fours on five them but no I don’t think it’s that crazy wow 25 bucks what a deal what a deal bargon so would you sew that on yourself is that like a Jersey getting a whole new one I’m getting a whole New Jersey yeah from the sports closet we’re coming in sports closet uh all right there’s a couple things I want to get to we’ll we’ll call it like a three part checklist and I don’t even want to spend too much time on all of these but I will first off if you have a chance send some love Luke gazdick way why what happened he’s taking a lot of [ __ ] from kcks fans and may I add it is undeserved all he did was call them out for being [ __ ] to him online and they’ve responded by doing what Liam they’re being assoles to him online yeah it’s ridiculous uh we love Gaz we love that we have Gaz on this show I think Gaz is one of the best upand cominging voices panelists analysts in the sport um his podcast is killer we absolutely love him so send love to Gaz because he’s coming to eTown baby and we’re gonna have him on that couch we will do whatever it takes and I’m with him suck K fans are brutal wor out there tweeting about it was like we’re not like that yes you are and I will put a blanket statement out there because you should have ban some of these after chats man it was nuts well they’re terrible I I witnessed it firsthand what they do and you don’t hear those same stories coming out of Edmonton we don’t have them coming out of Dallas like all that La wasn’t even that bad no not even close also we’re gonna sit here and not that I even really want to open this can of worms we’re going to do the whole you need to be unbiased blah blah blah the sportset reporter in Vancouver Dan Murphy what did he post the other day oh a picture of him golfing with JT Miller and Nikita zadorov just casually out for round of golf that’s unbiased that yeah we’re not gonna that’s not going to seep into your coverage at all of you know one of those two guys needing a new contract in the next month give me a break I there’s nothing I hate more and listen this is the the [ __ ] we heard from I’m not going to Old guard’s a bad way to do it but the people who were in the media industry when we were coming through radio school and getting our starts all you heard you you can’t be a fan you got to let the fan side of you die right and there’s always this kind of like mightier than thou mainstream media I’m not a fan I don’t care about the team it’s all [ __ ] for the most part also New Age media the reason there are people watching this show right now is because guess what people want to hear good objective Oilers talk from people were in the fight with them yeah so this whole like can’t be a f Luke gdig literally put together a two-minute highlight package at one point of the Oilers diving and called them out for it called him McDavid diving like I just can’t be deing with it and the people out there like some shows out there putting out tweets about it and everything it’s just like completely unnecessary and it’s just like grow up it’s embarrassing but to be fair they’ve been out of the C playoffs for a while now so they’re they’re searching for headlines wherever they can find them and so you’re welcome giv you that if the Oilers would have lost game seven in some weird alternate World they lose game seven to the Canucks would we be sitting here right now saying is should Kevin bexa allowed to do be allowed to work Hockey Canada games anymore do we have to discuss Kevin beex a little bit like goddamn get over it KX fans into Elk’s talk we’d be talking about the fact that Stingers are 4 and0 baby yeah speaking of which uh oh finally they off I was like are we doing this your your emojis just came on the screen now that block Stinger game day so you know repped up for the singers who do they play they are playing the Vancouver Bandits the Vancouver Bandits tonight Liam very good the Rivalry singers looking to go 5 and0 tune in later on in the show when you can win a chance to not just go to the game tonight but you and a friend will be sitting next to our boy Aaron and a friend you’ll be enjoying $5 beers and the $5 concession menu that they have out at the at The Stingers game so giddy up go Stingers go Stingers go I’m excited I’ve not been to a game before I know and you and I are going to be in Florida for the next game as well but we’ll get to a game we will I promise you this at one point over the season we will do a giveaway that’s go to The Stingers game with Liam and I okay sounds deal dealio homie Stingers games are a lot of fun Stingers games are a lot of fun all right so we’ll give away those tickets a little bit later on okay I talked about the gas FC thing we’re just going to leave that now it is no longer moving on Conor McDavid video I didn’t I couldn’t watch I can’t bring myself to watch the full thing but here’s what I’ll say don’t be weirdos that goes and I don’t think anyone in this chat anyone who consumes the show anyone who’s like a real true diard of the Edmonton Oilers I don’t think they act that way to Conor McDavid this is the result of the team’s going on a great run all of that and to maybe like those people were obviously being way too weird but it was from a good place I don’t know I didn’t watch I I like skipped through I didn’t listen to all the guys I’d say but I saw videos of like someone sat in his trunk and then there was another guy blocking him getting in the car rattled me to watch and it’s just like uncomfortable like at the end of the day Conor McDavid is a human his fiance was there with him like it’s like I don’t think those guys are trying to be aggressive by any means but just like take your crappy little video walk next to him whatever tell him you love him and go away ask him for a picture and then go away like there’s a level of personal space that that was way intruded on he was sitting in the back of his vehicle what did he say what did McDavid do not a lot did he say anything not really you could tell he was uncomfortable but he didn’t say anything and he was cordial and whatnot being a good thing I said the point that I wanted to make look at how much booze he’s buying that’s a leader that’s your captain hopefully he was throwing the Afterparty well okay and that is great I love that Connor McDavid goes boys my place we won’t make hot tub jokes because we know Connor hates those but boys my place everyone gets to turn in the cryogenic chamber that I have in my room we’re going to be ready to go for the Cup Final and we’re going to crush a million beers and it’s all on me see you guys there I’ll bring uh you know the Kors lights and whatever selters I’m sure they drink Connor just manto man here maybe just get it delivered next time you just won game six of the Western Conference Final I’m you know what you know who would have been happy to do it our boy Andrew Pi probably would have been like you know what Connor I’m gonna take this Connor you make 12 and a half a year get a runner Connor I’ll come if I I would have done it yeah like I feel bad because Conor was uncomfortable and Lauren was there and I’m sure like it’s such a shitty thing for him to have to it probably brought down his vibe very hard that night yeah those were obviously fans it wasn’t like that time he went out for dinner and remember people were screaming [ __ ] at him and whatever West Ed yeah yeah it wasn’t that which is good at least it came from a place of they loved Connor and they just wanted to get close to him and talk to him and have an interaction with them they were obviously weirdos I’m not trying to like fully exonerate them be better than that if those people are watching but Connor you just won game six of the Western Conference Final my guy yeah maybe you just get the booze dropped off maybe you just you have a connection Rogers just go to whoever and be like hey I’m very wealthy can I just buy a 100 Rogers beers and can you throw them in the back of my car do a little off sale here she some crates you could just buy before you before you leave the ring yeah you know but that’s the thing is like if you’re in that situation we all love the Oilers of course just like put your phone away maybe as well I’m sure Connor would be or any of the others would be more open to having a conversation with you if you didn’t have your phone wave in their face cuz like what he supposed to do in that situation right like if he gets aggressive which if he did rightfully so they’re literally on they’re filming him the whole time it’s going to be such a terrible look for him he’s gonna get asked about it today yeah probably so I’ll be curious to see his answer on that and he will answer it a beautifully plain way the way Connor does right I don’t know I could see him yeah I guess maybe I’m thinking too differently about it but it’s not the first time we’ve had some great moments with Connor and fans let’s not forget about the famous airport picture that was very awkward very awkward Connor doesn’t like being touched and you know what Fair of us do and wait there was a good comment from Evan here’s the lesson we’ll take from this oh no that wasn’t the right one but fair don’t touch people you don’t know can we all just kind of agree to that one right there just if you see someone in public and you’re like hey maybe they’re famous or what I don’t know them I’m not going to touch them Ty how would you feel if the guy just came up to the back of the nation truck and sat in it while you were loading your stuff up with your your lady not great yeah no it would be weird it would be weird um so yeah don’t touch people you don’t know um and Conor McDavid I mean yeah I feel for him in that situation because he’s just trying to outo his thing at the same time Connor I’m telling you you are only going to get more famous in life especially when you win the Stanley cut this [ __ ] get your booze delivered buddy good video though from the flip side of that relationship Lauren Kyle the Wags did you see that one ah she posted a bunch of stuff of them celebrating in the booth yeah that was cool to see much more much better than what the Dallas Wags were doing they were basically on their phones sat in the Box acting like they didn’t want to be at the game yeah so good to see uh will the Wags have a another version of their wag jackets for the Cup Final oh that is a layer we’re gonna have to dive into on these these days off let’s get to our fashion expert now as Aaron they’re good they’re good um sty but s just done that yeah the Winnipeg Jets wag jackets those are pretty cool if I do say so myself I’m good now yeah all fashioned out next one I wanted to get to because you better believe this shit’s GNA go viral before game three uh this one as your friendly neighborhood Rogers plays bartender please don’t take it out on the bar staff if prices are raised again for the final round uh you better believe they will be because they raised them for the playoffs it was a small raise I think it was like 7 cents or buck a beer and then they also bumped up the the wine and the the mixed drinks a little bit and I remember last year before the playoffs if if memory serves correct that’s when they took away the option you used to be able to get a 16 or a 20 ounce beer and now I think you can only get the 24 ounces that’s what they did last year it’s like you only get the massive ass um draft beers and they charge you whatever 17 bucks for them because you used to be able to get like a 12 or $13 16 ounce draft beer they jacked up the price or it was like 10 bucks whatever it was um yeah that’s too bad the watch party’s 20 bucks now yeah that also sucks get in yeah I think it’s for the one in the arena I think it was 10 before why know it was five it was five yeah that is ridiculous like I know that’s not a lot of money for some people but like the five dollar thing gave like the ability for like basically anybody to go and just like have a good time and it was full every time like I hate it when they do that stuff like the 75 cent thing like whatever like that’s 75 cents but like you’re four tickets for One game previously yeah and now you want to take a family it’s $100 night if you’re a mom and pop trying to bring your two kids all of a sudden it’s costing you $80 the real home game so you want to do one of those ones kind of get the same experience but now you can’t and the thing is too job Oilers the Oilers fans have been so great so good and you can’t reward them with this exact and also the whole like oh it’s for the Community Foundation net proceeds what did that study that came out say oh I don’t know it was a long it was like five years ago whatever but it was like you know 50 cents of every dollar ends up going because they do their admin fees and pay people like it’s such a farce man 5050 during that game that the watch pie game be like you can only do this one in here you can only win a 50/50 at the watch pie yeah that too like that would work but instead they’re going to R and I know don’t get me run like 20 bucks isn’t a ton of money but like but if you’re a family of four who like man I want to take my you know 13 14 year old and let them experience the atmosphere and watch show in the Cup Final I remember going to one of those watch parties when I was a kid and I think like my whole baseball team when I was 9 years old went and watched one of them and it was cool that’s a memory I still have to this day watching Chris Pronger score the penalty shot goal in game one at rexa place and to see them again pricing out families who who might not be able to afford it now because again like and this isn’t to even have a bigger conversation but like again you’ve made it now not cheap 80 bucks before you get food and drink and you’re going to bump up the prices of concession because we know that’s what they do and parking oh yeah and you got to find a place to park you got to get there like it’s a whole thing right it’s it’s really unfortunate to see them to see them do that chelse says tier one fans only and yeah I mean like going to a cup final game is going to be insanely expensive there are people who will you know not be doing vacations this year because they want to go to one Stanley Cup final game as well and to see the olders be like and we’re going to raise beer prices I actually to um one watch party and I boy I’ve actually boycotted them since not for the prices but the fact that the others are 71 to the s j shks what’s one I went to probably not gonna come back here and mistaken Mexican parking got jacked up for the playoffs too like of course it did yeah and the ticket prices are you know I think just going off face value um I think you’re up five times the cost for your cup final based on what your face value was in the regular season that’s Insanity that’s Insanity it puts a damper on things a little bit right yeah totally like you want to stay you’re and like I mean I’ve always kind of whatever had this take but like I want the Oilers to win the Stanley Cup so damn bad man it is it will be the highlight of my life we’ll be watching them potentially win this Stanley Cup right here because if they go on and they win another one under Conor it’ll be great but like something about your first and I’ll be so happy for the city I will be elated that we’ll get to sit here and talk about it and everyone who tunes into this show I’ll be so happy that you’ll get to enjoy it there there is also a part of me and this is where we’ll go back to fully positive after I say this line but there is a part of me that will not be happy for the organization yeah I think that’s fair Dave London put in there Tyler and Le won’t be get any favors from the arena anytime soon what are they going to do not give us press passes we don’t we don’t get them anyway price when I go to that ring for everything it’s a nightmare okay we’re done done but a great slice love the pizza me yeah I mean what are the is gonna like us less impossible okay let’s keep going let’s get back into the fun stuff all right we’re going to be joined by Jason deur in a couple of minutes but let’s talk a little bit Liam I wanted to do like uh kind of way too early out lineup report it’s brought to you by our friends at Wendy’s they use fresh never Frozen Canadian beef in all of their burgers whether it’s a JBC a Dave single or a baconer God just saying those words makes my mouth water it’s always fresh never Frozen loaded with fresh and delicious toppings you know what you can do you can download the Wendy’s app today to check out the latest deals Liam I want to dig into this Florida Panthers team a little bit okay and and Frank and I today on DFO live which goes live noon Eastern every single day 10 o’clock Mountain for those watching this that’s the time zone you care about um we compared the forward groups to start obviously and I’m looking at this Panthers forward group and it’s interesting the high-end Talent is certainly there Sam Reinhardt is a 54 guy 50 goal guy Alexander barov is a premier shutdown centerman like he will be a thorn in their side Carter vagi is one of the best playoff performers we’ve seen over the last couple of years when you just look at peer production and goal scoring Sam Bennett is going to be a thorn in your side Matthew could chuck we know all the different ways that Matthew kachuck can swing momentum in a hockey game but after that there’s always this conversation about how good can the Oilers depth be and the Panthers are this big scary spooky deep team I’m not sure how big the Gap is depthwise between these two sides if I’m being totally honest with you okay I think on the third line anthon londell is very good I think he’s again a very smart hockey player maybe the offensive upside isn’t there I think he’s better than Ryan McLoud but not by a lot but actually if we’re comparing the lineup Apples to Apples now londell to Henri give me Rico yeah the veteran approach I like it teraso to Kane right now probably Kane I mean both of them kind of struggled in the third round to be both them have really struggled at points in you give me Kane playoff Kane I think is a chance to be more impactful than playoff tereno even though when he was with the blues he was awesome yeah I don’t know I don’t think that’s fair to say playoff Kane is better than tereno overall I think this run has been um and muck says if teren wakes up and londell is super skilled yeah like londell is very very good he’s still pretty relatively green I think is is maybe a way to put it but on the left side of that you have e luster ran learn how to say that name um but he like he’s really good as well but I don’t like going into Dallas it was like oh man if they’re healthy they’re gonna be humming out a third line that you know as marchment and Sagen and duchaine and these guys who were all 20 goal guys this season and all of that and I don’t look at this Florida third line with as much fear as I looked at the Dallas third line coming into the series and the fourth line Kevin stenland Steven Loren and Kyle looso I all there fall Line’s better I think it’s on par I think it’s a fair way to put it I don’t think Florida fans are sitting there going uh wow I’m worried about Brown Yanmar and Carrick or Ryan right well they haven’t been watching then yeah I mean to be fair we haven’t been watching a lot of Florida also F yeah I I think that my point is I think the bottom six has a really good chance to break even at worst like I think the upsides with Edmonton if Holloway and Kane keep playing if Kane can wake up Holloway keeps playing well Rico stays healthy the Oilers third line can actually be pretty good yeah I I would agree Nick cousins isn’t playing regularly for them did he get no he’s been in and out in and out okay so I think the four line is overall better just looking at the stats there has been there’s two goals between that fourth line and they’re both from Steven Loren so Advantage there for the Oilers that third line I think on paper looks good but the health ofand Kane is really going to be the dictator of it all the second line for me is where it gets interesting obviously having leand Dr out of there is going to boost things up but I really would just take Cory Perry out and put Fogo there or Vander basically any of the four Wingers in the bottom in the middle six you can flip around make it all work so yeah I think you’re right overall like this team isn’t as intimidating I guess you could say on paper as what the Dallas team was and the others did a great job of shoting down guys do Shane pel get zero points Robertson had one big game Wyatt Johnston was good but not consistent it really was just Jamie Ben that seemed to find the offense more often than not what do you think about the blue line as well I mean the top end stuff is is one thing but we obviously know the key to stopping the Oilers is stopping them in terms of their offense right they have some interesting players like forsling and eblad is a really really damn good top pairing does that scare you as much as Harley and hinan no I I do think the Stars blue line is probably better for the reason of hen hinan is the best of all of them yeah EG blad’s good don’t get me wrong fring’s having a great R but like Masson was a buyout candidate not that long ago was sry right like kulakov is what he is like I don’t think it’s as intimidating I think new oras can match it I I do think Florida is better than new oras blue line but I don’t know like you said like I think the thing that people look at more with this Florida team is just like oh they’re going to beat you out with the out of the Arena but one thing that people aren’t talking about is that the Oilers can outscore that and the O if the Oilers don’t get drawn into that then is that not Advantage Oilers like no one’s talking about how Florida have to play the Oilers game too it’s all about how the Oilers now apparently have to switch to play playing Florida’s game well also we heard that with Dallas too right exactly like oh yeah they’re going to be tougher like this isn’t going to be and and how often did we hear it when we played the Kings and so oh don’t know one copar gonna shut down McDavid and dry Sidle well that hasn’t happened yet either I’m like don’t get me wrong I’m not underestimating what Florida are they’re obviously an elite team but like let’s not pretend like everyone seems to want to every time the other’s going to the next round that they shouldn’t be there yeah um another thing too I and I actually think that’s an excellent point because there is this oh they’re going to grind you down they’re going to play they’re going to play physical and it’s leading too questions like we got in here um oh who was it I like giving credit but everything’s going so fast oh daky will Vinnie draw back anything see to me like I I’m not doing that because I want the puck moving I want to play with Pace I want to hit Florida with Pace I maybe game one will change my mind on this but the Oilers top players man it’s not marners and pon you know Conor McDavid isn’t afraid to play physical Leon drle isn’t afraid to get in there and they’re not afraid to be nasty back I mean we rip Leon dle forward sometimes when he plays undisciplined but if you want to take a run at Leon D title you better believe at some point you were getting a stick to your spine somewhere or a whack in the soft spot on the back of the leg and most of the time you know what they’re going to do they’re probably going to call both when he does that especially in the Stanley Cup Final so I’m not super worried would I replace CCE with with Vinnie OJ yeah I probably would or I’d be open to that but I’m not doing it for game one I yeah I wouldn’t do it right off the bat this team that you have right now besides the Carrick and and Ryan rotation has won you three games in a row yeah I think you ride with that not until the wheels fall off but until you see the right adjustment Perry I would look at changing like we said it doesn’t even necessarily mean him coming out the lineup just moving him around a little bit but on the question of Vinnie and CeCe like I just don’t see that much of a difference unfortunately for people who want to like crap on CC so much I think Vinnie is a very good player don’t get me wrong but like what are we comparing here you know it’s a liability either way CC can skate a little bit better his F speed is better I think overall speed I guess he’s more on Vinnie’s side I guess we could say but CCE can also play with the puck so that’s that’s an aspect of it all as well so big boy CC he’s not some little five foot nine defens we have I think he’s like 63 642 isn’t he maybe not quite that tall about 510 year height thank you 62 hey calm down um you know what I’m just piecing together as I’m kind of scrolling through and doing different things did you know our next two guests were teammates no where s oh San Jose San Jose they would have been teammates in San Jose so anyways they’re both former Oilers they’re both former San Jose Sharks we’re going to be joined by one rafy Torres coming up in 30 minutes demur will swing by in a couple of minutes we’re doing the uh Jason deur Gauntlet right now play Dallas yeah now we’re playing Florida you’re right imagine if we had played San Jose earlier well they were just a little bit out of the playoff slly out but that was interesting uh bo is in can also expect Yanmar to get feisty to we saw that fight earlier this year might be the toughest guy on the team J well Vinnie I don’t know like the way and Daryl is tough too I like darong yeah I get it but like very different but like those two fights Yar had he’s just like in right away like unintimidated by anything tell the people about his mom oh that was so cute um so J Jason Gregor shared this on his uh Instagram you can give him a follow there um but they were talking to Yanmar today after the skate and Yan Mark said just on the run in general and the playoff atmosphere at Emon it’s been fun my mom was here for the last game and on our drive home she recorded the entire ride home it’s something she said she’ll remember forever so a couple of things there one Matias yanmar’s mom being so excited that she just records the ride home that’s a compliment to you Oilers fans for being as nuts as you guys are two the idea of Matias Yanmar winning game six and being like all right Mom let’s drive home old minor hockey days would have been better actually if his mom was driving him home yeah and he had to record it all yeah he record this what do you think she calls him Maddie mat no Matias you think it’s yeah she calls him The Janitor Mr yanar um release the ride footage Yan Mark says d sure why not um anyways we’ll we’ll have more from you guys 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CA residential commercial 247 Emergency Services it’s all coming up they got it all they can do it yeah they can do it all mhm oh before we get to demur actually I want to talk about we need an update on my guy red our favorite Star Mechanical employee uh top three okay he is usually a Habs fan top three he’s a r he’s a top three star mechanical employee for me okay um to one for me so the other day he’s a Die Hard Montreal Canadians fan okay um I see him pull out in his truck from his house and he’s driving and I look and I go hold up he’s wearing an Oilers Jersey whoa Traer he went to the game and I text him I said red I can’t believe I see you in an Oiler I’m seeing you in an Oilers Jersey right now and you know what he texted me back he said Tyler I’m starting to fall in love with this team more and more every single day and I can feel the orange and blue coursing through my veins what anyway shout out to guy red shout out to Star Mechanical shout out to our boy Jason Demmer who joins us for his weekly appearance oil up Jason Oilers are in the Stanley Cup Final did it boys we we did it we literally just the way we drew it up hanging on my phone is uh for some reason people are calling me which makes no sense they not know they know this is my oil up time this is my oil up time uh we are we’re fired up right now it’s unbelievable oh I mean just the way we drew it up who knew we’d be riding the penalty kill and steuart Skinner into the finals honestly if you if you gave me a million guesses that would have been my last at the penalty kill at the start of the playoffs that Stewart Skinner and the penalty kill would have guide us through and our power play would have had goals in only two games yeah doesn’t make any sense it’s crazy and I mean what a testament to this group of just changing their game constantly the coaching staff I mean just an incredible run by this team and I mean listen we’re we’re all at fault at the network and everywhere else I mean we were [ __ ] on the team you know midseason about they need to go get a goalie at the trade deadline and I mean what a testament to steuart Skinner just kind of regrouping himself and becoming this this goalie that’s this he outplayed Jake codinger I mean I talked about it so many asked me you know what was yesterday what was the big thing in that series I was like I mean listen Connor was Connor and he did his Connor things and so is Zach but Stuart made more saves and Jake AER you know especially in that last game I mean that last game the steuart Skinner win all day what surprised you the most about the Dallas team in the sense of what they didn’t bring to the series like there was many guys who weren’t getting goals uh the power play was like we said basically nothing and ainger wasn’t as great as we all thought he was going to be but it was a something that stood out the most to you uh I mean listen I thought Dallas might have just ran out a little bit of gas I I don’t think I think they had a way harder run than Edmonton did but listen it’s the way it shakes out in the NHL playoffs like you never know you you need to get those bounces and you need to get a nice line coming through like you can’t just it’s hard and it’s it’s rare that teams go through the gauntlet and win the cup so I think they were the fresher team and then obviously I go back to nonblock just makes adjustments within the lineup constantly in the playoffs that they seem to always work out and it’s been absolutely incredible every time he moves a player in or out of the lineup depthwise produce and his his feel in the room and his his pulse is is really spoton and then again you it’s the same old but that penalty kill when you got a good penalty kill that’s been as good as as they have been I mean you’re going to win more games than you lose so and they were just they held on long enough for the power play to get hot and it’s uh they’re off and running now uh one of the defining moments of that sixth game again that’s the steuart Skinner win and we talked about uh yesterday about how every victory in that series series had like a hero a clear-cut hero in every game it was Connor with the OT winner in the first win and then in the second win that was the big comeback you had the Yanmar short-handed goal game three the NJ game game four was the Skinner game we had that Conor McDavid goal to kick off game six and that was stunning was there a part of you that felt for Meo hkin in as you watched Conor McDavid rip him inside out uh no I don’t feel for him at all because it it happens to all of us and and he’s incredible he’s an incredible defenseman but that was just Connor being Conor and and you need players like that he’s been doing that all playoffs this year and and it’s incredible what he can do with the puck and and especially just have the wherewithal to to pump fake that and bring that to his backhand is is just absolutely Next Level and then to finish with with authority like that so I mean I think it’s hard because heinn and was in a good position a block but it and the pressure down from the forward just wasn’t enough I think he got he needs to get a Little Bit Stronger but I mean it is Connor he’s gonna find the hole if he give it to him and that’s just one of those things that a big differentiator for him in the playoffs is he can do things like that where other players can’t and that’s that’s that’s what makes his team so special to to make a run for the cup Liam and I were talking we haven’t watched a ton of Florida Panthers hockey even during these playoffs been so caught up with the oil but you’ve been watching a lot of the other series what should scare us the most about this Florida Panthers team I was on a call yesterday and I was telling people the biggest thing that no one’s been able to figure out is this that for check of theirs they they hard Rim every Puck and they’re really hard on the four check and but it’s going to be really a battle of the decor I think I think it’s going to be which Decor can I’ll play the other one uh because both offenses are potent and it’s which one’s going to hold up better I think for Edmonton the have to be really good on their for check and especially in the neutral zone because the problem with New York and um uh Boston is that they play a very structured game and they kind of sit back a little bit with the third guy high but for Florida that kind of plays into their system because they’re able to get the red line hard Rim the puck and then get on their for check so for for and that’s kind of what got New York in trouble what got Boston in trouble is they just couldn’t stifle them in the neutral zone I think Edmonton to make sure that everybody’s up and you’re making them earn that red line every single time and and because that’s where it’s going to kind of play is along the yell that’s where they like to play it but I do think Edmonton’s a bigger team they’re not scared of playing physical they’re they’re able to play mean I don’t think they’re going to get pushed around so it’s just going to be how they manage that four check and and how they can break out the puck and because that’s so important playing this Florida Panthers team and then also their penalty kill needs to stay hot which is what it is that power play has been good in Florida so is there it’s going to be you know the Classic Special Teams battle and then with a little bit of mix of of you know I think Stewart’s skins really ironed out his game and bosski is playing great so it’s really going to come down to the decor and the chances they’re limiting and and and how they’re getting their respective offenses on on offense by breaking up the puck clean yeah that’s going to be massive and it actually ties in pretty nicely I think in the question we got in the inbox let’s quickly knock out our Great Clips inbox question for the day over 4,000 hair salons across the United States and Canada they are the official hair salon of the NHL they are locally owned and operated and open seven days a week and your time is valuable which is why you can take advantage of the Great Clips checkin app see the we time checking on your phone get your haircut when you want for more information check out greatclips.com GreatClips it’s going to be great uh our boy Tyler muck is in asking this one he wants to know game one do you go broberg or Vinnie in the lineup I’ll spin that into a two-parter what have you thought of Philip broberg since jumping into this Oilers lineup and is he in your game one lineup he’s been invisible in a good way other than his goal he’s done what a defenseman should do and get it not to say any indictment against Vinnie because I think Vinnie’s been great all year I think he just provides a little bit of of pace on the back end and especially the third pairing is going to be the most important in this series because after farkov and Reinhardt and uh Bennett you know they’re that’s where nurse and kulak and then obviously atom and bu are going to get the majority of the minutes they’re going to have to really dominate on that third pairing and that’s been a big issue for other teams you know challenging the Panthers is the third pairing got eaten up a little bit so I really do think broberg is gonna have a big part this I do think you go with broberg to start uh I just like the way they’ve played I think he looks calm he looks confident you need a guy that can kind of skate the puck and break out pucks clean and then obviously if something goes ay and things get a little bit too rough I think you can bring Vinnie in but this is really a team that can skate and and the Panthers and they get on the for check you need guys that could break the pucks out clean because they’re going to be coming all night and Philip’s a guy that can do that and I I actually really proud of you know having known the kid and seeing what he’s done this year and not getting look and then coming in at such a high stakes moment and really playing the right way and I love Vinnie too they’re just great great kids and great talents and they both have long careers so I think Vinnie uh is uh is kind of just the odd man out but I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in this series especially if the PK falters it all they’ll bring him back in but I just you know Phillips got that smooth skating ability he’s able to carry the p can close on Defenders on sorry the offense he can create turnovers and I just think he’s played well enough where you can’t pull him out now you got to keep him in and let him see what he can do in this game one what do you think of the idea of keeping Cory Perry on the second line or do you think that experiment is kind of expired now I don’t I foresee that there’s going to be a lot of line adjustments I don’t think there’s any issue and naok doesn’t have an issue with changing the lines and I think the guys are all comfortable with it everybody’s bought in so I wouldn’t be surprised to see guys come in out the lineup I I other than seeing McDavid with Heyman and probably Leon with Evander at oh no he’s not with sorry not with Evander but either than just seeing on the odd occasion the Leon Conor highman line I think everything’s going to be up in the air depending on how the feel out of the series it’s going to be a big match series how do you get barkov away from from Connor and then obviously we’re going to see in game one how they want the matchup if they want barkov to play against dry Sidle or if they want him against McDavid and then I think from there n Block’s gonna really adjust so it’s going to be an amazing chess match Style Style Style finals I think this is probably the best matchup we could get I know Dallas would have been cool to watch them and and especially the Run they were on but I just think they would have got ran over by by by Florida I think Florida’s just a little too tough for them so I think this match is up really well for Edmonton if they can if if their depth can continue to produce like they have I think it’s going to be a big storyline because the depth of Florida they roll four lines so you can’t get away from it it’s you have to roll four you can’t roll Connor and Leon because they’re gonna get tired and get worn down and but the good thing is is most of this playoff series they’ve played teams at roll four lines so they’re used to it and they’ve had to rely on their depth because of it so I think it’s really going to be an interesting match up but I don’t I would start with Perry on the second but he’ll probably be up and down the lineup he might be out one game but I know noblock just kind of feels it out and like I said has a great heartbeat at the team and he just kind of moves guys in and out of the lineup and guys seem to not miss a beat okay I have one more quick one for you than will let you go uh Joe pavelski today doing Dallas Stars Locker kleo day it kind of sounds like he might be calling it a career uh you were obviously a longtime teammate of pavelsky and man just reading some of the stuff online we have about him I guess the way I want to tee up for this what made Joe pavelski such a great player on the ice and what made him such a beloved teammate off the ice I mean just the way he he practices his craft and the way he works is is something that’s truly remarkable I mean they had to stop him from going on the ice an hour early before practices when I played with him in San Jose because he’d get an hour he’ get on the ice an hour before and chew up the ice but he would just be working on his tips and his shots and I mean he’s done that for 20 years playing in the league and he’s just a gamer and and obviously he’s just one of those guys you want to play for you know he just does everything the right way he holds guys accountable and you just love having teammates like that because you know you know what he’s about and you know that he wears his heart on his sleeve in terms of the way he plays and the way he conducts himself off the ice so it’s it’s for you it’s easy to follow somebody like that and and obviously you know I had him early on in my career we were both young youngish and and he was a little bit older than me but um but to uh to see the career he’s had is is truly incredible and I mean more power to him I think he’s earned his rest now and I wish he would have had a good run to win the cup but it’s the the way it is it’s a hard league to win a cup and there’s a lot of great players that never had one and there’s a lot of players that didn’t deserve it that one cups but it’s just the way it goes a talk it’s a beautiful game and but I think he’s earned his rest and and uh he’s just had a hell of a career and really honored to have called him a teammate for for so long and you know rooted for him honestly quietly I you know I’m an oil up guy but I rooted for him to win as well you know I was torn in this series and I think any team that one was was uh positive for me but it would have been nice to see Joe get one more one more crack at it in the final so uh the chat wants to know where you’re golfing and what kind of shape your game’s in oh it’s tough I’m golfing in AZ I had like I had like two days off before the finals because I’m gonna be in Florida I’ll be in Edmonton too so so we’ll have to do uh we’ll have to figure out a way to kind of get on I might do a pop in but I’m going to be in on in both places working with the network and doing some other stuff with the n so I had two days to come back to Arizona to pack up so I’m an AZ in 100 degree heat I played nine holes and my game is nowhere near where I want it to be so it’s really it’s about as uh it’s about as good as a a team that’s in the finals right now because they’ve just been playing hockey and not worried about golf so that’s where my game is um yeah we’ll have to do something in person because Liam and I are going to be down in Florida and to tease the audience a little bit on what we got cooking up it sounds like we might be doing our show from the lower bowl of the Arena on Friday and Saturday we’ll see then I’ll have to jump in and uh we’ll we’ll do a show from the Elbow Room in Florida baby I was trying to explain to Liam the magic of the Elbow Room earlier oh it’s a dump but it’s great it’s good um all right well we’ll see you in uh Florida then we’ll save us seat at the Elbow Room whenever you get there and let’s go oil let’s do it oil up boys go get it all right there you go Jason De off I forgot to ask him about rafy Torres because we’re having rafy on in a in a bit um is he still there or did he close his window Jason we have rafy torz on what kind of teammate was RA any any stories we should throw us away you got too Torres on there e the too man that guy’s a killer I had him in San Jose I love him he’s the man uh i’ I I do have stories of him me and him together but they’re not for uh they’re not for the podcast Studio they’re for uh in person where there’s no camera around but he’s uh he’s one hell of a teammate talk about an absolute killer on the ice and a guy you want to play for and just a great human him and his family are phenomenal I love his wife his kids they’re everybody’s fantastic so we just talked I think a couple weeks ago he’s trying to get me up to Toronto and wherever he lives up in the sticks there but I’m a I’m a US guy unfortunately at time so I got to make my way up to Toronto at one point this summer to see him so but give my best and tell him uh no head shots e no okay now now we’ll let you get back to the golf thanks Jason former San Jose Shark Dallas star Florida panther Arizona coyote and Emon Oiler Emon Oiler he ended as an oer you know what’s crazy is what’s crazy so Jason theur was a seventh round pick correct five years prior they had picked Joe pavelski in the seventh round that’s pretty crazy so we’re talking right now about like oh the others got like good seven thrown picks because we have Vinnie and Max W looks like he’s going to do they had guys who played like what did de play well 700 games of course and Joe pavelski played over a thousand games in the NHL that’s crazy he’s Joe pavelski is the most points in that 2003 draft class which is insane because I regarded as I believe the best ever when you see it that way so credit to Joe pelski an absolute crazy career what a warrior dude the like the Sharks scouting for a little bit in 94 they took Nabokov in the ninth round that is insane 95 they took M kippers off in the fifth round of that year’s draft Matt Bradley played 675 games as a fourth rounder for them that is also wild uh where were the other ones here Michael samelson you remember him 699 games he was a fifth rounder of the Sharks Douglas Murray D Man eighth round pick Mur play 518 games Ryan K was a sixth rounder 491 games Christian aoff was a fourth rounder I all those guys played on the same team yeah wild like no wonder they had so much success for so long they were it’s a similar thing to like the Tampa Bay Lightning right where you find these guys from Here There and Everywhere like eighth and Ninth round picks sorry I’m bear with me I’m so far down the rabbit hole now 2007 draft their final three picks one in the sixth two in the seventh Nick Bonino Justin Brun fa Fraser McLaren wow that’s a good run and then the next year was Tommy wingles in the sixth deurs in the seventh Tommy wingles played some he played 450 games than you go was pretty took Callin Blackwell Dylan Dello was a sixth rounder of theirs really Sean carali was a fifth rounder of theirs Kevo more recent sixth round pick almost 500 games well sharks are good at drafting I think it’s what we’ve learned today they shouldn’t screw up this year’s draft either no I think it’s pretty easy to walk up and take mcklin celebrini with uh who with your first round pick oh the Canucks fan yeah yeah yeah yeah um oh no he thinks a gastic uh what else should we do oh we forgot that sorry ml I didn’t get this one Jason do I have your blessing to buy an O jersey with your name and number on it he probably would love it and in the Elbow Room whatever that is if you get it and you drop it off at the office if we do an in person with them we’ll get him to sign it for you that’d be funny so if you buy it I can I’ll do my best to make that happen for you I’ll help yeah Liam will help um the Elbow Room is just like this it’s this rundown Dive Bar in Florida but it’s where everyone goes so you know I was down there for allar last year right on the beach with your beers and do it night go away but the one night we were at the Elbow Room dude it was like I was I don’t get star struck a lot but when it’s like midnight and you’re watching and just looking across the room at Keith Brady and Matt kachuck all shirtless drinking beers it’s a little bit like this is a pretty wild place at one point just like a black Escalade pulls up and I’m like hm wonder who’s going to be in there PK suban just got out of the Escalade did like two laps around the car and then just got back in and drove and like the car sped off whoa the Elbow Room is a magical place I’m on their website they have a live streaming live band cam live bar cam live beach cam live patio cam that’s crazy don’t watch why and yeah don’t watch don’t watch that um all right shall we keep uh cruising along on the show ml lives in damn drafted Charlie Coy I did not know that oh and they traded him was he in the burns he was dein saguchi great PLL uh Charlie Coyle and Zack Phillips to Minnesota for Brent Burns and former Edmonton Oiler pontis Aug oh I don’t think he ever played a game for San Jose yeah probably he didn’t what a treay tree that is um all right what else do we have that one lives on Evan Rodriguez is in the Pont abber trade tree really yeah that’s actually a huge huge old trade tree why was that trade so complicated anyway cing was something all right um okay we got a little bit going on here in the chat that I want to talk about so let’s dig into the Charm Diamond Center’s YouTube chat you can get a custom ring built and delivered in four weeks or less through the charm Masterpiece program you can trust me I have done it the ring turned out beautifully Amber is still happy somehow miraculously with me so that’s great Charm Diamond centers.com check out their large selection of Canadian lab grown diamonds mind diamonds and you don’t pay until 2025 with their instant inore financing OAC Charm Diamond centers.com couple comments Mark is in knob snub for the Jack Adams winning the cup as a rookie head coach will be his revenge yeah I mean there I saw a bunch of you guys talking in the chat about uh the fact that he wasn’t included in the Jack Adams finalist I think he finished fifth in voting for the award that that’s a weird one for me one it’s a regular season award right so you can’t look at it now with the playoff success and be like ah come on yes they were the best team in the NHL once he took over I think he deserves a lot of credit for that I think the ding’s against him and I think it’s part of the reason Jay Woodcraft didn’t win Coach of the Year either last year because he in my opinion was deserving of it having Conor McDavid and Leon Dr title automatically takes away right also for noblock this is an award much like MVP much like I I compared to the sa young and baseall to you need to have a narrative going early for you and then you need to sustain The Narrative yeah Rick to had the benefit of his narrative starting last year he took over that team they started to play better down the stretch he said all the right things in the media and in training camp this year it was like if the Canucks make the playoffs Rick toet as a coach the year finals before the Pucket even drop so what happens they go wire to wire and win the Pacific it’s a great accomplishment look how far it got them and then that narrative just never had a chance to die off there was no reason not to vote for Rick toet I think is kind of why he ultimately head on held on yeah I think that’s right I also think the other two candidates on there weren’t worthy of it though was it brunette and bonus right I don’t think either of those guys should have been candidates yeah brunette’s weird for me because it’s like Nashville was close to being a playoff team a year ago Winnipeg was a playoff team last year yeah like it should have been and like when yeah noblock just feel like narrative was that I do agree if I would have had a ballot I don’t not a professional hockey writer um if I would have had a ballot I probably would have had noblock at two or three behind torz and toet yeah torz just kind of fell off near the end well he did a great job like there was supposed to be a dumpster fire yeah and they they obviously had a lot of storylines go negatively against him they caught a hot one being one and then they lost their starting goalie halfway through the year obviously sitting your captain probably didn’t help him with stuff I think I actually did build on The Narrative of of torella a little bit too much but whatever oh what’s that guy in Washington called uh Spencer Carberry he could have been a candidate good I like that you say what’s he called not what’s his name oh what’s he called yeah it makes it makes sense the same difference tomato tomato uh muck Demmer in person and then he said next week o is going to be unreal well I would I I’m very much hoping it’s unreal I’d love to line up a bunch of inperson guests like we know Gaz is coming in with h sportset he teased that yesterday um so we know Gaz is coming in with sportset we know demur is coming in with the NHL Network yeah so I’m thinking we’ll get those two on the couch we again I don’t like making promises because we burned everyone with the Cass and thing twice no we did not burn them he burned us he burned us I know um but we know wit’s in town oh boy we know who he’s coming with it’s my dream I know it’s my spam him tweet him I would lose my mind if we were able to get those two in the office I’ll lose my we’re able to get those two on the show but we know wit’s in town that that would be obviously electric and and we’ve been talking to him a little bit so I like keeping everyone in the loop with what we’re going on we also have this great Google doc right now of just like all these phone numbers from the 06 team that we’re just like spam texting them it’s great we’re grinding we’re grinding away we’re trying to get some people on mhm all right um our next guest is going to be a Boston Pizza playoff report Edmonton is right there four wins away from ending a Stanley Cup drought that has gone on for 30 years also what the hell is going on in our anyways I’ll keep I’ll stay focused they’re taking Kennedy has a printed out photo that W has to hold that says I work for Oilers nation and I picked the Dallas Stars twin in six Well w should be publicly shamed cuz he was not teaming up for the win shout out to friends at Boston Pizza it’s passed to Tuesday at BPS Liam and I are going to be at the airport tomorrow night maybe a little wing Wednesday action at the airport shout out to Boston Pizza um should I yell at people outside should hey we’re doing an interview in here calm down this is an important interview because the Oilers have not been to the Stanley Cup finals since 2006 and that is when rafy Torres was running around running people over scoring big goals rafy Torres joins us now on Oilers Nation every day Rafi welcome to the show excited to have you on hey guys thanks for having me I really appreciate it uh I loved when you were in town firing up the crowd at the arena a couple games ago what do you make of the vibe at new Rogers Place and how does it compare to Rexall in ’06 well listen the vibe great uh the the the the town the you know the fans it’s just so electric and it’s uh it’s nice to get the the blood going and to and to see the uh you know the feelings that are coming out and all the uh you know the memories the amazing memories that Ed Edmonton brought to uh to us in ‘ 06 and to the town and stuff um really really really nice to be back in Edmonton I was able to have my daughter my son and my wife with me which was amazing and theyve they’ve never been to like you know um you know obviously there’s Toronto here but Toronto hasn’t been to something like that in a while but um you know just being in uh you know my daughter looking around like wow this is insane the whole city is going crazy right now and I’m just like hey this is how it was in ‘ 06 and uh you know there’s a special feeling it’s uh it’s a great great chance for this uh for for the city to to take over the the country and really do something special here I just want to go on the crowds I think we can all agree game six against Dallas wasn’t exactly a masterpiece by the Oilers but they got across the line one thing I felt is that like the fans played such a huge part in that game to like will the oers across the line during that running 06 was ever a moment where maybe it wasn’t going your guys’s way but the crowd was just so Electric helped you get across the line yeah I tell everybody in ‘ 06 I have permanent ear damage on my left ear just from just from skating out onto the ice and uh you know 100% the the you know the the fans jumping in there and and getting the team going and you know what you’re not gonna play your best uh you know throughout the whole series it’s uh or the whole playoffs in that say it’s it’s two months of every other day going back at it you need the help from the fans I was a big re uh you know I fed off the crowd so the F you know the the and it didn’t really take a goal or anything like that you know maybe a block shot you know finishing a hit getting the puck deep you know let you know fans in Edmonton know what know what they’re screaming for and know what they’re yelling for they love that blue collar type lunch pail type player and uh you know for me it was great was able to feed off that right so who who gives you those kind of Vibes on the Oilers right now is there a player who you watch you’re like man this is a fan favorite in em and and this is what Oilers hockey is about Hey listen I love eom I love Ecom uh you know I know he’s been taking a lot of of heat nury but nurse’s a good he does a lot of good stuff out there something that can’t go unnoticed and um I like Conor Brown I think he he’s played some really really some probably the best hockey of his career some at some of these uh games lately um it’s nice to see but you know what it’s a it’s a great opportunity for these these guys like come man I I just go to bed right now I’m just oh man just the feelings that I had going into you know the night before leading up to the to the you know to the Stanley Cup finals what a great uh atmosphere what a great uh you know time to be a hockey player and especially in Edmonton so really excited for these guys and there are guys that are going to step up and they have been all all you know along the way um obviously I think if they’re going to do something special your best players have to be your best players just from my experience um you know the role players can do their part but you know listen McDavid won that game for them I thought uh even it was a flat game but there’s no one no one in the world that can score that first goal like he did and uh you know just weld their way to to a win uh yeah I think that’s obviously really interesting another thing right now Oilers are off for five six days before game one and you guys in ‘ 06 obviously had that really long Gap as well if you could give a piece of advice to someone on the team right now of what’s the best way to handle this extended Gap ahead of game one what would that be rest is a weapon like the people don’t understand that like we we had some time off uh leading going in the semic uh finals and then I think there was another one um I think it might have been after the first series to Detroit I think there’s a few days off there now we were celebrating like we already won the cup after every uh after every uh Series win but uh Now’s the Time for them to rest up go through the game and and really what what what you know and really kind of you know run through the video what what are we going up against florid ain’t going to be no joke right we know that they play hard and uh they’re in an in-your-face type hockey hockey team and um but nothing the others are I don’t think that they can handle right let your let your game let your experience and let your you know the knowledge of you know the homework that you’ve been doing over the last few days take over yeah I think that’s fair when you look at this year’s version of the team and I got a couple more 06 questions because I’m reading our chat right now and it’s blowing up and they want me to ask you so many 06 things so I promise the chat will get to some of those questions but just one more on this year’s team you’ve seen them up close a little bit now you’ve been following the Run what’s been the most impressive part of this as kind of a blanket question what part of this team’s game kind of leaves you sitting there going wow this is really special the most I think it’s got to be special teams with these guys um you have dry Sidle you have McDavid uh buard these these guys are I mean we’re going to be talking about these guys for the next 50 years um what they’re doing out there um and you saw a couple times there I think it only took them you know less than 20 seconds a couple times to get on to get a power play goal um it’s dangerous right and playing against a team like that when you’re the opposing team knowing that you gota you know you want play in your face you can’t take minutes because games on that right um and then the p okay the PK is just outstanding to me they’re it’s it’s it’s it’s you know they’re making it hard for the team to to enter the Zone um you know they’re take they’re driving those guys down the uh down the wall it’s hard to make plays when you got your back to the players right you know you can only use the boards and you can only make those scam passes uh so much but I think the oiler special teams are they’re having that in the back of their pocket they have to take advantage of it right yeah absolutely um I had a question written down here and it was what was your what would you describe as your personal big moment during that playoff run but we got a comment who wanted me to ask you about your goal specifically in game six and if you can still kind of remember that feeling and obviously the celebration you had that uh that was honestly iconic among soilers fans uh listen like like I said it was I at that point in my career you know I I’m An established NHL player um you know I’ve already won the Stanley Cup a million times in my basement down in maram Montera you know but now you’re doing it for real right and uh you know just to get so close and to be to to get where we were on a team that you know not too much expected not too much was expected of us I mean we had some real good some big names but didn’t really come together late as a group um and to be able to score a goal in the Stanley Cup finals um listen I wanted to jump in the 15th row when that happened and it’s not necessarily the prettiest thing or this and that whatever it’s more about getting to the dirty areas of the ice and willing to get to do whatever it takes right and that’s I think that’s the message you see a lot of these goals that are scored now they’re it’s not Tick Tac Toe wow fancy Dancy it’s like you know blue nose hard nose get your get your uh get your ass to the front of the net you know something goes off the the the body or your stick and that’s where that’s where you want to play the game you want you got to get to the hard areas of the ice and to be able to score a goal in game six like that um special feeling for me right and uh something that I truly uh you know relive in my in my day-to-day thing um going back yeah that was I I still remember that one as well like obviously I was real young during the 06 run but I remember being at the game game six that cup final I remember spending the first five minutes with my hands over my ears because it was so loud in that building and then the place goes absolutely bananas when you when you bury that one we got another one in here that wants to know off the ice was there a moment that stands out to you from that run maybe a moment of a ride home like we heard Matias Yanmar talking about how he drove his mom home after the game game six the other day and his mom recorded the entire way home because she couldn’t believe how Wild the streets were off the ice do you have a memory from that 06 run that stands out maybe a first moment where you’re like wow this is special what we’re doing absolutely and and it’s it’s pretty much hitting on that one that you just noted there we’re we’re flying back from I think it was the second series in uh I think it was San Jose or what or whatnot from the airport all the way back to like Jasper a you know we had you know multiple multiple cars and flags honking horns at us you know stoling IR in our you know are in the Range Rovers cruising down we’re like what is going on here man this is insane like I’ve never experienced in my life before um and people I need to realize that like you know Oiler fans listen I’m not just saying that because you know I played there this that whatever I played on seven teams okay and no nothing compares to Oiler Oiler fans hockey um these people that these these they know the game right they’re they’re going to back you up they’re going to do whatever it takes to to support you um and you have to ride that you have to just like for me that was like I didn’t I didn’t even need to warm up before the game CU I was like oh once I hear the fans going done my body’s warm and ready to go that’s that’s how insane that these uh these these guys can get so um like I said I I I’m really excited for this Oiler team to to to watch and just to be a part of what what could be a special uh special couple weeks coming up here yeah could be um yeah Oilers fans obviously love you our chat’s been blowing up Nathan RAF you signed an Oilers mini stick for me like 10 years ago like of course you remember that um that’s a good one Vamp is in and says can Rafi be ready to start on the eth we need someone to take care of Matt kachuck I mean if you were out there I don’t think kachuck would be a big problem listen I would love to play in my Prime against a guy like kachuck today he’s an in-your-face type hockey player um he does he goes all he like you know what can you what what can you not say about this guy that that he’s accomplished I have a lot of respect for a player like that that backs it up um you know put the puck in then that plays in all areas of the ice but man I would love to play against a guy like that back in my day um you know it’d be a challenge for me and it’d be a you know I know it’ be a challenge for him but I would uh it would definitely be a lot of fun for me to play guys against guy like that I got a couple more in here for you because I promised the chat I’d read a few more uh everyone seeing the tats Jay wants to know do you have any Oilers tats we had Zack casin on the other day he had an oil drop tattoo all right uh no I listen unfortunately I don’t have any Oiler tats a lot of my tattoos are are you know stuff that has to do with my wife and my kids uh you know all meaningful stuff um not to say that Oilers wouldn’t be a you know wouldn’t wasn’t meaningful it was a big time in my life great great four and a half five years of my life um but uh listen if there was any hockey related uh you know tattoo that I would get probably be an oil drop somewhere I love it okay one more and we’re gonna make this one our Great Clips inbox question again more than 4400 air salons to you at the United States and Canada check them out greatclips.com look and use the GreatClips checking app see the wait time check it on your phone get your haircut when you want Great Clips it’s going to be great I thought this one was really creative it came in from Brendan he says ask Rafi if he could bring one player from this year’s Oilers and put them back on that 06 team to help you guys out who would it be but his preface was it can’t be McDavid or dry sidles we want you to get into the weeds and think a little bit wow good qu good good good question um Jesus um uh listen you know what uh it’s tough to say I I like I said I I I have a lot of respect for guys like Connor Brown and Holloway and the way they play like that um unfortunately we did have a lot of those players on uh you know type players on our team back in the day um you know what listen we lost rolison in game one you know if I could go back and uh and do it all over again if we have Skinner in that final series we’re winning that Series so um you know good for him Skinner’s gone through a lot he’s missed the one game that uh I think the the other goalie card came in and and did a job sometimes you have to learn from from uh you know it’s good to watch from from up top and see what’s going on and and look at him now like he’s just thriving right now and uh if you have a solid golender you know we lost rollison in uh in game one there if we don’t lose risen um you know it’s could you could obviously say yeah we’ll show to ca we would have won that series but you know ultimately like I said uh I think it would have to be Skinner right you you got to have that solid goal tending and uh he’s doing his and he’s learned from what he had to learn from and uh expect big things out of him in the next couple weeks oh I love the love for the local boys too right I don’t have any more questions but my dad has been texting me the whole time we’ve been doing this and this is not a question this is just a pure statement when my so I grew up in England my parents came over here they turned on the radio there was an Oilers game on this was 20056 somewhere around there and knew were the first player’s name he ever heard that was an Edmonton Oiler so he wanted to to let you know he’s been following you and you’re one of his favorite players to play in the NHL so there you go there you go I appreciate that and I always have a lot of respect for my fans obviously the way things ended with my career you know I didn’t you know was you know was uncontrollable for me I was going through some injuries uh battled some suspensions stuff like that I always have a lot of love and respect for the people that actually know remember my type game that I was able to well you know at my time be one of the top top guys and help out and uh do his part for his team that’s nothing but love for that I appreciate that uh any plans for you to be back in Edmonton for Cup final game uh we’re thinking about it if I do come out like like I said I already came out with my uh with the whole family if I do come out it probably just be my wife and I we’d like love to come uh probably watch a game whether it works for us schedule wise here you know we got kids that are 14 and 11 and you know it’s either she’s the Uber driver or I’m the Uber driver but uh you know a lot of stuff going back here but listen if we can make it work we’d love to come out if it doesn’t happen we’ll be watching definitely for sure so let’s go Oilers awesome love it rafy we’ll end it on that appreciate your time man hey anytime guys I appreciate you having me on man I appreciate it Rapides Legend Oilers Legend rapy Torres and the chat just absolutely on fire as well which I love I love when you guys show the support to the guests we get too that’s great yeah and great story there with your with your yeah it it is a cool one the uh didn’t know any hockey players at that point so there you go rafit tar is the guy I remember when um so when I lived during 07 as well right after the cup run um Rafi Torres my friend Luke was always like we have to have rafy Tes as on our NHL 2K1 17 we need that toughness we need a someone a little different so I always put him on a line with Joe Thornton when I made my little fantasy teams and Jonathan chichu oh yeah chichy bias that was one of my favorite interviews we’ve done oh my God interview was unbelievable yeah my shoe fell off um here like even just see off blue Liam’s shoes off I even just seeing the way he lit up when uh we were asking him about his goal in ‘ 06 and things like that you can also tell he’s watching the team like he didn’t give us some like oh McDavid answer or whatever like you can tell he’s dialed in right now he’s in on this run which is so good to see listen it is a compliment to Oilers fans 1,000% but the amount of guys we have on or the amount of guys we talk to who were Oilers for one game like Jason demur or who played on seven teams like rafie who their favorite team is still the Oilers like so legit passion yeah like the again the organization treats their players great and all that but you every organization treats their players you don’t fall in love with a team like that unless you’re falling in love with the fan base which is what the absolutely the vibe I got from Raph guess what other team you played fors he likes it better shocker but in all seriousness it is cool we saw his that cassan come in here as well and say the same thing just like just come in here from the air like fans who go to the airport and like greet them as they come like that is dedication and it’s just just cool you know and like that’s another thing too like that video just to bring it back a little bit from McDavid yesterday and then you see all the stuff on Twitter is like this is why people leave it’s like no it’s because the team was terrible for so long is why the people really leave it’s like moments like that just like one in a million like what real Oilers fans are about what make players want to be here yep um all right let’s keep cruising along let’s do our Stingers tickets giveaway AB is going to the game tonight you can sit next to him if you want and here is what we’re going to do if you’re watching the show and again you make sure you can go to the game I don’t want the seats to obviously go unused or empty tip off tonight is at 7:00 between the Edmonton stingers and the Vancouver Bandits Stingers looking to keep going to a perfect five and0 start to this season taking on a Bandits team that is what are the band is this year three and one so it should be a great game tonight uh they’ve added Talent they got a former NBA first round pick Jacob Evans the third who played two years for the Golden State Warriors tickets start at 20 bucks parking is free un unable there’s a $5 food and beer menu unbelievable for tickets go to The singers.com Stingers in the chat and we will uh we’ll do a draw here before the end of the show so again got to be able to attend the game but but Stingers in the chat and we will do a draw with a couple of Lucky listeners what so n the bang guy scheduled a tweet I didn’t unschedule his tweet it says game seven this is it a trip to the Stanley Cup Final tonight I’m ready are you hash Texas hockey hash bang and then it’s a picture of his suit for the game why the [ __ ] would you schedule that tweet in what world are you like well uh game seven he’ll be on this day I’ll be way too busy to send a tweet what a what an idiot oh yeah I don’t think he’s the brightest guy the sharpest tool in the share does no all right um so how giving these tickets away I am I got a wheel here and I’m putting names in oh okay do it on the screen okay oh wow we’re going to put on the screen yeah grab as many of the names as you can I really didn’t think that through a lot the wheel on the screen well AB can put it up all this time I’ve been turning my laptop around yeah it actually doesn’t make a lot of sense I we even thought of this earlier oh well anyway I did it recently and I was like oh yeah okay all right how many people are in I’ve got seven seven all right well number oh did you get Kevin nor eight Kevin North you’re the final guy okay uh all right and then while ab’s getting that set up we’re going to do a little thing for our friends over at betway where you can win a $200 free bet if your first bet loses how about that that is banging simply place a bet with no minimum amount required and if the BET loses you’ll get a refund up to $200 you can then use that money to bet on your favorite sports this offer only available outside of Ontario you’re asking Tyler how do I get in how do I open an account well you scan the QR code that is on your your screen right now um okay here is what we got I’m taking a look we’re not going to talk about game one we’re still going to be looking a little bit at the Futures Market here between the Oilers and Panthers and they do have a lot of player specials there are Liam so they basically broke it down you can bet on guys to score three or more goals four or more goals five or more goals six or more goals seven all the way up to seven or more goals but I want to start with the bare minimum today three or more goals and there are 1 two three four Oilers who are plus money or better to score three or more goals in this series they are Kane 5 to one NJ 5 to one Bard plus 525 or Henrik plus 650 do one of them stand out to you as most likely to go over two and a half goals huge yeah I’ll play playing in the top six consistently couple of gens on the penal kill perhaps you don’t usually see him on a break way but he’s out there on the ice like d just for me what did you say he was plus 550 plus five plus 500 which is really really good 5 to one on N the reason I like a Vander Kane in this one is because he’s the hatrick God and it’s like he might just do that in one game and you’re laugh that’s true um injury worries me a little bit but it sounds like he’ll be okay yeah and this five days off should uh should help him a little bit uh putter says n you go B mistaken Mexican goes B Ryan s says NJ Conor mcdavid’s only minus one 106 in this one to score three or more yeah okay I’ll send you 25 bucks that might be worth a dabble uh when you go up to four or more is where it gets uh gets a little juicy you can get Leon dry Sidle at plus 250 or more for for big Leon I don’t mind that that’s probably the only one I would go to yeah uh the risk with this is obviously if knock the Oilers make it a short series but again if you always make it a short series like in the four wins I could see dry scoring four or five goals yeah I guess if it is going to be quick those stars are gonna have to be but then maybe the flip side of that is if you like dry settle to score four or more maybe you just go dry settle 7 to1 K Smite and he might be my K SM pick right now yeah that’s an interesting debate isn’t I know we talked about it the other day I think it’s Bo think but if McDavid has a big finals and and Ne others win of course and it’s going to be David that’s fair know I heard something on the radio today and um me S my opinion so a lot of players a lot of great players have won the S the cup and a lot of good ones have missed it guys like Joe Thor ainla maybe this was a podcast I can’t remember but like those guys never won but like McDavid isn’t one of those guys so just makes me wonder like that’s giv me more belief that the other are gonna be able to get this done is that he is going to be one of the greatest players ever and they win well and like again a lot of the comments and sometimes they weren’t deserved like when oie was going through it he was putting up numbers yeah he just the team around him couldn’t get it guys like semon would literally r on rounds about goals yeah and the thing with McDavid and dry cdle is even though this is their first Stanley Cup Final they are already one or two of the best playoff performers we’ve ever seen in NHL history fastest to 100 playoff points since literally Mario and Wayne yeah it’s incredible what they were able to do goats yeah to my goats they that was actually a decent goat noise wasn’t it that was all right sounded just like McDavid um all right let’s give away these Stinger tickets before we wrap up the show AB we got the prize wheel yep give me Uno M see how this let’s see how this looks I like that we try things on the Fly um this will be interesting okay there it is spin that wheel oh oh wow this is this is intense who’s going putter putter [ __ ] not rig that’s why yeah we saw the wheel all right muck email me and I’ll get you hooked up with your tickets you’re going to watch The Stingers tonight with our boy ab and they’re actually pretty good they’re actually pretty good seats too they gave us great seats to give away to you guys because this we love The Stingers Stingers love us they also give me the sweet shirt I have a great hat did my gardening in it yesterday very good planted some tomato some cucumbers enjoying our uh downtime well as we got it because we are out of here pretty quick well so Thursday we don’t land uh no we should be able to do our show Thursday at a normal time so our programming we’ll have a quick nap after our programming note for Friday will be this okay so we’re obviously gonna have a chance to go interview a bunch of Oilers down at media day we’re credentialed we’re ready to go it sounds like we’re going to be able to do our show from the lower bowl potentially while the Oilers practice because we then need to be off the air by the time media veils start so Friday’s show might start an hour early we’ll let you know but if you miss it you can also go back and watch there’s always that you could you can start at noon if you want as well yeah you can do that um but I think the live portion of the show will start an hour early um on Friday Thursday should be regularly scheduled programming and then we are going to have shows on Saturday and Sunday we’re just going to roll it’s the Stanley Cup Final we want to talk to you guys every day this is going to be the best two and a half weeks of Our Lives why would we not go live every single day to do it talk about it and of course pregame postgame shows after every game with Aaron as well like we’re going to be loaded up we’re going to be ready to go we’ll get some more guests going your guys way as the series shifts to Edmonton we’re going to have some great inperson guests I think so you know straight up giddy up pedal to the metal we know where the finish line now is just go go go yep without a doubt um okay that’ll wrap we’re good we didn’t miss anything let me check the script good um we’re also gonna be going back out to our friends at sh Ford in a little bit but just a quick shout out to sherid Ford the giant it’s a long week without a sherid Ford Giant game day edition of the show and maybe this is when you just make sure your vehicle’s in tiptop shape right you go make sure your oil change is good if you haven’t switched tires yet go hit up short for the giant do that mobile service van the valet service they make it all so painless to keep your vehicle in tiptop shape one of the many benefits of using for the giant as your next dealership and listen I feel I always feel cool rolling around in the nation truck when I’m rolling around in that big orange and blue F-150 and I’m seeing all the Oilers car flags and people are waving and honking it’s a great feeling shout out to our friends of I can’t wait for DJ Bean to experience that I am I am so committed to picking up DJ bean from the airport in the nation truck I am very excited to do that it’ll be great that will be good all right that’s a wrap on today’s edition of the show big shout out to everyone in the chat you were great shout out to Torres and Jason deur for swinging by as well guess what we’re doing the show again tomorrow noon mountain time we’ll see you then thank you for watching oers Nation everyday hit the Subscribe button to never miss a show and for more visit oilersnation tocom
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Love you Raffi!!!!!!
I blasted those canuklegoofs for Gaz
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Just remember, the more money made during the playoffs means the salary cap goes up. I agree that it’s super greedy though. 16:29
#GazdicWasRIght
Oilers in 6 so that at least the Canucks were the only team to take them to 7.
I would like to give you a Stanley cup model with the oilers logo on it how do I do this
Thank you Raffi Torres for the great games I have been watching the oilers since the first Stanley
bad move oilers jacking prices
I was there in 2006, 12 years old cheering and screaming and I was there growing up through the hard times. Now I feel like a child again, only difference is that some people are gone now and I have a wife and 2 children and I want them to feel what I felt back then. I'm actually going to the original pizza shop that me and my brother went to every game for those 2006 finals for the start of the series. LETS GO OILERS! BLEED COPPER AND BLUE!
Raffi is psycho Bill Burr. But seriously he was a great competitor and crucial to the 06 run.
What happened with Kassian?
Over pricing is how you get the fans who actually care and the fans who dress up to not be able to go. And we all know tv/media is where their real money is at any way
The difference will be blocked shots. bouch will produce if Florida cant block like Dallas or get in lanes defensively like them. Bouch for the win
awesome stuff guys!!!! Would love if you guys got Ryan Smyth on the show!!!!!!!
Carnival out side so RIP to fan park an in the tailgate /mosepit. they hardly let people in that one anymore. they should shut down 104ave to make it a big watch party
Why do the Oilers hate you guys??
Connor McNugent Hopkins.