Oilers Won A Game? | Darren Dreger & Mike Tanier | The Nielson Show | 12-01-25

Oilers Won A Game? | Darren Dreger & Mike Tanier | The Nielson Show | 12-01-25

All right, let’s do a cheers to these so we look at this. We ride again. I love you guys. Careful hot. It’s the 6:00 to check in. Come on, let’s go. It’s the A.M. Nasty big hello. It’s not static radio show. Let’s go. Daddy li everybody tuning in. Even my wife. Mommy likes too. And those macroala intros are cutting like a knife. Hey everyone, I’m Zach Highland of the Edmonton Oilers. She’s so tenacious. Hope you guys enjoy it. Revving up his engine. Listen to the crowd just roar. No reason for tension. Zach is going to shoot and score. Hands in the scoring zone. Right into the scoring zone. It’s time for seven years. Now he’s playing by McDavid side. He’s got you jumping out of your seat cuz of that look in his eyes. In the stoing zone, he’ll take you right into that scoring zone. You know he’s going to score a few. Playing with Connor, it’s a topline overload. You’ll finally see what he can do. So raise your hands up as high as they can go. Can’t grow a mustache cuz he’s too young. But he’s playing like a superstar. Oilers took him number 93 on and he’s been great so far. No one was sure if he would make the team. Scott said his vision was the very best game winning goals and five points. It sure looks like he passed the test. He’s like 99 in away. He rarely makes a mistake. He’s on the right track, baby. Or the nude can play. Just make your way to the next on the ice and you’re set. The news will find you baby. He was born to play dry not dry not baby. Try try. Leon scored a goal tonight. Watching him plays quite a sight. You know this song is tight. Oilless fans. Come on. You loved him endlessly since he was drafted number three. He’s a Santa with a size that was born in Cologne. Try to stop him. You can’t do much more. That ain’t no lie. You just want to see him shoot and score. It was dry dry. Going to make a fool out of you. Probably score a goal and assist on two. You can’t stop him and that ain’t no lie. Drive. He’s a winner. Steuart Skinner. Get on your feet. He can’t be beat. He’s a winner. Steuart Skinner. Oh, what a treat. Get out your seat. The haters went silent. They’ve got nothing to say. Real fans are on. Their feet are plotting his play. He’s locking it down between the pikes. He’s just shutting the door every night. Other teams, they don’t know what to do. So say it with me. His name is Stew. He’s a winner. Stewart Skinner Davis. Everybody say that name. Conor McLarick. Click Click Davenick. Click Click Daven. Click Click Click G. Remember that name. Here he is. Connor McDav Conor McN has no limit. Conor McN. He’s simply too fast. Think he can just fly. No, no limit. So why do you try? He’ll score on his own or he’ll give it to try. He’s a winner. Steuart Skinner. Get on your feet. He can’t be beat. He’s a winner. Steuart Skinner. Oh, what a treat. Get out your seat. The haters went silent. They’ve got nothing to say. Real fans are on their feet applauding his play. He’s locking it down between the pipes. He’s just shutting the door every night. Other teams, they don’t know what to do. So say it with me. His name is Stew. He’s your winner. Stewart Skinner. He’s not like Luster. We love his duster. He’s a winner. Steuart Skinner. 6:13 on the Neielson show. It’s about dead time. Wow. Hey, when was the last time we got to run out a morning like that to start the show? Dare I say not this season at all. Yeah. Not even once. like Dry Cidle, McDavid, Noojman, Hyman, Skinner, Skinner, shut up. What a what a time to be alive. Kill song. Are they back? I refuse to have that conversation just yet. Uh, but boy, do we have a nice Monday show for you. Good morning to be Totem Outdoor Outfitters. Great morning. Presenters of our uh original songs. Good day for them. Family store that takes pride in finding the right fit for you. Visit them at 743099 Street or online at ww.totemoutfitters. totemoutfitters.ca. How you doing, Rick? Happy December, buddy. Happy December to to all those that uh celebrate. Uh this is great. No, the Oilers are back. We don’t need to say for good, but for the time being, they’re back. I refuse to believe it. No, but they’re they’re back. That was a Now, they could they could go away again. This is They’re back forever. I can’t I How many times this year have they won a game and we’ve gone They’re back, baby. They’re back. And then whenever we claim that they’re back, they go out and lay an absolute stinker. So, I figured maybe we flip it this time. I’m not going to say that they’re back and then let’s see what they do. I’m not saying they’ll go undefeated the rest of the way, but maybe we can beat in the middle and say it was a good game. We can, you know, we can be in the middle and say it was a it was a good game. I will I will agree to do that. Uh but I refuse to say they’re back until we see it for like at least two games. Let’s go two games. I I’ll even meet you there. I remember after the floor game being like, “They’re back, baby.” And then it was like a disaster, right? So, uh, you know, there’s only one man that will really tell us if they’re back, and he’s sitting over here with a hilarious mustache. Let’s go to YouTube. Mustache. What’s up, boys? Are they Are you What’s up, boys? Are you jumping the gun and staying there back? How’s it going, everyone? This is great. How was your weekend, my man? Oh, weekend was special. What? Truly special. Special weekend. That was a great weekend. Special weekend. Are the Oilers back? No, not even close. What? Not even close. Not even close. Who peed in your cornflakes? They’re not back. They’re not back. Um, like you said, yeah. No, I mean, it’s been tinkering. Are they back? Are they? No, I don’t think they’re back. Put together a solid fivegame stretch and maybe I’ll entertain the idea if they’re back or not. And so far this year, it’s been like one step forward then one and a half steps back. are so greedy. We’re not greedy. No, we’re just I’m trying not to be and celebrate a win. Trying not to be that crazy guy. I celebrated that win. Yeah. Did you celebrate that win? Tough to come by. Yeah. Yeah. I saw you went out to a bar over the weekend. Several bars. You went out to what? Yeah, that was uh Shitties on Beer Street. On Beer Street. That’s where you were going in your cab when you put that picture on. Absolutely. Oh, that was after Was that after the game? Was that Saturday? Yes. Oh, nice. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Had family come up. uh brother and uh the in-law. Yeah, that was Oh my goodness. Family weekend night. Showed them the place and uh yeah, it was good, man. Did they meet your neighbor or your uh your like landlord upstairs? I saw him wear clothes for the first time, so that was good. He did. So, he does have shirts. Well, that’s a positive, my man. Absolutely. Yeah, he’s so It’s so funny. He’s just so Russian. He’s got this cool toque, you know? I don’t know. He’s just his his whole outfit is very Russian. And he was outside having a dart and a coffee, how’s it going? Yeah. No, it was a very good weekend. All right. Well, that’s good. That’s good. That’s I’m glad you had a good weekend. But you’re not willing to say they’re back yet after the another good game. No. Right. I have to see another one of those at least. Yes. Let’s see what happens on the home stand. Am I right? Well, what do they got? They got Minnesota. They got with Jesper Walstead. I will. Yeah. Oh my goodness. What a be a tone setter for the home stand. And then Seattle, then the Jets and the Sabres and the Wings. Not the scariest of home stands. We’ll get into expectations for the home stand a little bit later. How’s your weekend, Rick? Great. saw you were posting on the gram though. You got the tree up. Hey. Oh, we put the tree up yesterday. Yeah. It’s not the tree that I was I was just like, “Oh, an Instagram.” I thought it was Tammy. I And then I D Neil I said, “Whoa.” And I put a song to it. Mr. Graham. It’s the first time I’ve ever put a song on an Instagram post. Wild. And I put Malaki Maka is a fine way. That’s a good song. Uh yeah, we put up the tree yesterday. It was a lot of fun. I So since Marshall was a baby, I pick him up and then he puts an angel on top of the tree. Oh yeah. Yeah. So he’s getting big. What a tradition. He’s getting big. Uh, so I told him I this this year I said, “Stand up on the couch. Then I come over. I’m going to grab you. You’re going to jump up into my arms and then I’ll carry over.” And he goes, “We’re standing there and he he thinks that next year he might be tall enough to put the angel on by himself.” And uh, so we’re standing there and he’s standing on the couch. He looks down at me a little bit cuz he’s a little bit taller. When he’s on the couch, he looks down at me. He goes, “This could be the last year, Daddy.” And I was like, “Damn, son. Like what are you doing? Like you can’t emotionally ruin me here. It’s Christmas Day. I do look forward to when you’re a wrinkled old man. He’s picking you up. Oh yeah. Yeah. Like in that uh in that children’s book, I’ll love you forever. Yeah. All time classic. She’ll be a time Marshall will be huge. I can’t even have that book around anymore. I I cry as soon as I pick it up. Yeah. That gets me going. Yeah. So it was uh No, we had It was a great day yesterday. They had uh Elizabeth’s a little bit under the weather, so she didn’t go to hockey practice in the morning, but Marshall went and practiced. Uh and then we had home. We got home, we kind of had the rest of the day just at home, and it was uh Oh, it was a riot. It was really riot. Oh, I’m just I told you last week I’m excited for Christmas. And I really am. I’m very excited for Christmas. Uh 78021899. You need a cunch on this wonderful uh December mourn. And uh rumors of Santa Claus as well making an appearance in studio this morning. Nobody knows. Nobody knows. But uh I do have Let’s lay out the show for you. Let’s lay out the show for you. We’ll get into We’ll get to some of your text messages here right away. Uh uh the Neielson Show today and every day, of course, brought to you by Whis Johnson. Johnson. Whis Johnson. Whoa. Warm up your house with a new furnace from wjsports.com. That’s the website that Whis Johnson put together for us. That’s wjsalk.com. If you want a furnace from the absolute best in the biz, it’s Whis Johnson. Power went out of my house yesterday. Okay. They said it wasn’t going to Well, they It was around 12:30. They said it wasn’t going to come back on till 4:30. Uh but it ended up popping back on around just after 2:00. Christmas miracle. It really was. It really was cuz we were just about to start doing the tree and Elizabeth was like, “Oh, we’re not going to be able to listen to any music cuz there’s no power.” And then right right before I got the the old tree out of the box, sure enough, power fires up. Yeah. It was uh it was meant to be. What can I say? Uh you can text us in the Paris Jewelers inbox if you want to buy your loved ones something shiny for the holidays. Parisjwelers.com is where you can find it. And one of your text messages will win the Royal Pizza. It’s a text of the day. Royal Pizza. Still making it great indeed. So keep those texts coming in. We do have a gift certificate to Royal Pizza. Uh that is up for grabs and one of you will bring the heat. I got a great text from Ryan over at Royal Pizza over the weekend. Friday afternoon 6:00 or Log and the new Royal Pizza coasters. I said those colors look great together, my man. But the coaster Yeah, that’s not bad. Is a pizza. That’s pretty. Which is kind of funny, right? I get it. Yeah, keep those texts coming in. We’ll get to a few of those. Uh morning announcements coming up. We’ll recap some things that happened in the NFL yesterday. 6:30 today. Here it says, “Oh, this is exciting. Letters to Santa to kick off December.” Ah, wow. Okay, we’ll get to that just around 6:30 today. Good, bad, and ugly from the weekend coming up just before 7:00. Darren Drager will be our first guest to join us on the Firehouse Subs Hotline today. We’ll have your Playb bird early bird bet of the day. I did send that over to the boys. Uh, and they say it’s up already. So, we’ll check that around 7:25. That’s a good 7:30 today for the Italian center. Mike Taneer from the two deep zone. We’ll talk some NFL. Uh, that 7:00 hour will be brought to you by GameSense. Then we’ll get into the 8:00 hour for GD Liquidators, auctions, and appraisals. Uh, kind of easy trivia. We are 55 and0 historic day. Today, we look to Ty Deaggio’s 56game streak. This is a big one today. Then we’ll get to three questions, too many. Gage is going to join us. We’ll get to your Celly’s Monday Night Football Challenge and the wrap for William Huff. 6:00 hour today, tomorrow, last Friday, and every day of your entire life. Brought to you by Ewell. Ewell, your partner in power. I our doom. Yes. 6:00 hour brought to you by Ewell, your power play specialist. Ewell’s got the gear you need for your next electrical project. With three Edmonton area locations, you can order online anytime. ewell.ca. Ewell, you’re a debate partner in power and source for all things electrical. I wonder if the crew over at Ewell needs anything for the holidays. Maybe they should write Santa a letter. Who knows? Uh anyway, we’ll get 6:30 is going to be a lot of fun. Best part. You like you like this part of the season. I love it. Santa’s jacket still smells like spice rum from last year’s Christmas party. What’s that must? Yeah. Uh all right, let’s see here. Lots of people coming in for this Royal Pizza text of the day already. Vance Van Vanderan. Oh boy. Royal pizza. Stewie skin made some saves. Yeah. Oh, the vets are coming out this morning. Oh yeah, they’re they know. They know where they’re going here. Yeah, Bruce is in as well. We win when we get saves. Lots of things about uh lots of things about saves here. Pat in the county says, “Boys, they are back back back.” That’s a good one. Yeah, he didn’t add the gone at the end of it. No, no, he just wanted to do that. Uh, all right. So, we’ve got a couple of text messages here. Grumpy Cat says, this is this is all tied together here. Something’s going on. Grumpy Cat text and it says, “Can I get a cunch for my lovely girlfriend this morning? I’ll let my friends tell you what I did on Friday night.” Uh-oh. And then this text comes in from the beer league insider. Beer league insider here that Grumpy Cat is out four to five months with a lower body injury. Oh, more than that. Four to five months on a Wreck League lower body. An LBI from the Wreck League. I need more details. Is Grump going on the Mexico trip? Yeah, he is. Oh, good chance to heal up. Well, yeah. How many days How many days away are we from uh Oh, like some 80 something. Just over 80. Yeah. Grump, you better be healed up, buddy. That’s a tough look. That lazy river ain’t going to sail itself. Well, I mean, no matter how injured you are, we can float you on a lazy river. I don’t care if I have to put a life jacket on this guy and just send him away. He didn’t pull his groin. He broke his groin. Broke his groin. He’s in a cast. It’s a diaper cast. He full-blown Matias echoed this groin and still wanted to come back and try to help the team in the playoffs. hanging off the bone. Yeah, I think that’s uh that’s probably fair. Uh all right, 78021899.99. Barry the Cheater is in this morning. Do you can play 16minute games, right? We haven’t seen many 60-minute efforts so far this year, but I think it’s safe to say that they did have one uh on Saturday, which is nice. Now, can they follow it up? They would they have that great game on Saturday. The leadership group really steps up in that one. McDavid, Dry Settle, Noo, Hyman. We were talking leadership. We’re talking Steuart Skinner trade imminent heading into the weekend. And now lol to it all. Yes, exactly. Everybody’s back. Uh, where are you going to be for Monday Night Football, buddy? Sully Sports Bar and Lounge, Central Casino for Road. Of course, that is Monday. They have loaded burgers on special tonight as well as beer on special. Uh, we’ll be uh taking a glance at the Giants Patriots tonight for your Monday Night Football as week 13. We’ll wrap up. what a week 13 it’s been as well. And I know we’ll get over all of it, but yeah, we’ll try to get we’ll try to get into a bunch of Giants Pats tonight. Um, come down, join me, cheer on the Giants, and we’ll see if they can do the Mission Impossible against New England. Uh, I try to use my game senses big time on the early bird bet of the day today. Like, I’m on a Patriots moneyline play with a couple of player props. Yeah. But I think it’s somewhat reasonable. But yeah, join Lieutenant Eric. Uh, join Lieutenant Eric tonight. Should be a uh should be a wonderful evening. Wonderful evening. Regardless of the score of the matchup, which again tonight’s not the sexiest, but we’ll have a good time. Look at this tweet that’s just come at us. Uh from Corki overseas. Apparently, they have the internet in Paris, France, which I did not know about. Surprised there’s not an E at the end of it. Yeah. Well, it should. Like, this seems like this is a blatant ripoff. This is somebody from France who came to Edmonton at some point in the last 50 years and was like, I’m going to steal this. So Corki tweets at us and says in Paris in Paris, France, these guys are everywhere. And he sent us a screen cap, a photo of a royal pizza. In Paris, France. It should be Royale Pizza. Royale La Pizza. Um, it’s got a piece of pizza with a little jester’s head on it, I guess. Yeah. Wait a second. So they’re the Everybody knows that this Royal Pizza is the first pizza place to to pair the words Royal and Pizza together. Never been done before. Should probably never be done again. I’m going to text the guys at Royal Pizza and say we you guys should take legal action against these guys. Why don’t we put an E on the end of that? They got a real French vibe to it. Take him to court like Michael Jordan is to Yeah. What’s going on with MJ? Always is up to something. It’s just some nighttime reading for you. suggestion. Well, this usually happens like LeBron comes back from an injury and MJ’s like, “I got to be in the spotlight again.” So now he sues NASCAR. Yeah. Yeah. Makes sense. Ryan from SK is in and says, “Guys, I can top the beer league injury. I fell at my son’s U7 practice yesterday.” Oh no. Whoa. I fell at my son’s U7 practice yesterday and dislocated my shoulder and broke my humorous. There’s one for your good, bad, and ugly. Is humorous an actual Is that is this like a funny bone joke or is it a long bone in the upper arm connecting the shoulder to the elbow? Oh no, dude. That’s a that’s a nasty fall. I mean, I at one time stepped on the ice going from one ice surface to the other with my uh skate guards on and fell in front of a number of parents and that was highly embarrassing. But did you get up and get off the ice on your own? I feel like you probably tried to. Well, the adrenal, but that’s tough. Probably the embarrassment kind of picks you up and you dislocating your shoulder and breaking your humorous at your son’s U7 practice. That is a tough look. You know what, man? I got to give you a conch for that one. Santa doesn’t arrive till 6:30. Yeah. The elves are playing today. It’s a humorous injury. Here’s a good one. DJ Petron is in. Everybody’s going to hop on this right away. DJ Petron is in. And says, “I bet he didn’t find this humorous.” It’s got to be tough for a doctor to be like, “I got some bad news.” like you know you know it’s the humorous bone and then you come and you probably crack some sort of joke but it’s I would think he walks past the other doctors and goes we got a humorous injury and they all go that’s really funny. Uh, all right. 78-218999. Uh, library pad also says, “If you’re feeling like a pumping up the song machine more today, why not bang out the beard league tune in honor of Grumpy Cat?” I ended from Saskatchewan. Yeah. I uh I believe one of the lines in that Wreck League song is he’s going to break his leg. So, it kind of ties in nicely, doesn’t it? Humorous editor. Yeah. Keep the uh keep the text messages flying in. Uh let’s get to this. So, this is a good news story right here from Rob from The Grove to the Paris Jewelers inbox today. Good morning, gentlemen. This is Rob from The Grove. Can I get a cons for my cousin’s husband who’s going back to work as a firefighter after a traumatic call had him off work for 3 weeks. Welcome back, good sir. All right, coming up next, letters to Santa Claus to kick off the month of December. Then we’ll get to your going. We’re also going to open up our advent calendars from Wayne Sports Cards. So, that’s fun. And then we’ll get to your good, bad, and ugly from the weekend as well. Although, I’m not anything really tops I’m not sure anything really tops anything from uh either Ryan from Sask or Grumpy Cat. That’s uh that’s a tough look right there. All right, let’s get to a sports update this morning. If you’re listening on 957 Cruise FM, first of all, tell your friends that the Neielson show is back and better than ever on FM radio. They can listen static free all morning long. If you’re listening on TuneIn or iHeart or atports.com, we do have a sports update coming your way. 957 Cruise FM. We’ll send you away about three three minutes of commercials and then a uh sports update and then we’ll be right back with letters from old jolly Saint Nick for the sports update brought to you by Paramount Flooring. For over 33 years, Paramount’s family-owned business has a reputation for earning trust through fair pricing, dependable service, and quality worksmanship. Get your home holiday ready with Paramount Flooring. Flooring for the life you live. Call 78483191. And don’t forget to mention EST for an extra 10% off. Here’s the update. NFL Sunday nighters saw the Broncos win a thriller on the road over the Commanders 2726 in overtime. The win moving Denver a top the AFC week 13 will wrap up tonight. You can join me for this one. Giants Patriots Cy Sports Bar and Lounge Centric Casino Fort Road. Loaded burgers and beer on special throughout the evening. Uh sticking with the NFL Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert. He is set to go undergo surgery today on a broken left hand suffered yesterday. The Oil Kings, they went a wild one yesterday, 65 over the Blades down at Ice District. Oil Kings reaching the 20 win mark on the season in just their first 28 games. That is a franchise record. They’re back in action Friday when they welcome in the Red Deer Rebels. Over to the NHL yesterday, Dallas 61 over Ottawa, making four straight wins for the Stars. Nick Eers with the OT winner. Carolina blanked the Flames one zip. Conabard had a pair of goals as the Blackhawks would rally from three down, knocking off the Ducks 53. And Alex Ovetkin goal 9009 in a 4-1 Caps win over the Islanders. Oilers coming off a big four nothing win in Seattle Saturday afternoon. They’re back in action tomorrow night, kicking off a five-game home stand against the Wild. Action tonight, five games on the docket. Sharks at home to Utah. Anaheim travels to St. Louis. Sabres host the Jets. Battle of Pennsylvania when the Flyers welcome in the Penn. And Columbus are in New Jersey. Over to the NBA where the Raptors drop their second straight in a 16094 loss to the Knicks. They’re back on the court tomorrow at home to Portland. Nine games around the NBA tonight, including the Suns visiting the Lakers. Sports update brought to you by Paramount Flooring. For over 33 years, Paramount’s family-owned business has a reputation for earning trust through fair pricing, dependable service, and quality workmanship. Get your home holiday ready with Paramount Flooring. Flooring for the life you live. Call 7804831991. And don’t forget, you mention EST and get an extra 10% off. When he was a kid, he’d be up at 5, take shots till 8 and make the thing drive out after school and back on ice. Too bad he sucks. He’s only going to play in a beer league. Oh, the beer league. He plays in a league in a cold northern town. When he tries to stop, he simply falls down. He can’t catch his breath on the bench. He will stay. He’s fat and slow, so he can only really play in a beer. That boy’s going to play in a beer. That boy’s going to break his leg. That boy’s going to play in a beer league. That boy’s got a wheelbag. The beer league didn’t have moves when he turned 16. Got cut three times from a double 18. Now he and his buddies, they have to pay about 700 bucks if you want to play in a beer. That boy’s going to play in a beer league. That boy’s going to break his leg. That boy’s going to play in a beer league. That boy’s got a wheel bag. The beer league. 636 on 957 Cruz FM over on YouTube. If you’re watching on YouTube, hammer the thumbs up for us. That would be greatly appreciated. You can text us anytime in the Paris jeweler’s inbox. A tough morning for Ryan from Sask and Grumpy Cat. Ryan from SAS says he was doing a power skating drill at his son’s U7 practice. He says the live barn video feed looks like there was a sniper in the stage. Oh, it’s on the video feed. That’s a tough look. And uh turns out Grumpy Cat broke his ankle in three spots and will have surgery this morning. So, he should be good to go for Mexico in 80 days. Yeah. Yeah. I don’t even say Sully Sports Bar Lounge tonight. If you’re having the surgery this morning, I mean, you can pop on down. The ultimate the ultimate commitment to the bit is Grumpy Cat getting wheeled in by Blando and Normaly tonight to Monday Night Football. He’s got a team like Blando from all accounts here, Blando drove him to to the hospital or whatever it was. Normaly is a good like they’re all good guys. So, I’m sure they can. It takes a village, right? That’s That’s quite a village. You’re right. Those jokers. Uh, all right. Hey, Eric, look away for a second. Okay. Look the other way for a second. Just a second. Hang on. All right. There we go. And now the hat. All right, man. You can look around. Santa Claus is here. Old Santa Claus. Good morning, children. Thank you for being here for Santa’s letters. Hello, young Trev. Santa. Would you like to come sit on my knee? Come sit on my lap, Trev. I don’t know. Trevor, come sit on my lap. Just like when you were a little boy. I got to produce a show. Santa. Oh, all working is always a fun excuse, isn’t it? Thank you, though. That’s so kind. Start in that cap. Oh, yeah. You got a nice looking knee, Santa. I missed you. some Santa music on this wonderful Christmas day or on December 1st day. You really You’re really here. I am Trav. Would you like to come sit on my knee? Maybe later. I’ll hold you to that, Trev. All right. So, Santa Claus has some different beds. What’s What? What’s that? Santa like a I got soap opera. I got a bunch of uh Okay, there you go. GPSS. Yeah, I I haven’t heard a ho ho ho in a while, Santa. Oh, belly laugh for you, young Trev. This is Santa chasing Trev around the office here today. It’s a Christmas miracle. Come back over here. Get over here and sit on my lap. This is a good one. I like this song. Very nice. What about this one here? I got a bunch of them. I mean, our old program, our website, Link to Invato, and they’ve got several Christmas tunes. Royaltyree. The way Santa likes it. Too hip hoppy. Santa. Santa doesn’t like the hip-hop. Trep, would you like to sit on my knees? I love you, Santa. Still no. Let’s use this one. Let’s do this one. All right. Dear Santa, I’ve tried I’ve tried damn mouth. There we go. You got it, Santa. All right. Hello. A classic mistake with Santa’s beard. I’ve tried to be a good boy so far this year, but it’s not always easy. Sometimes I’m too generous, and I give out 8-year contracts where they’re completely unnecessary. I’ll try that less in the future. For Christmas this year, I’d really love two things. Additional cap space and an upgrade between the pipes. I’m not picky. Anyone will do. Also, if you could convince Connor to stay beyond 2028, that would be splendid. Signed, little Stanley Bowman. Oh, little Stanley. Would you like to come sit on Santa’s knee? Oh, here’s another letter to Santa. Dear Santa, I don’t think it really matters if you think I was a good boy or not this year, because all that matters is what I think. I’m very frustrated by everyone around me, but refuse to admit any of it’s my fault. This sounds like a bad little boy. Santa needs his music. Despite that fact, I think I’m still awesome. And I think it’s finally time that I ask for a retirement this year so I can go hide in the jungle somewhere and become a shaman healer. Just remember, I’m not washed no matter what anyone says. Signed, little Aaron Rogers. And one more letter just answered this morning. Let’s start by saying that by the definition of the term, I haven’t really been a good boy this year. But this year for Christmas, I’d really like $5 million to help cover my bail. I promise I won’t take part in rigged poker games ever again. Sign Little Chanty Bips. Little Oh, hello little Chanty Bips. Great to have you today here on Santa’s Christmas list. That’s a full mailbag already. Oh, it’s a busy time of year for old Jolly Staint Nick. You get around. If you have any letters to old Chris Kringle, uh, submit them in the Paris jeweler’s inbox to 7821899.99. Santa, do you think you can make all these wishes come true? Santa can’t make all wishes come true, but he’ll try to do as many as he can with the help of his elves. That’s what he’ll try to do. All right, there you go. Eric, turn the other way. Okay. What’s up, buddy? What did I miss? Oh, jeez. Jolly old St. Nick. Well, jolly old Staint Nick indeed. Hey, missed it, Dusty. What’s that? You just missed it. Santa was here. What? You missed it. Oh, man. I wanted to sit on his lap. Me, too. Next time. Uh, so yes, I will I will sit sit on Santa’s lap eventually here. Ah, we’ll do that later on. This isn’t even a Christmas show. No, no, this is just uh this is just the beginning of December show. Few drinks in you. Yes. Oh, man. Christmas show December 19th. We’ll be sitting all over our laps. I can’t I can’t wait for the uh for the Christmas show. I think that should be pretty good. So anyway, we will uh we’ll see if we um have any more letters from Santa through the month of December or letters to Santa and uh we’ll have some fun with it. Maybe Santa it’s a six o’clock or Santa thing. You’re probably not going to see Santa. Santa’s very busy this time of year. Yeah. Yeah. Probably can’t give us more than 10 to 15 minutes at a time. He drops by the time to do it. This is the hour to do it. Yeah. A controll Staint Nick. Oh. Oh, that’s I’d love to meet him one day. Yeah. Maybe you could sit on his lap. Uh, well, I would love to. Wouldn’t that be a twist? I would. What? What a plot twist, eh? That’s uh that’s a good one. HR Daddy text flying in. Lots of them. There’s Julie. Kid Thunder says, “I think HR Daddy may need a word with Santa. By the way, he was talking to YouTube.” Trev hungover man and GP says, “Hr daddy might have to have a chat with Santa about panders.” Ho ho ho indeed. Uh, yeah. So, there’s some good ones. Uh, there’s some fun ones that have been rolling in so far today. Speaking of fun, should we crack our advent calendars? Do you want white or green? Uh, take green, please. Okay, so there should be a number one in here. Oh, we got tape issue. We got a tape issue. Uh, Wayne Sports Cards sell these advent calendars every year, and they’re pretty fun cuz you can just get all these special packs. All right, so where’s number one? There’s number two. This is a Beth. Oh, here it is. Right in the middle. This is the best part about uh advent calendars, right? You’re searching dig around and search. Did you find your number one? All right, perfect. Trev, there will be days when we have some for you, too, after we go on weekends and stuff. All right, here we go. What do I got here? 23 24 Upper Deck Series 1. This is a double rookie class. 23 24 MVP. Okay. Did I say 23 24? That’s all right. 2013 14. Oh jeez, I’m dialing it back a little bit. A different crack every day in uh in Christmas. All right, let’s see here. Logan Couture, Steve Aught, Ray Whitney, Ryan Carter, UD Canvas of a young Aander Kane on the Winnipeg Jets, Marcus Felino, France Baan. There’s a guy Patrick Horningfist and an NHL game center live subscription card. I think I’ll pass. I think Andreas Aphenosu, oo, Blackhawks, Adam Fox, Morgan Riley, Quinn Hughes, Brock Besser, Yuri Patera, David Pon, and an MVP talent, Chris Latang. Chris Latang still going to this very day. That’s pretty uh that’s pretty incredible stuff. Uh so yes, Wayne Sports Cards just north of the mall. They I thought you were going to go for another day. Don’t do that. Yeah, that’s the advent calendar, right? Everybody has an advent calendar now. Like everybody has one. Yeah. No matter what you are. The beer, the chocolate. Uh what else could you have? Uh does Popeyes? We’re coming to the Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen Studio today. I’m sure Popeyes probably has some sort of Oh, that sounds uh that sounds like a pretty good idea. Look at on the LBs prior to Christmas. This is a good way of This is a great way. You still get your little treat. Your little treat, but not but not the uh you know, you’re not crushing chocolate every single day. Yeah, I forgot to open up my advent calendar at home today. I guess I’ll have to have it when I get home. Yeah, you’ll have to double double your fun. Remember sometimes as a kid you’d forget one day and then the next day you’d get two. And it was a real riot, wasn’t it? Uh all right. Hopefully everybody’s excited for the uh for the upcoming holidays and this Oilers fivegame home stand. We’ll get into expectations for that a little bit later on in the show, but if you want to chime in, I was saying earlier this morning, we’ll get to our good, bad, and ugly here shortly. I was saying early this morning, this time, this time I’m not saying, “Oh, they’re back, baby.” Because we’ve said that a few times already this year, and then they’ve followed followed it up with a straightup dud. So, let’s see what they do. Minnesota in town Tuesday, Seattle in town Thursday, and then the rest of that home stand, uh, the Jets, the Sabres, and the Wings. So, not necessarily a who’s who of National Hockey League teams, but uh you know, I think the stage is set here for them to put together a pretty decent home stand. Yeah. Got to be what’s in front of you. Tough start, but three points out of the division lead. I mean, yeah, still a few extra games that they’ve played. Yeah. But if they can string together good home stands, you know, maybe there’s something to uh to talk about with the club. 78021899 is where you can uh slide in today with a few more of your text messages. We work our way through the show. All right, we’ve got Darren Drager coming up just after 7:00. We’ve got your early bird bet for Play Alberta, title sponsor of everything we do here at Edmonton Sports Talk. Uh the team over at Play Alberta download the app today. Oh, and it’s December, so we should have codes reloaded here uh for ESD50 and EST Sports. I’ll double check on that later today, but uh if they’re not reloaded already, they should be reloaded. And when you say uh with Dusty, what’s reloaded mean? It means you’ll get to use those codes again. EST50 EST Sports, you deposit 50 bucks and you get a $50 free bet. Yesterday, somebody turned Who was that? I saw that. Yeah. Tom used his $50 free bet and turned it into 716 bucks. What did he have? He had Bucks on the money line. Niners and Browns under 35 a.5, Texans on the spread and they ended up beating the Colts outright. The Jags on the money line and then the under in the Bills Steelers game and 50 ended up paying out uh 716 bucks. So, that’s a free bet that went uh that went very well yesterday. Late night, Lenny text in says, “With the win on Saturday, it’s safe to say that the Oilers are as warm as YouTube Trev’s milk in the morning.” And if you’re new to the show, if you’re listening, Trev likes to leave a glass of chocolate milk out on his nightstand to drink it semi warm first thing in the morning, which is totally normal, and I’m sure a lot of other people do it. All right, let’s get into our good, bad, and ugly from the weekend. myself, Trev, LTE, and you if you want to share your good, bad, and ugly from the weekend with us. 78021899.99 to the Paris Jewelers inbox. All right, Rick, what’s your good from the weekend, buddy? Let’s copy the Oilers. Ah, you’re going to go Oilers, you have to. What is this? An Edmonton hockey show? You have to. Well, it is uh the Oilers. Seer Skinner 26 shot out. McDavid, Try Settleheim, R&H, goal, and assist. The big boys came to play. Skinner gets the like aesthetically it’s everything you could have asked for. Yeah, it’s a full 60. It’s a Skinner shutout again. The Friday show that we had going into the weekend. You’re like, “Oh, Skinner trade incoming.” Uh, you know, things blowing up here. Leadership questioned. Um, but no, so everything was kind of corrected. Skinner 26 shot shut out, penalty kill, perfect six for six, dry extending his eightgame point streak. Um, so all those things again back for the time being. Back for how long? Who knows? Back for good? Probably not, but they are back. That’s nice for now. Uh it was nice to just come in today and roll out some goal songs. Yeah, it seems like most mornings this season we’ve been playing like the bad morning after show song and we don’t play goal songs when they lose. That’s the thing. It wasn’t like the endmark or anybody, but it was like the ones you wanted and we got to go for a run this morning. Like it was it was nice. We hit the nude song. We hit the dry subtle song. We hit the McDavid song. We hit the Heyman song. It was we had the Skinner songs back toback. It was It was fun. Trev, what’s your good from the weekend, buddy? Beautiful weekend. Lovely weekend. Lots of good from this weekend. I really could go just good, great, and great. I was wondering if you were going to do that. Um, I won’t do that, but my good is I’ll go with the Oilers game. I’ll touch on something that wasn’t mentioned there, but I’ll go with Clattenberg. And in his first fight in the NHL, oh, I loved it. I absolutely loved it. Um, yeah, he’s kind of like a little spark plug. the player that the Oilers, I don’t know, maybe a week ago, if you could say, desperately needed someone like that in their lineup. The fact that he’s as young as he is and he’s stepping into his own. I don’t know. It’s It’s crazy. But, uh, his fight with Freddy Gdro, he handled himself very well. He took it to him, which was kind of funny. Uh, yeah. I’d hate to be Freddy Gdro walking in the locker room after that one, oh, you know, would you be embarrassed? You have to be a little bit embarrassed. Like, I was 20, right? Yeah, I mean, pro. Yeah, a little bit. H just good fight there, Freddy. Ah, no, not really. But oh, I absolutely loved it. Adabe Conor Clattenberg. Let’s go. Uh, my good from the weekend is these reports that I saw that the CFL and the CFLPA are open to disclosing salaries, which we’ve talked about for a long time. Yeah. Right. So, you can see the salaries, you can see the current cap situation of the team. So, then you can go out and look at free agents and say, “Well, this guy could probably make this much. They could fit them in.” like we’ve never in the history of the Canadian Football League been able to have the salary cap conversation. They’ve got this much room left. How can they spend it? Yeah. And when you’re looking to generate conversation in the off season, that pretty much has to be out there. So, the fact that both sides are open to it, I thought was a pretty positive uh pretty positive step in that conversation. Yeah. And I think where the league’s growing, too, you can you can understand the values now. I think back in the day maybe you could you could kind of snicker at them or whatever, but they are right now at a place where I think it’s it’s not embarrassing at all for the league to disclose them. And again, as you mentioned, it provides another conversation point. Late night Lenny getting things a little bit fired up this morning. This is a good one. The Oilers win with a shut out. What? No way. Yeah. Yeah. Uh all right. What’s your bad from the weekend? Uh McLaren. Oh man. outsmarting themselves. I again I want to pick Ger’s brain later on today uh about this, but hey, it all comes down to Abu Dhabi now. Lando Norris 408 points to Vex for Stappins 396. U so it’s all it’s right down to the wire now. It’s right down to the wire and I want to know what happened because uh I I didn’t watch the race. I’m just seeing but it seems like every week now it’s something with McLaren not being able to get out of their own way. Um, Pastri second for Stappen obviously winning Qar and Carlos SC podium. Uh, he’s he gets third place. Uh, so good for him there. But, uh, yeah, bad’s McLaren letting this thing slip through their fingers. Trev, what’s your bad from the weekend, buddy? Yeah. So, I mean, it’s uh, no secret by now, but Leon Dryidle commented on our last post on you know, glue guy on the hangout questioned the leadership of this team and Tommy had answered it. Uh, my bad. I’m not going at Leon for what he said. Although, it was kind of I don’t know. I was surprised by his take there. My bad. It’s just the people that just got, man, if if you have Instagram, go check out the comments, man. Some of the comments just bad takes. It It’s a fair question to ask. It is completely fair. I’ve been asking that question. I’m in full support of Everybody has asked that question at some point already this season. It’s not like the hangout on Friday was the first time that the others leadership was questioned. Absolutely not. So, it was a great question. And it was a great answer. My bad is just the comments. Oh, you know, you guys have no idea what you’re talking about. Take these guys mics away. You know, it was just bad. Just terrible takes. These guys don’t know hockey. Like, no, that’s a very valid question to ask. It was very valid. So, my bad is the people that just the terrible takes, terrible comments in that video. Although, the one was pretty funny. Why is Maddie sitting like that? Glue guy screenshot that one. And he’s like, “Okay.” Okay. But yeah, why are you But what’s crazy though is that if I love if Leon like so we posted this clip on Instagram. I thought Tommy’s answer was actually kind of thought out. He’s like at this point you would hope that their leadership would drag other guys into the fight. Yes. Which is a I think a fair comment. But Leon Dry was the first person to reply to it. Like it had just been posted and Leon was the first reply. If Leon doesn’t reply to it, it’s a nothing clip. it gets like a thousand views and because there was really nothing dramatic about the clip that hasn’t been said by us by got your back by stuff you know it’s it there’s everybody’s been like oh Leon cook those people say the same thing so Leon just replies lol then unfollows Tommy on Insta and it was just like we’re all it was the clip blew up we gained like 300 Instagram followers from it and it was really a nothing clip until he replied Yeah, which but he replied immediately. It was like he must have been scrolling at the time and somehow popped up on his algorithm. But it was uh I thought I I loved I loved everything about it. I thought I thought it was a fair question. I love that Leon replied lol. Like cuz he can do that. Like why if we’re going to question things about the team and they want to call us out on stuff then that’s how it works. But maybe loling maybe he’s loling in agreement. Maybe he thought it was actually funny. Right. He thought it was funny how he I just I thought it was weird like the cl the very first reply was from Dao. The very first reply like it had just been up. Yeah. So he must I don’t know. It’s Yeah, that was Yeah, that was interesting. Maybe he’s an amnasty. We don’t know about it though. Hen Pancakes once. He knows who I am. Yeah. Yeah. Let’s get him on the hangout. That’ll be that I’m sure that’ll happen. Uh okay. My bad. You brought it up. Lane Keifin. Explain this to me. Explain this to me a little bit. You know it’s bad when you’re leaving and there’s the fans outside the airport giving the middle finger to your jet as it takes off. Yeah, Ryan from Saskatchewan again. Lane Keifin Saga was ugly yesterday. You’re using it as the bad. I put it in my bad. But yeah, this was a uh cuz he’s been here now for six years in Oxford Old Miss leading that program. And Lane Kein’s a bit of a he’s not a he’s not a good boy. I think he makes Santa’s naughty list for a few and things he’s done in the past. So anyways, Miss uh they’re in the college football. They they’ve they’ve had great success while he’s been there. They’ve gotten to heights that they haven’t seen uh before in that program. They beat Mississippi State over the weekend. I think it was Friday in the Egg Bowl. Just pull up the score here. Yeah, 3819. Um but there were rumors swirling around that he was going to take the LSU job and uh he took it and so now he’s gone. Just like that. Just like that. See you later. Yeah. A reporter down in Oxford uh he confronted him actually on the field then and then talked about him in a in a press conference cuz the reporter said uh you can’t turn a hoe into a housewife or something. Yeah. Oh wow. It’s got quite ugly. All right. Well, what’s your ugly from the weekend? Let’s get to our ugly share. What’s your ugly? Uh my Well, I used to uh when I worked at Co-op uh grocery store 8 Street, Saskatoon Greystone location. It’s no longer there anymore. I worked with a guy named Rob Lester. Uh or he’s also not with us anymore. He died. Um but he had a buddy named Chinese Wayne. Okay. And uh Nester was a Steelers fan and Chinese Wayne was a Bills fan. So whenever the Bills and Steelers would play each other, I would join them at this place called the Cheese Toast. It’s a pub and we’d all watch together. And at that time the Bills sucked and the Steelers were, you know, relatively good during that era. Um but ugly yesterday has to be the Pittsburgh Steelers. Oh, and and Rob Nester is rolling in his grave and whoever Chinese Wayne is. I hope he’s okay. I hope he’s alive, but he’d be loving this one. 249 yards rushing. I know the Steelers are are not what they were the past. The the toughness. Yeah. But 250 yards rush. That franchise that’s that’s a record not just set in their new stadium, but going back to like three Givers in Pittsburgh. Like that’s the most they’ve allowed on the ground at home. Mike Tomlin’s eyes like they were bugging out so much I thought they were going to fall off. And then and then Aaron Rogers sitting there looking like Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer sitting on the sidelines with this big schnoz swollen. I think my favorite things was he looked like he tried to break into Kevin Mallister’s house. My 10 years article he said Bosa swallowed him like a jelly shot off that hit. Um it was a bad first half for the Bills, but it was an ugly second half for the Pittsburgh Steelers at one point 90 yards of total offense. Um I don’t know what the Bills are going to do this season. It’s kind of a crapshoot for super like I mean take your pick. Um Josh Allen’s 76th rushing touchdown most all I mean it was a nice day there. So they were missing both their starting tackles missing uh concaid as well. They got injuries on the defense but that second half was just it was ugly if you’re a Steelers fan. A good for a Bills fan. Uh Trev, what’s your ugly quickly? Yeah, very quick. Uh my ugly I’ll go with it’s it’s it was kind of a cool play but I mean it was ultimately ugly. Kyle Paul Mary he torn his uh his ACL but he got the assist but he got the assist in an alltime play just uh that’s a I mean he’s a hockey player man. I thought that was sick. He was injured but he wasn’t out and he he stripped the puck from Buddy. He assisted on a goal and uh yeah it was a cool play. Obviously he’s it’s ugly though. He’s out six to eight months and the Islanders do need a player like Kyle Palmary in their lineup. Uh, my ugly from the weekend will be the Minnesota Vikings who get shut out. And the man on the other side is a guy who helped them win double-digit games last year. And Sam Darnold. Yeah. He leads the Seahawks to a 26 nothing win. The Vikings were starting Max Bromer at quarterback. Undrafted I believe throws four interceptions. And Cornelius. Yeah. And at one point yesterday, Reed Wilkins text me and said, “The Vikings quarterback just did a Cornelius, which means he threw with the other hand.” Uh, so just as ugly as it can be for Vikings fans who lost Sam Darnold, wanted to go to JJ McCarthy, can’t stay healthy, doesn’t look good, and then you get shut out by Darnold’s new team. Ugly. Vikings have a 1% chance of making the playoffs this morning. Don’t like their chance. Official number. Uh, all right. That’s your good, bad, and ugly from the weekend. 6:00 hour has been brought to you by Ewell. The Nielson show is presented by Whis Johnson. We’ve got Darren Drager set to join us in less than 5 minutes. He’ll be our GS construction hockey insider, and he will join us on the Firehouse Subs hotline that is on the way. Fun 6:00 hour. 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And drags joins us on our firehouse subs hotline this morning where the Edmonton Oilers with one of those victories where everything goes right like nude scores, Heyman scores, dry settle scores, McDavid scores, Steuart Skinner with the shut out. And we were saying this morning there’s been other games this year drags where you’re like, “Oh, are they back? Are they back?” But they haven’t been able to string anything together. And that’s what needs to happen here, right? They need to build off this victory with a five-game home stand coming up. Yeah, I think that’s fair and I think that’s entirely believable and likely what’s going to happen. Now, you know, are they going to run the table? No, probably not. I mean, the opposition comes ready to play and the parody that we’re seeing across the National Hockey League, I I don’t recall us seeing it for such a sustained period of time to start a year, right? And that’s that’s where we’re at 25 plus games in. But I also think that when you look at the Oers lineup in particular, did we not all expect Zack Heyman to have impact and influence? But he also needed some time to get going. You don’t just step back into the greatest league in the world and, you know, just run the table. As I said earlier, you can’t do that. So, he’s now rounding into form. You know, he looks like he’s got his game back. Um, the loss of Nan Hopkins for a stretch. You know, again, Ryan Nen Hopkins is a bit underappreciated in my opinion across the National Hockey League and yet, you know, he’s back into the mix and he just quietly goes about his offensive business defensively. He’s a real good player. So, the pieces are all there now, right? So, you know, they’re starting to feel good about themselves and maybe one or two games can do that. Not flip the switch entirely because out of respect, you know, the other team is ready. Uh, and there’s some good teams that they’re going to face in a short period of time here, but that looked more like the complete Oilers team than we’ve seen at varying points to to this stage of the regular season. And obviously, Darren, goending is a lightning rod topic here. We were heading into the weekend, you know, with with people chattering about an expected Pittsburgh trade or something and then they get the shut out. Uh, bingo bango, we’re coming after the weekend and uh it’s all laid to rest. So, how much does that turn down the temperature performance from Stuart Skinner getting a shut out where he got his first career one? And um you know, just where are we at on that front in terms of going into the weekend, we’re expecting a deal coming out of the weekend and it’s all smoke and mirrors. Okay. And and I get it because we live it and this is the world that I work in, the insider world. And I’m good with speculation, right? I’m I’m okay with the rumor mill churning things out, but our job is to separate fact from fiction. And even though Kyle Dubis and the Pittsburgh Penguins are open to offer on just about anything, um when that rumor broke on Tristan Jerry, there was really no substance to it. We’re just, you know, the media is connecting dots and you can appreciate why that is. You know, at that point there appeared to be a growing need for some sort of goalie change in Edmonton. Uh so Jerry makes some sense. I get it. you know, the the resume isn’t terrible, but are we sure he’s an upgrade? And I think the answer to that is no. How could you be sure? So, change for the sake sake of change. Yeah, maybe if you get to that place where you don’t have a choice. But I don’t think that Stan Mullman and the Edmonton Warriors feel that way. And you know, then you come off the shut out and and you’re feeling pretty good about yourself if you’re Stu Skinner. But the unfortunate reality with goalending, you’re only as good as your last game, your last start. and and so I don’t think it’s fair to expect that, you know, he’s going to shut the teams out moving forward here on a regular basis. That’s that’s ridiculous to suggest, but he knows that he needs to be better. And the body of the work tells us that he’s capable of rounding into form. I I had a conversation. It’s it’s it’s a little bit different given the quality of the goalie here, but I had a conversation the other day with somebody with the Ottawa Senators who said, “Hey, you know, I asked about goalending. You know, Lena, you know, is this is this a goalender that needs to be better?” And the answer was, “Yeah, he needs to be better, but the history of Lena Mark at the NHL level is he is he is perennally a slow starter.” Okay. Well, that doesn’t mean that the Ottawa Senators have to go out searching for they’ve they’ve already replaced their goalending situation. So, there’s patience there. And I think Bowman and company have learned over time with St. Skinner and Cal Peckard that look, there’s going to be some bumps on the path. There just is. But, we’ve got to be better collectively. Defensively, the offense has to come together like it did the last game. And this guy, either Peckard or Stu Skinner, have to be able to make the saves we need them to make. And if that happens, then the goalending issue will kind of drift away. The the one other just on the goalending front, whether it be for the Oilers or anybody else, the one name that seems to be like he’s going to get moved is Chicago and Lauron Brasis. Is is that something that you would expect to have happen? Cuz that’s been out there for for the last few days. It’s it’s been out there for a bit. Yes. But again, I’ll submit what is he and is he an upgrade? you know, like to this point, Bruis has essentially been a backup goalender in his NHL career. That’s that’s what he’s been. Um, so, you know, I guess it’s possible that he gets he gets moved. Um, you know, where uh, you know, hey, we’ve talked a lot about Edmonton with with with reason. You know, again, the most recent game aside, you look at what’s gone on in Winnipeg. You know, prior to their last game, you know, this this is a team that with Connor Hellbuck on the sideline, uh, had no choice but to give the reigns to Eric Comry. Is Eric Comry, you know, strong enough as a starting goalender to, you know, weather the storm for the next four or five weeks? We’re going to find that out. But he was getting pretty nervous. the heat was probably elevating in Winnipeg to a point as well. Um, so I I don’t know. Again, I I keep going back and forth on the goalending scenario with the Edmonton Oilers because I don’t see a goalie out there that you can convince me is an upgrade. I don’t I just don’t see it. I don’t I don’t I don’t like that’s the thing here. We talk about it so much. I don’t see it. Yeah. We just always talk about like names will pop up. Yeah. And if they are an upgrade, it’s unrealistic target, right? And then you know the other side of it is just sake for the change’s sake to try to shock the team. But if the team can shock themselves and get things going here, then that at least buys you a lot of time if you feel like that’s necessary, right? So goending high quality goalending can mask a lot of problems, right? But not very often does a goalender single-handedly win you a hockey game. A save here or there can seal a win. No doubt about that. But the issues that the Oers have been dealing with for the better part of this season aren’t all on the shoulders of Stu Skinner and Cal Peckard. I mean, we all watch closely. That’s that’s just not real. No, they’ve been a train wreck defensively, too, for a lot of the years. They have been. They have been. And I thought Leon Dryidle last week was excellent after I guess it was the Dallas debacle, wasn’t it? Right. Where it was Dallas game they all spoke about, you know, he came out and he goes, “Look, I’m sure the goalies will tell you that they need to be better, but how many great a chances do these guys have to face before we wake up as a team.” So that’s that’s where they’re at. Look, if if you’re going to make a meaningful difference in goal, you’ve got to do it in the off season. And I know that the Colorado Avalanche last year are the outlier, but as Noodles Jamie McClennon reminded us all last week, check back on on Blackwood and Wedgewood last year after that deal. I mean, they were just okay. And Colorado got bounced early in the playoffs and and that didn’t go the way that everyone expected or hoped with the goalie ch. Now, this year’s a different animal. Now, let’s see, you know, whether or not goending is going to be part of what appears to be a juggernaut in Colorado. Maybe. But yes, Chris McFarland deserves credit for making a very bold change, a full positional change in season last year. It’s really, really hard, but not very often are you able to do that, especially in goal. Uh Darren Dreger joins us on the Firehouse Subs hotline this morning. I want to get to that juggernaut in Colorado in just one second, but uh where is the trade market at? Like, are we going to see it? Now, not this is a this is a league question, not a weather’s question. Are we going to see any movement before Christmas or is it going to be like most other years where, you know, gets to February before things really start moving? Yeah, I don’t have a hard answer for you. I feel like we should see some activity before Christmas. But what are we talking about here? Um, you know, kind of moving deck chairs type of stuff change as you said earlier for the sake of of change. probably probably minor stuff, but it’s only because where we’re at in the standings again here, guys, and I know like I sound like a broken record, but you look at the standings this morning. There’s one Canadian team that’s in the playoff matrix right now, and that’s the Montreal Canadians. But it’s not like the other six Canadian teams are dead and buried. Not by a long shot. You know, they’re they’re a win, two, three wins away from, you know, not only being, you know, in the in the playoff picture, but challenging for top spot in each division. I that’s that’s how tight it is. So I unless we see uh a significant injury and we’ve seen a lot of injuries to this point of the year. I I feel like it’s going to be stingy on the trade front, but I do know just based on the managers that I talked to that at least the trade discussions have amplified. I would say in the last week or so, uh Colorado still I they they just they’re not slowing down. They are absolutely rolling over teams. It almost to the point where if I’m an ABS fan, I’m like, “This has got to be too good to be true.” Like, well, when do they when do they run into some sort of mini wall here, Drake? Well, and they will, right? They will uh how they manage that mini lull and and mini is probably a very appropriate word because I don’t see Colorado going on a three, four, five, seven game losing skin. I just don’t see it. Uh, I mean, they’re they’re too strong offensively on any given night. You’ve got, of course, Nate McKinnon doing what he does every year. Uh, Marty Nas has not slowed down for the most part since getting his extension. And then you look at uh how they push from the back end. We’ve already talked about goalending. So, where’s the weakness in the Colorado Avalanche? I’m sure McFarland and and Joe Sackic look at their lineup organizationally and go, “Yeah, well, we could add a bit of depth here.” That’s what GMs do. That’s what hockey operations departments do because they’re they’re looking for the the deep pushing in the playoffs, but right now, I don’t see the weakness. I don’t they’re just they’re loaded top to bottom. Another team in that division quickly here, uh, Darren, the Minnesota Wild, and that’s the Oilers. They’ll kick off that 5game home stand 8 and2 in their last 10. And an interesting narrative coming in with Yesper Walstead as well playing the way he’s playing in goal for the Wild. Um Goofy, your thoughts on the scout, the pre uh scout for the Wild ahead of tomorrow’s game. Well, I’ll tell you what, they’ve got a boatload of confidence and and you know, you’ve touched on why. I don’t know what it is about Bill Garren and really the Minnesota Wild in general. They always seem to have that goalie, right? Like somebody that just and I’m not going to say that he comes out of nowhere. that’s not fair to him. But they always have one guy in the mix that just finds a way to get redhot and and then they ride that guy. You know, not too long ago it was Gustoson. Um you know, Flurry had his moments, you know, with the Minnesota Wild obviously. So, you know, I I didn’t think that the Minnesota Wild uh were the team that we saw early in the year where they were stumbling and they couldn’t get going and Capri off didn’t look like, you know, he had his usual swagger and all of the pieces of the Minnesota Wild seemed somewhat disconnected. Um it felt like they were going to to find their way and they found their way, right? And maybe it’s just the quality of goalending uh has you dug them out of a couple of holes that allows you to maybe breathe a little bit more. The confidence again elevates the transition game. Your goalies don’t feel like every or your defense don’t feel like every time they make a mistake in the defensive zone, it’s ending up in the back of their net. Now they can breathe a little bit. They can get their transition game going. Uh, I I just feel like the team we’re seeing now, not because they’re they’re on a bit of a heater here, but the team that the game that the Minnesota Wild are playing now is more the game that I thought we’d see from Minnesota at the beginning of the year. I mean, I think most of us had them tabbed as as being one of the better teams in the Western Conference. Top team, maybe that’s saying a lot when you look at, you know, we’ve already talked about Colorado. Vegas has to find a way maybe with stability in goal with Carter Hart about to make his way. Um, you know, we’ll see, but Minnesota fits into that conversation as one of the top teams in the West for sure. Drags, good stuff, man. As always, we appreciate the time. Thanks a lot. Okay, guys. Have a great week. There you go. It’s Darren Drager from TSN, of course, the Ray and Drags podcast. Uh, you look at that top of the Central division, man. Minnesota’s 80 and2 in their last 10. Dallas is 8-1 and one in their last 10 and Colorado’s 9-1 in their last 10. So Dallas and Minnesota have each won eight of their last 10. Haven’t made up any ground on Colorado. No points back Minnesota of Colorado there. Colorado has a they’ve scored 103 goals. I saw this last night. 103 goals and they’ve only allowed 55 plus 48. They are plus smashes everybody else. They are almost winning games by two goals per game on average. The next closest is plus 19 and that’s the Tampa Bay Lightning. That’s crazy cuz really good teams, playoff teams, usually finish the year right around there. Plus 48, plus 60. They’re already there. Yeah, like they’re on pace go over plus 100. I don’t I don’t know if I’ve seen that before. This This is Yeah, you’re right. They are actually, which is it’s Can you imagine this market right now if Edmonton had started the year like Colorado has started the year? What would we be complaining about? No, there would be no I mean the shows would all suck. You just be like, “Oh, well, there’s nothing going on here with the uh the 181 and six Edmonton weather 181 and six. One regulation loss in 25 games.” Bob blah blah corrects me too. Plus 22 the Dallas Stars. So just adding on to that plus 22. Yeah. In the Oilers division there is one team that has a positive goal differential. The Ducks are plus nine. Everybody Vegas is zero and everybody else is on the negative side. Oilers are minus4. I mean, Colorado looks absolutely incredible. Um, you know, Dre, we talked about the goalending a little bit with Drags and Skinner coming off a shutout, his second of the year. I tweeted over the weekend, tied for second in the league in shutouts. There’s a bunch of guys with two, but Skinner’s one of them. Yeah. Um, by the way, Dregs joined us on our Firehouse Subs hotline. With 15 firehouse sub locations across Edmonton in the greater area, it’s easy to grab a hot and hearty sub close to home. Firehouse subs, hot, hearty, and made to satisfy. Um, I think I would agree with drags on the fact that is there a realistic target between the pipes that is an automatic 100% upgrade on the other’s goalending. And now we can have the conversation that, you know, prior to the shutout, the Oilers save percentage was the worst in the league, so anybody would be an upgrade. I get that. I have time for those of you who want to make that case. But Trev, let me ask you this. As the resident Oilers fan on this show, are you at the point where change for sake of change is where you’re at between the pipes? Like let’s say Laura, okay, he’s been a career backup. He’s played 140 career games. has a 911 career save percentage, had 927 last year with the Jets, uh has been over 910 in three of the last five years. But to me, that’s you’re trying to upgrade Pickard, right? You’re not being like LB’s the number one and they’re getting for nothing from Chicago. So, are you are you in that mindset now where you’re like anything else between the pipes is worth a look at this point? Yeah, I think if they continue to to really slide, you know, and just continue continue to play 500 hockey. Yeah. If if that’s the case, but if they can rally a few games, you know, five games, the narrative change completely, I am I’m so over the idea of just oh like right now I’m I’m not Yeah. Just so I’ll I’ll go on and say no. Just change just for the sake of change. I don’t think that bodess well for the Oilers at all. Has it worked before for other teams? Yes, it can work as we’ve seen most recent case the Colorado Avalanche and they do it and they look like geniuses, right? Um and you’re probably asking like why don’t the Oilers do that? Just you know, but it’s not that easy. Pretty rare for them for Colorado. Very rare. Like that’s so yeah, they they they lucked out and it’s it’s so beneficial when it does luck out for the Colorado Avalanche. But as for the Oilers, man, I I’m telling you, I I don’t want them to make a significant or a trade in goalending unless I am like 100%. Oh, that is a bonafide number one in the NHL. That’s where I stand right now. That’s probably where I’ll stand. So, they’re not trading for a goalie then, right? Yeah. And see, and that’s the thing. Like, well, if if a fan’s that hesitant, how do you think what goes through a GM’s mind then, right? Like that’s we can all we sit here, we speculate, we we go off the vibe totally. and that because we can cuz we don’t have the responsibility of yes dealing in that I mean you absolutely but yeah it’s completely different for the GM right so no that’s that’s my thoughts I guess 78218999.999 7821899 doesn’t sign Guy texts in and says give Skinner five straight starts and my god don’t go nuclear and let’s see what you really have coach Mike texts in to the Paris Jewelers inbox. Buy now do not pay for a year at Paris Jewelers. Colorado is a carriage. Is that better than a wagon? I mean, I’ve always viewed a carriage as like a fancy wagon. Probably. Yeah. It’s got the It’s got the um the top like it’s And there’s might be some frills on it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think I watched a western last night. Horizon. Kevin Cosner. You should Oh, how is that? It’s not that. That’s the big thing that like ripped him away from Yellowstone, right? That was his Yeah, but then it’s called chapter one. So, it’s 3 hours. It ends. I’m like, “Well, there’s stuff to tie up, but I can’t wait till it approved cuz it didn’t make enough money cuz it bombed.” So, now I’m kind of left on the on the hook here. You know what I threw on last night while I was working? Deep Water Horizon. Oh, yes. With Mark Wahlberg. Huge cast. Wahberg, Malovich, Kurt Russell. Never seen it. True story, actually. That’s a good one. That’s a good movie. Yeah. Yeah. I’ve never seen it. It was a pretty good movie. Yeah, I liked it. I didn’t watch it straight up cuz I was kind of prepping and stuff, but I it to have it took my direct it took my concentration away a number of times. Uh, it doesn’t sound test guy. Carriages look prettier but break easier. Well, that’s not the toughness of a wagon. Like a Yeah, like I think wagon in the Old West and a carriage is what gets you to the theater. A carriage is what Cinderella went in before the pumpkin struck midnight or whatever. Yeah. Stage coach, Bone says, “Oh, now we’re getting into this.” Yeah. Then you got guys with those little cut off saw off shotguns. Yeah. Like in 310 to Yuma. You’re transporting a vault. Yeah. With the uh what’s the big gun they had on the back? It wasn’t a Tommy gun. It was a the Gatlin gun. The Gatlin gun. Yeah. I always wanted a Gatlin gun. I mean I don’t have any guns. No. But if you But if I got a gun, I’d like to skip all the other guns and just get a Gatling gun and put it on the back of my pickup truck. What are you registering, sir? My Gatling gun. A Gatlin gun. Okay. Fill out this form. Well, I got to put on the back of my truck so if anybody ever tries to rob my family as we’re driving on the Hendai, I can put Marshall out the back window and say, “Get on the Gatling gun.” Which would be pretty fun, I think. Uh, all right, let’s get to your Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the 7:00 hour of the Neielson Show today and every day, brought to you by Gamesense. 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Now, with that being said, nothing’s a lock, but and we do love teams of the NFL playing themselves out of draft positioning, don’t we? Yeah. Well, I would I would have also said going into the weekend, boy, there’s no way the Rams lose to the Panthers. Sure. I also How about this switch in spite league right before kickoff, I was like, “Oh man, Bryce Young against the Rams.” No, cuz Jaden Daniels is hurt. So, my other options are Marcus Mariota, Bryce Young, and Aaron Rogers. So, I took Bryce Young out and I started Aaron Rogers. Cost me a buy next week. That’s a good confession. That’s a good confession. I felt like such a loser. Anyway, here’s the early bird bets today. You’ll find it on the EST specials page at playberta.ca. Download the Play Alleberta app as well. Title sponsor of everything we do here at EST. Uh, Patriots to win. Yeah, they’re at home. They’re like a seven-point favorite. Seven point. Patriots to win. Trayvon Henderson with a touchdown. Juan Dale Robinson. Four receptions or more. Okay. At plus 185. All right. It’s plus 185. Like I’ll basically Robinson’s going to get his receptions. He only needs four. It’s number set at five and a half for goodness sake. So I moved it down. And then you get the hand. Oh that Henderson touchdowns the one that we’re going to but he’s got five touchdowns in his last three games. You someone’s been using their sense. I tried to use my game senses. Oh, it’s my game senses tingling. Let’s play Let’s play it safe with this little three-legger tonight. I see winning bets. M. That’s so good. You’re doing a six sense bit there. Yeah, I get it. I’m too afraid to watch that movie now. I watched it when it first came out. I watched it again a couple of times after, but I I I don’t know. I just I as I get older, I get I’m more scared of movies. So, I’m too scared to watch Six Sense again. Creeped me out. Anyway, we’ll get to That’s good for the Italian center coming up. And uh Mike Taneer from the two deep zones is going to talk some NFL with us as well. Where you at on the goalending conversation as we begin this week? Are you at the point where you’re like anybody else? Let’s give a look to anybody else or you going to be patient with these two guys and see if they hit their stride. We’re 60 likes away from changing 200. There’s a bunch of you watching right now. So if you’re watching on YouTube, hammer the thumbs up for us. That would be greatly appreciated. That’s good for the Italian center. Mike Dir coming up on the firehouse subs hotline as well. Let’s get to a sports update right now. with Lieutenant Eric. If you’re listening on 957 Cruise FM, 3 4 minutes of commercials, a little bit of traffic update, and then we’ll be back with more entertaining sports talk for the rest of your morning. 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Still waiting to hear from Lil Jordan Humphrey, who’s actually that’s his name, Lil Jordan Humphrey. Little Michael Jordan, maybe. So, oh, little MJ. We’ll uh we’ll see get to that. I don’t know if we’ll do Santa letters every day, but maybe every Monday as we work our way through the month. That could be something that we could do. We seem to have a lot of fun when the big fellow pops by. I love it. Yeah. Yeah. You can smell them coming up the steps. 7821899.99. 7821899.99. That’ll get you into the Paris jeweler’s inbox today. One of your text messages will end up winning the Royal Pizza text of the day. Still making it great. With the best and freshest ingredients, you’ll find top-notch service for over 55 years. Order online today. Pizza.ca. Visit one of their 14 Edmonton area locations. Uh we had a few good text messages in the six o’clock hour kind of along the lines of when they play by 60 minutes. They’re great. Uh those types of things. Yeah. So if you want to get in on that and hey if you’re looking uh it’s that time of year, right? We’re finding things for the ones we love shopping. West Em Mall, Kingsway, Londoner, Sherwood Park Mall, St. Albert Center, Parisjwers.com. Canadian, familyowned. Got to get on that. the Christmas shopping. I’ve already done a little bit. I’m ahead of the game a bit this year. My wife comes out of this spare room the other day. She puts like 10 upwards of 10 gifts under the tree, all wrapped, ready to go. Oh no. I haven’t even thought. Oh man. So she sure made you look like an idiot. Yeah, I felt like an idiot. What a selfish prick. Yeah, exactly. Uh let’s get to That’s so good for the Italian center. Then we’re going to bring in Mike Taer to recap everything that happened yesterday in the National Football League and we’ll set up the Monday nighter as well. How about how about this? This is excellent for uh for that’s good. Uh for the Italian center uh glue guy text me they went by the Italian center Sherwood Park. Okay. Uh where Joe was. Joe was at the Oh, you weren’t at the meeting, but Joe from uh Joe and Jerry from Italian center were at the client party a couple Thursdays ago. Legendary performance at Oh, they were great. Yeah, they were great. Uh, glue guy text me yesterday. He goes, “Man, uh, the Italian center guys love EST.” He goes, “We came in there. Let me bring up bring Let me bring up the text.” He’s like, “They hooked us up with a bunch of free pizza.” No. And then on top of that, which and this might be my favorite part about this whole thing. Here we are. Here’s a glue guy text. Let me see. Yeah. I ran into Joe today at the Italian center park. He bought us pizzas for lunch and then offered my daughter a job in the bakery over the summer. Whoa. What? How about this? Forgoing the interview process. Yeah, that’s it. Straight line in like that’s just straight up. No resume, no nothing. Yeah. Glue guys. Now glue guys are like I think I think she’s like 12, maybe 13. Yes. Uh so I don’t I don’t know. I didn’t I didn’t start working till I was 15, 16, somewhere in there. Libra, but I’ll tell you, working at the bakery, I was at the Italian center last week picking up the uh the spaghetti and meatballs for my family early last week. And I watched the bakery. I have to a line a bit. I did get some some donuts while I was there. I mean, I had to. Anyway, I’m watching the bakery and it just it looks like it’s like a low-key Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory in there. Like there’s like a dozen people and they’re making every then and Joe was like, “Ah, give your daughter a job in the bakery this summer.” That’s the one area at Save on Foods I never worked that in the meat department. I did dairy, I did frozen, I did grocery, I did front end, I did produce floral. I never got into the weird hours. Hey, yeah, you roll in to do like the morning produce shift at 5:00 a.m. going on lunch and somebody’s already in the bakery and they’re just making bread and stuff, but I thought that was nice. I thought that was nice offering up jobs. I told Marshall yesterday, say, “Hey, when you grow up, you got two options. You’re at the Italian center and you you got to speak with a little bit of flare.” Sure. Or you come work at ESD. Those are your only two options. Both full of whimsy. Oh, they’re both wonderful places to be. But anyway, thank you to uh thank you to Joe for offering Jay’s daughter a job this summer in the uh in the bakery. It wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world to pop in. When did you start working? Here’s a question for you. When did people start working? I I was working grade 11, I think. So, I would have been 16. That’s when I started working. I worked at Savon Foods. I’d work there in the weekends sometimes. I work after school and in grade 11 and 12 I actually worked I do the morning frozen shift from 5:30 to 8:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then go to high school. So So I was 16. Trev, when did you get your first job? Wasn’t at the Pincher Creek uh well theater. Is that where you started? Yeah, that was my second job. Ah, man. So if we really go back, do you consider reffing as a job? Like a summer job responsibility thing. I got paid for it. What about a job at a place? Yeah. So, that would have been so when I was 13. 13? Yeah. I knew uh I didn’t even know that was allowed. I was like 2 weeks from being 14 and that’s when it was allowed. But uh yeah, the manager knew my grandma was like I kind of did a Yeah. You know, a favor. Yeah. And I really wanted to work at Soies, man. I didn’t My grandma something like grade nine. Yeah, man. Grade eight. Grade eight. Yeah. Like I turned 13 at the end of grade seven. I was a courtesy clerk. It was fun. I loved my life bagging groceries. Rick, when did you when did you get your first job? Uh, a couple months shy of 16, so I was 15. Okay. And also courtesy clerking at Safeway. Nice. Making I was at Savon. Yeah. Yeah. Six something an hour. Yeah. I think I started at like 525 an hour when I started. Mine was 1015. Look at you. You rich boy. Yeah. Not bad. Unbelievable. Good for you. I mean, I guess it was like 10 bucks. 15 years after we did it. Yeah. But adjust for inflation. Well, that’s the thing. Inflation’s really big, right? Uh, so how old were you when you got your first job? And what was it? 78021899.99. JKB says, “I started working at Sport Check and Mayfield Common when I was in grade nine. When it closed, I quit and I didn’t work again for an entire year.” Brent P, grade six delivering the journal. I think a paper route like I mean that it’s different, but that’s a job. It is a job. Well, then I take my answer. I also Sears magazine. I was going to say, let’s skip over paper roads. Yeah, cuz I mean, yeah, you can do that at a Do you guys remember your first paycheck? Uh, well, I remember my I think I remember my first paycheck like in grade seven. I worked on a farm in the summer. Oh, nice. Which it was just on weekends, but I would get a paycheck then. Paycheck though, not cash in hand. No, I think it was a little check they gave me. Oh, that’s always fun. It was fun. I want this question to our next guest is of course we’re gonna ask our next I’m very curious to see uh well you know what was was interesting yesterday that Vikings quarterback had to have been the first time he ever had a job too what you Oh I feel bad for making that hilarious joke but somebody had to do it. Uh, this text comes says 13 Belmont Soies, $8 an hour. 14 years old. I was the cart boy at Northgate Lion Senior Center during bingo. Then the laws changed and I couldn’t work there because people smoked inside. Cigarette smoke inside. How good was that? How about this one? True story, guys. Growing up in South Ontario, my first job was chicken catching. Going into the big barns, catching the chickens, and putting them in crates to be shipped. Those from rural areas know you’d work all weekend and get 300 bucks cash. Not bad. Not too shabby. All right, let’s find out what Mike Tirer’s first job ever was. He joins us on the Firehouse Subs Hotline today. 15 Firehouse Sub locations across Edmonton, the greater area. Easy to grab a hot and hearty sub close to home. Firehouse Subs, hot, hearty, and made to satisfy. Mike Tanir, all three of us, our first jobs were at grocery stores. Were you a grocery store guy, too? No, I was a bus boy at a steakhouse for my first non- neighborhood job. Uh, this was when I was 17, making $210 an hour, plus tips. Plus tips. Oh, tips. Yeah. But I became a full-time sports writer in 2011, and I have not worked a day in my life since. Were you you you weren’t Were you bus boy up until becoming a writer? Oh. Oh. Oh, no. There were several years as a school teacher in between. Oh, okay. I was like, there’s no way you’re a bus boy for 20 years. Like, I like that. 30 years as a bus boy. Now, that would be a story. Yeah. But the plot twist here is Did you say school teacher? Yeah, I taught I taught high school uh here in southern New Jersey in the USA. Mathematics. What? Oh, wow. You guys don’t You guys don’t know who my famous pupil was? No. How did this never come up? I was Joe Flacco’s calculus teacher. And that was so long ago that his beard is now gray. That’s how long ago that was. Did you tell him, “Hey man, there’s one thing you need to do to sustain an NFL career. Throw the ball as far as you possibly can almost every single time.” Cuz that guy loves to go down field. That’s a Was he Was he smart? Was he a good calculus student? Very, very smart. He’s from a very smart family. But he, like all of my other students, never uses calculus in real life. No. So, I didn’t even take calc Did you take calculus? Not at all. No, I think that was an option. Yeah. Yeah, that was uh Yeah, I was not a big calculus guy myself. Uh all right, let’s uh Hey, let’s start with the the Sunday nighter. I thought it might be a little bit easier for the Denver Broncos. It wasn’t. Uh but they do find a way in the end. What’s your big takeaway from the Sunday nighter? Nothing is easy for the Denver Broncos and they always seem to find a way in the end. That game was madness. I I don’t understand what happened in overtime. It seems like every time I looked up, the referees were walking back and forth talking about some call that I didn’t necessarily agree with. It’s a win is a win is a win. It’s a team that’s now in first place Denver Broncos. They’re pushing the Chiefs into the rearview mirror by these get it done wins. And that’s all you can ask of that team. You know, I like what Shawn Payeyton said afterwards. Like, we didn’t escape, we won. That’s the mentality right now. Road game in the rain and the slop on a bad field. Get away with the win. I don’t think the Broncos are a Super Bowl team, but you got to be impressed with how they’re getting things done. Mike, you had a good rap on quarterback play this weekend up at two deep zone. Mike mike tenure.substack.com. Um Aaron Rogers, I think probably the picture of the weekend, him sitting on the sideline with that busted nose. And I I think I’m I’m paraphrasing, but you said Bosa swallowed them like a jelly shot. A jello shot. Um your thoughts coming out of that one for the Steelers? I mean, all types of ugly allowing the rushing yards. They did the the putrid offense. Rogers sitting on the sideline looking a shadow of himself. Uh I mean for the Bills, a tale of two halves, but ultimately they they get it done. Um and and with the ground game, yeah, it’s a tale of two halves for the Bills. Uh they come away with a win against the playoff team on this weekend where so many other contenders lost. They have to be happy. It’s like, okay, we gutted one out here. And for the Steelers, it seems like we do this every year. It’s like, oh, they’re the Steelers. They figured out a way to win games and then like December comes it’s like it’s all falling apart. The Russell Wilson experience last year fell apart. As uh Ben Rothllessberger got old, it fell apart. All the stuff they did with Kenny Picket, it fell apart late in the year. This always seems to happen. It’s happening again. I don’t know what it means for Mike Tomlin, but if you look at the way their offense plays, when Rogers is out there, it looks like it’s nothing but screen passes and max protect and offensive lineman in the back field and all these protect the old guy uh formations. Then they go to Mason Rudolph and he’s not the answer. He’s been their backup for 10 years. He’s just out there kind of trying to get the job done. It doesn’t look good. The run defense, as you said, doesn’t look good. The Steelers are in danger of falling off the playoff chase because they face the Ravens this week and the Bengals with Joe Barrow back are not out of it either. Yeah, Mike Taneer, Joe Flackle’s former calculus teacher joins us on the show this morning. Uh, sorry. I can’t believe we didn’t know that. We’ve had you on the show for over a decade, man. I think he mentioned he was a teacher at one point, but I never got the flack thing. That’s uh that’s incredible. Um, I guess maybe I jinxed it cuz last week I was like, undoubtedly the Rams are the best team in all of the National Football League and then they go and lose to Young and the P and look, the Panthers aren’t a pushover this year, but still a stunning result in Carolina, wasn’t it? Stunning result in Carolina. I still think the Rams are an outstanding team, but you look at that whenever it’s bad weather and it was a rainy cold day. Stafford is not Stafford. He is a California guy and you see that over and over again throughout his career. Uh you also had a situation where uh Bryce Young, fourth and three throws a touchdown. Couple series later, fourth and four I think it was throws another touchdown pass. If you’re committing turnovers on offense and you’re allowing fourth down touchdowns, not just conversions, but big plays, you’re bound to lose the game. That’s what happened. That game slipped away from the Rams. I think they and the Seahawks are still going to be the teams that are neck andneck at the top of the standings going down the stretch. Could we see all three teams in the AFC South picture making the postseason? I mean, at this point, I know the Colts kind of had a great start. I haven’t really taken time to look at the schedules of of the Jags, the Colts, and the Texans down the stretch, but fascinating. Play the Colts twice. I might be wrong. I know there’s some crossover there. Yeah, I believe there’s two Jags Colts games coming up, so that’s probably going to be a knockout for some of them. What you’re looking at with the playoff picture is, okay, you go to the AFC West, you see the Broncos at the top, then the Chargers, then the Chiefs. There’s going to be a wild card there. You look at the AFC East, you see the Patriots and the Bills, there’s going to be a championship and a wild card. There may only be one wild card spot left. Now, is that going to go to the second place team in the AFC South or is it going to go to the Chiefs or is it go to the Ravens or Steelers? It’s hard to say. The thing about those AFC South teams is they’re playing each other like you said, so that’s going to create some losses. They’re also flawed. They are also flawed. You see the Colts falling off. Texans really don’t have much on offense, although they’re getting better. The Jaguars are just all over the place. You don’t know what you’re going to get any given week. Big win this week, but they’re going to fall to some like terrible opponent next week. It’s hard to say that you’re going to get three teams out of the AFC South because you don’t see three teams that deserve it in the AFC South. How would you summarize the feeling that Vikings fans are having this morning after getting shut out 26 nothing by Sam Darnold and the Seahawks? I I follow two um uh Vikings sports writers who have their own newsletters. One of them was titled It Gets Worse and the other one was titled Rock Bottom. That’s what’s going on right now. And okay, Max Broner, the third stringer, comes off the bench, throws four interceptions. He could have thrown five or six if that game continued or guys didn’t drop passes, etc. It was bad. JJ McCarthy before it was bad. You’re starting to start to ask the question, what about Kevin Oonnell? What about the general manager, Quesley Adaf? What about the whole organization now that it every time they switch quarterbacks, it gets worse? I watched that Bromer game and I was absolutely shocked at how they didn’t run some reverses for uh Justin Jefferson or screen passes to Jefferson or screens to Addison or roll outs or easy plays. I watched Jador Sanders get her easy plays. Broer doesn’t get it. So, he’s bad, but of course, he’s the third stringer. McCarthy is bad. That’s a problem. He’s supposed to be the face of the franchise. What are these coaches and general managers and executives doing to solve the problem? That’s the question Vikings fans have to be asking and asking themselves uh this morning. What about Justin Jefferson? Like how do you think this plays? You know how these things trend and it’s like oh uh oh they have a quarterback problem and all of a sudden Justin Jefferson’s like I’d like to go play somewhere that has a quarter like do you think this it’s already been rough but do you think it gets worse before they find a solution here? It I’m stunned it hasn’t happened yet. I’m so stunned he isn’t chirping. Any other wide receiver like him would be chirping like a mad man. AJ Brown would have flown halfway around the world and been like, I’m done. I’m not staying around here. Like, right. George Pickins would be in Vegas as we speak if it was going like this. You know, a couple weeks ago there was an interception. He didn’t chase the guy down and he apologized afterwards. That’s not who I am. I I was frustrated, but that’s not who I am. I I think we’ve reached the point now where he’s going to see interception sacks and he’s just going to walk to the sidelines shaking his head. And that’s another factor for the Vikings. It’s the kind of thing gets worse if it gets better before it gets better if guys like Jefferson say, “I’m no longer with this program.” Uh going back to Friday, Mike, and the Bears, like how hard do Bears fans need to be pinching themselves right now, the win over the Eagles? They they’ve won games where we’ve said, “Yeah, okay, they’re winning, but whatever.” They’ll get the Packers twice in the next three weeks with a game at home against the Browns sandwiched in between. But like, is this for real or that’s it doesn’t matter if it’s for real or not now? Because like you, I was like, okay, it’s a one-sore win against the Raiders, things like that. This was a big win. They’re a playoff team now. They would have to really mess up to not reach the playoffs. They could do something like get a split with the Packers and then they’re they might be the division champions. Pinch yourselves. Not because you’re a Super Bowl champion uh this year if you’re a Bears fan, but because the system is working, because Ben Johnson’s system is working, the offensive line is coming together. Defense is coming together. Caleb Williams is much better than last year, even though there’s a lot of room to grow. You can see that that culture, that that that that system, that process is working and that bodess well for playoff run this year. Fine. Maybe a Super Bowl run next year or the year after that if this continues. The growth from last Thanksgiving for Bears fans to this one is quite seismic. Yeah. Right. It’s it’s a completely different narrative right now and that’s a good thing. Uh do the Giants find a way to make it competitive tonight? Uh a lot of the people I’ve talked to in New England think they will. Left tackle Will Campbell who’s one of the big uh contributors for the Patriots. He’s out. Harold Landry is out. So there are some injuries there. I think they might keep it competitive. Jackson Dart should be back. That will help. I don’t think they get a win though. Uh once again, man, where can people find your work? You can find me at the TD too deep zone.com. Good stuff, man. We appreciate the time. We’ll chat next Monday. You got it. Take care and enjoy your week. We will enjoy our week, Mike. We will. Joe Flacco’s calculus teacher. Yeah. Does anybody dismissed? I got to know if anybody who took calculus has ever used calculus in their real job. What would be the thing that’s applied? I don’t even know. Like that’s why I’m curious. I don’t even know what you would use calculus to do post high school graduation. What do you use it for? You become an engineer. Is that is calculus an engineer? A space. That’s what I think. I think you probably work at NASA if you had a good grade. Some government job in calculus. Trev, you didn’t take calculus, did you? Think I know the answer. Jeez. Oh no, man. I don’t know, man. You lose me when you start putting in freaking numbers in there or uh letters. I’m just like, “Oh gosh.” Yeah. Can’t do it, man. Math is terrible for me. And the X’s on both sides cancel each other out and all this. I don’t get it. I don’t get it. I I will say though, like my quick math is decent. I was good at quick math. 7* 7. Oh gosh. 42. Oh my gosh. Oh, 48. No. 49. 49. There it is. God. Marsh Marsh and Muzz are watching right now and they’re just so sad and disappointed in you. I want to be quiet now. You know what? I want to take back my comment. I don’t remember times in those in years. I’m good at quick math. 7* 7 42. Oh, no. 48. I knew it was in the 40s. Time. Uh Bob Blit says only calculus teachers use like it’s it’s just it’s a thing that eats itself. You teach people to do it to become teachers and then they teach and then it just you’re not really applying it to anything. Which job uses calculus? Let’s see. Let’s see what pops up in this search. Jobs that use calculus are common. What? Well, uh, engineering. I said that. I said engineering. Finance and computer science. See if Gajer took a calculus course later. Yeah, cuz he’s a finance guy. Yeah. I’m gonna say Ger probably didn’t take calculus, but maybe maybe he did. Nick at a desk checks in and says, “Jent, I’ve worked for a jet engine company for over 16 years. What is calculus?” Nick at a desk. Yeah. I mean, for all we know, he’s at the reception desk of a jet engine company. Yeah. Uh, no, Nick, I would believe you. I mean, if you’ve worked at a jet engine company for 16 years, I’m sure as hell hoping you’ve been promoted at some point along the way. Triple P says, “Fun fact, all electrical math is calculated with trigonometry. When doing anything in school, couldn’t fathom whenever I use it. I am an electrician.” That’s good. Hibball Hodson says, “I came back for a fourth year of high school. I took calculus, then all spares, then football practice after school. I work in engineering now. Okay. Paul from The Rock says welders. Welders use calculus. I would need to see proof of that one. That being said, there’s no way I’d ever figure out how to be a welder. I’d burn myself instantly. El Presidentede says, “I took calculus, but I don’t use it in accounting.” And this is a great text comes in from JP. Dusty and Rick didn’t take calculus and still rose above AM radio. A story unlike any other. Yeah, exactly. There’s a joke here, but I’m not going to uh All right. If you’re watching over on YouTube today, hammer the uh hammer the thumbs up for us. That would be greatly appreciated. Neielson show brought to you by Whis Johnson. We’re 37 away from changing 200 today. So, let’s uh let’s keep those rolling in. 7:00 hour has been brought to you by GameSense. When gambling, set a budget before you play. Stay informed and visit gamesab.ca to learn how. Remember, if you gamble, use your game sense. Red text and it says, “I use trig all the time in machining, locating holes.” Trig. Trigg. Yeah. God, that’s cool. That’s industry speak there. Yeah. Paul from the Rock says, “Welder/fabricator.” Sorry, not just welder. So, people who makes Look at VR Montenegro. Our job’s a little different. Big brain. I’ve used calculus before in a job application. I used to program controllers to automatically restore systems to normal after process disruptions. It sucked. That does sound like it sucked. I need calculus for that text. Uh, all right. We are at 55 and0. The alltime hit streak’s 56. We are about to tie Deaggio tomorrow. We’ll take a run at breaking it. We’re going to break them on a Creed Tuesday. Snap them. The attended area’s 12 days of Christmas begins on Thursday. Correct. So, that’s exciting as well. Adam in Quebec City says, “I took calculus in university. If you asked me to do any calculus equation with a gun to my head, I’d have to take the bullet and I’m an accountant. Well, that’s because I bet you Excel spreadsheets do a lot of the calculus calculations that you would need, right? Yeah. Is that true? That’s 25. That’s another program I don’t understand. Uh, all right. Who wants to play kind of easy trivia today? 78218999. I promise you there are no calculus related questions. 78-21899.99. Text Trev right now if you’d like to play and take the streak in the 957 Cruise FM era to 56 and 0. 7821899.99. Also coming up, three questions too many. Gage is going to be by we’ll talk some Formula 1. We’ll talk some Oilers. We’ll talk some calculus cuz he’s in finance. Uh, we’ll give you the SY’s Monday Night Football Challenge and then the rap for William Huff Neielson show today and every day brought to you by Whis Johnson. If you want to play trivia, 78021899.99 7821899. Let’s get to a sports update right now with Lieutenant Derek. Brought to you by Windsor Plywood. Leuke locally owned and operated serving Leuke and the surrounding area since 1993. We’re talking doors, flooring, baseboards, and of course, plywood. Go see the knowledgeable staff at Windsor Plywood Leuke. Week 13 in the NFL wrapping up tonight. It’s the Giants visiting the Patriots. You can join me for this one at CY Sports Bar Lounge. Centric Casino 4 Road. Loaded burgers and beer on special Sunday nighters. So, the Broncos win in overtime 2726 over the Commanders. The win takes Denver at top the AFC. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert will also undergo surgery today on a broken left hand that he suffered in yesterday’s win over the Raiders. The Edmonton Oil Kings make it 20 wins on the campaign as they defeat the Saskatoon Blades 65 down at Ice District. The 20 wins in 28 games sets a franchise record. They’re back on the ice Friday when they host the Red Deer Rebels. NHL action yesterday, Alex Ovetchkin potting goal 909 and a 4-1 Caps win over the Islanders. Chicago would rally from three down defeating the Ducks 5-3. Hurricanes take it in overtime over the Flames one zip. And the Stars win for the fourth straight game 6-1 over the Ottawa Senators. Oilers will kick off a five-game home stand tomorrow night against the Wild coming off a four nothing win in Seattle Saturday afternoon. Five games are on the NHL tonight. And the Raptors in a mini slump. They drop their second straight 1694 to the Knicks. They’re back in action tomorrow against Portland. Nine games are on the NBA tonight, including the Suns visiting the Lakers. Sports update brought to you by Windsor Plywood. Leuke, locally owned and operated, serving Leuke and the surrounding area since 1993. Doors, flooring, baseboards, and of course, plywood. Go see the knowledgeable staff at Windsor Plywood Leuke. Steuart Skinner, get on your feet. He can’t be beat. He’s a winner. Steuart Skinner. Oh, what a treat. Get out your seat. The haters went silent. They’ve got nothing to say. Real fans are on their feet are plotting his play. 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We’ll do your SY’s Monday Night Football Challenge and of course the wrap for William Hoff sound of the day and the Royal Pizza text of the day going out there. Let’s get to a little kind of easy trivia for Mr. Mike’s where we have hit 55 in a row in the 957 Cruise Famera. Whoever’s playing today will have a chance to win a gift certificate to Mr. Mike’s. now open. New location in Bonnie Dune. You’re going to want to check that out as quickly as you can. Check out mr.ca for more details. You can order online. Skip the dishes door dash. Mr. Mike’s eat locally, enjoy casually. Trev, who do we find today? This is AK. AK. Just straight up AK. AK. All right. This better not be Aaron Corollnick from TSN 1050. That what a twist. That would be out of nowhere. Uh, all right. Let’s go to AK this morning. AK, you ready to play? I’m ready, guys. All right, we are looking to tie Deaggio’s 56game streak. So, uh, please don’t blow it, AK. Here we go. Trevor, start the ticker. I have to read the first question. Good luck, man. Thank you. Who did the Oilers beat on Saturday? Seattle Kraken. Which goalie had a shut out for the Oilers? Steuart Skinner. Which baseball team calls Seattle home? The Mariners. What position does Bo Knicks play? Quarterback. What sport does Austin Reeves play? Basketball. Boom. Five for five. Huge sports nerd. I love it. Take that, Deagio. I said it. I’m number five. Are you kidding me? That’s right. Who do you think you are? I am. Get it right. You can’t have a newcomer come in and steal a show. That’s a ped. Oh, we’ve been strong. And we’re just playing by the rules. Oh, you better believe that’s abandoned. And I was in Miami with my new beach house. Well, it was a couple minutes from the beach. That’s abandoned. The first year we took it to the limit. Take it to the limit. You cannot come to my house. No. No. No. Not today. You cannot come to my house. No. No. No. Not today. 56 and O. And not a squeaker. 56 in a row. Solid win. Automatic. Never end in doubt with AK. Could have stopped at the three, but he nailed the five for five. AK stands for always knows. Yeah. Everything. Goes five out of five. Nails it. You’re right. I didn’t even throw one away. No. Like even knew what sport Austin Reeves plays. You took him around the block and he met you. I like it. That was uh that was pretty good. Tomorrow we’ll look to set the new record. 57. It’s a big day tomorrow. The prize remains the same. A gift certificate to delicious delicious Mr. Mike’s, but at the same time, it’s going to mean a lot more tomorrow. Then we’re into no man’s land. Then you go into Mr. Mike with that GC. You say, “I broke the manual’s record.” That’s that you sit at the bar and you Yeah. It’s one of those discussions you can kind of break. I want you to say like, let’s say a guy named Steve wins tomorrow. I want him to go into uh Mr. Mikey, maybe even the new location of Bonnie Dune and say, “Hi, I’m Steve Deaggio.” See what they say. See what they say. All right, let’s get into three questions too many today. Lieutenant Eric, do you have a liner for the segment? Three questions too many brought to you by the great staff at Park Mazda and dealer principal Mitch Lewiki where he trash talks like Jaguars punter Logan Cook. Park, your deal for life. You brought it up. I had already I was trying I was trying to somehow but Oh, no. This is too good. It’s just It comes out of nowhere. Plug our socials quickly first, then we’ll dive into the question. Keep Edmonton Sports Talk. Subscribe to the channel. Our pursuit of 13.5,000 continues. And smash the thumbs up as well. Give us a like today on the show. Uh Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook, Edmonton Sports Talk, and uh Twitter Sports Talk. Apparently, there’s a lot of funny stuff happening over on our Instagram account. People are loling all over the place. Ah, yes. Uh all right. So, you you retweeted this Titans Julius Chestnut. Great name, by the way. name. Julius Chestnut. Sounds like a character in a Christmas movie. Oh, who’s coming over for dinner today? Oh, it’s good old Julius Chestnut. Well, maybe he’ll pen a letter to old Saint Nick here over the next couple of days. Actually, you know what I like for Christmas? For Logan Cook not to kill me. If you miss Santa’s first appearance of the year, scroll back on YouTube to about 6:30 today. Uh, all right. Titans Julius Chestnut on his scuffle with Jaguars punter Logan Cook. Punter. This is his quote. Not not a not a lineman, like a punter. The punter kickers, you might want to go ear muffs on this. Uh, so Julius Chet Chestnut says that Logan Cook said this. Uh, he go, this is what Julius Chestnut says. He goes, “I was just trying to play hard. He came up to me and said he was going to kill me.” I I love it. Like, what’s going on here? So Julius Chestnut gets into a scuffle with the Jags punter Logan Cook and Logan Cook comes up to him and says, “I’m going to kill you.” What’s that about, man? Calm down. The The Jags were up. I mean, they were rolling in this game. There’s no reason to say you’re going to kill somebody. Well, in the scuffle, like Chestnut’s not a tall man. Cook’s got like a good half a foot on him. And Cook runs up to him and gets right in the like he’s not messing around. He says, “I’m going to kill you and I’m going to kill you.” Just that’s uh that’s a tough look. That’s a bit of a tough look. He came up to me and said he’s going to kill me. It’s just great. Yeah, I was just trying to play hard. He came up to me and said he was going to kill me. A punter. A punter. That’s uh punters and kickers listening right now are like, “Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about.” Yeah. It’s good for the friend. Yeah. The punt the punter gets a chance to make how many tackles a year? Five. And we laugh. Get them. And usually and usually they they like stutter step and then the returner just runs right by them. Yeah. Cook 65230 for a punter. Well, that’s a big boy. He’s a drinker, but uh pretty big boy nonetheless. All right, question number one, guys. What is your favorite Christmas tradition or anything in the month of December? So, like favorite holiday tradition, I guess. I enjoy college bowl season. You do, don’t you? I really How was your rivalry weekend? Did you enjoy that? It was great. It was just fantastic. Uh the money’s coming in for Keifin as well. I believe he’s making 13 mil a year. It’s a How long’s the term the contract? Do we know? Just so we can calculate the buyout next here. Yeah, exactly. Well, it’s uh it’ll be interesting. Um no, I love I love both season. I know my brother and Maddie kind of always get a uh they do the pickhams every every single bull. I mean the bull the names of the bulls we always have a fun lap with a good time. It’s nice during Christmas when it’s cold here and you’re watching a game down in like you know uh El Paso, Texas and it’s hot and it’s just I don’t know it’s nice to have on because you see teams playing each other that wouldn’t normally play each other for pretty much nothing. Um but it’s it’s it’s fun. So I I will go keeping it with a sports style and attitude. College Football Bowl season, of course, championship weekend next weekend with some uh good games as well. Trav, what’s your favorite holiday tradition, buddy? This is This is interesting. Uh, I’ll go with uh maybe if it’s sports related, probably the World Juniors. Yeah, I look forward to the What about non-sports related? Uh, bingo at supper. Every night we play bingo for prizes. So, when you’re when you’re home at Christmas time, that’s what happens. Yeah, grandma. It’s grandma’s favorite game. It’s a tradition. My grandma uh loved bingo, too. It was my favorite tradition. We play bingo and uh we got that was our first little gift of the year. We got two gifts and it was always so much fun. And uh Yeah. Oh, that’s that’s What do you guys use? A little roller there for the ball. That’s nice. And grandma would always do it. She was so involved. She was in charge of that. She is Yeah, she is a bingo holic. She loves bingo. Yep. Oh, that sounds nice. I uh I did love yesterday like setting up the tree. That’s good. That’s a really fun time. You’re in. Yeah, that’s a really fun time. I do. I do like I I like And then we save it. We don’t turn on the Christmas lights outside till the tree is up, even if I already had them up. And then Tam and the kids have a glass of eggnog to kind of kick off the season. I have a glass of chocolate milk cuz I think eggnog is gross. We kind of have a cheers and uh and then Christmas season’s on, you know. It’s uh beautiful. So, I think setting up the Christmas tree might be my favorite tradition of the holidays. That’s a good one. But we do a lot of like we’ll go out to Rador, see the lights, that’s always a fun tradition. Candy Cane Lane. Candy Cane Lane. We didn’t hit it last year, but we’re we’re going to go this year for sure. That’s a good time. Trev, you should go to Candy Cane Lane. I went last year. Oh, you did go last year. Yeah. Oh, did you enjoy it? I thought it was fun. Yeah, it was cool. That kind of blow you away a bit. Yeah, it was pretty sweet. Yeah. All right. What’s your favorite Christmas tradition, everybody? 78021899.99. Question number two, guys. What are your expectations for the Oilers fivegame home stand? Two. Two and one. Oh man. 500 at home. That’s what they are right now. I know. I know. I mean, I don’t You’re pro You’re probably close to accurate on it. Well, let’s let’s dive into it. I mean, I didn’t even I without looking here. So, the Wild tomorrow, Kraken Thursday. Yeah. Jets Saturday night. So, it’s all spread out. Be a day off in between. Yeah. To practice, which is very important. They love practice time. Uh you get the Sabres on Monday. It’s Tuesday. Oh, Tuesday. So there’s two days off. There’s there’s practice day and an off day. Basically two weeks of Tuesday, Thursday with a Saturday wedged in between. They finish it off next Thursday against Detroit. So you think I’m sure two I’m just I mean to me if they go two and one it’s a disappointing home state. Yes. Because they played good at home this year. Um well 52 except they’ve been spanked a couple times at home horribly. Uh Trev, what’s your expectation for this? I’ll just say this now. If they don’t go four and one on this home stand, I think it’s a disappointment. You’re trying to get your trying to get your season on track. You’re coming off one of your best games of the year. It’s not a daunting list of teams that are coming in. I mean, Minnesota’s had they’ve been awesome lately, but you’ve already just beaten Seattle. You should have a revenge game loading against Buffalo. I would hope the Jets don’t have Connor Halibuck. They’re beatable. And then Detroit’s Detroit. So to me, if you’re trying to get your season back on track and you’re desperate right now, you got to go 4- one in this home stand. So that’s my expectation. My expectation is, yeah, they haven’t been good yet this year. This is set up nicely for them to turn their season around. 4-1 or it’s a disappointment. You’re saying they’re back. I’m not saying they’re back. I’m saying if they go 4-1 this home stand, I’ll have the conversation. Absolutely. I like that, man. This is more difficult than one would expect just cuz it’s such a hard team to get a read on. Uh, can they carry the momentum over? Uh, if we look back, they they haven’t been able to, but is is this different now? Are they, you know, so h I’m going to go with three and two. I’ll go three and two, but I I agree with and that’s still meh to me. Three and two is me. Yeah, it is meh. Like people have people text stupid Peter just texted and said 3-1 and one. Yeah. Okay. So, seven of 10. That’s, you know, that’s solid. But if you’re trying to get your season back on track, win four of these five games at home. I agree. If they only win two of these five games and then they got to go on the road for five more before Christmas and we’re talking Christmas here, like you got to get this this is this is the part of the season where it’s go time now. You’ve got through October, November, and oh, the Oilers aren’t good in October and November. And we question everything about the team from leadership to depth to coaching to the general manager to goending. Like we’ve already questioned it all. It’s time now for this team to get it going. You got a fivegame home stand against competition that you should be better than most nights. Go take care of business. Win four of them. Get your season on track. 78021899 if you’d like to chime in there. Question number three. This is interesting. Dustin, do you think you should start to make the questions a little more difficult on kind of easy trivia? Say that name again. Which name? The name of the segment in which we’re Oh, it’s called kind of easy trivia. Yeah. So, I mean I that’s the kind of the point. It’s not stump the Schwab here, right? Like you’re not trying to No, but I mean I these are these are layups. Like these are layups. It’s kind of always 55 56 layups in a You’ve never like quizzed people like No, but we also did extend the ticker a little bit. Oh, right. Aren’t we using a ticker that’s like two seconds longer? There’s two versions of the ticker. Yeah, we’ve got an extended ticker that we’re hidden. So, are we looking at changing the game? Oh, we’ve been we’ve been doing the extended ticker for like a year. Yeah. It’s not like we just started and we went to N. Are you moving the goalposts? Oh, there somebody’s asking, should we make Should I start to make Trev, you look, you’ve got a you brow is your brow is down. And I’m just thinking, no, I I completely agree. Kind of easy trivia. It’s kind of easy. This is how we’ve done it. This is how we’re always going to do it. I know. But I think I could make it a little bit more difficult, but it could be described still as kind of easy. Maybe four easy is one one slightly harder question because I would say right now it’s to get younger on board. Yeah. It’s super easy trivia. It’s more than kind of easy. I see where this guy’s getting this question from. It’s he’s losing interest. It’s insanely easy trivia right now. Yeah. And then is 56 and0 really that impressive if it’s it’s still impressive. Let’s not take anything away from the streak. Okay. But yeah, do I kind of easy trivia in the States is much more exciting. We need to change the game here. I think is what this is a great text. So in the 6:00 hour we had two hockey stories that came in. Ryan from Sask fell while showing a power skating drill to his son’s U7 team and dislocated his shoulder and broke his humorris. And then Grumpy Cat on Friday night, one of our listeners as well, broke his ankle in three spots at men’s league, like at Wreck League. This text comes in, says, “Good morning. This is Grumpy Cat’s dad. As you know, he’ll be out of the hockey lineup for 6 to 8 weeks with a lower body injury. He must have zoned out as a kid when skating lessons were happening. I guess I’m at fault on this one. Get well soon, son. God, father and son. Warms my heart. But ends it with a get well. Yeah. Yeah. You should have paid attention. But it’s my fault. But when we were teaching you how to skate. That’s uh that’s a good one. Luke in Cowtown says, “Isn’t that a new game then, Dusty? Slightly harder trivia.” You I know, but I think I think I’ve made the trivia significantly easier over the last three years. Yeah, you should take out the Canadian requirement. That’s a ratio. I’m just trying to football. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um I don’t know, man. I think I’ll probably keep going the way it is. I also don’t want the heat of when the streak ends. Somebody’s be like, “Dusty, those questions are way too hard.” Well, exactly. You can’t change it now. No, we got to keep rolling on this. Poor Sap who comes on and you’re like, “Oh, what’s Yeah, seven times seven.” Who finished fourth in the Canadian Football League regular season standings this year? Sure. That’s a tough one. Many of us know it’s the Calgary Stampeders, but off the top, the lights are bright. Actually, it wasn’t the Calgary Stamp. See, even I didn’t get it right. That’s just And I I I bleed for the league. Keep the game as it is. Leave it as is, he says. Leave it as is. Chad Jenkins over the chat says just yes or no or true or false. Nah, that’s uh that’s a little bit too much. Bajio says add a calculus question. No, it does make a throw like you calculus question would look like. Give me a calculus problem. Let’s see. Let’s see. For example, find the slope of fx = x² at x= 3. How about no? I think I’m probably just going to uh just going to leave that one. All right, here’s the best. Here’s a message, kids. You probably don’t really need calculus learn training. Actually, I think my sister might teach calculus in high school in Victoria. Let’s get her on the line. Yeah, I think she I She smashes records in the past. Five out of five for the calculus question. Yeah, my sisters are major huge nerds. Yeah. Not me. I got the looks in the family. Uh, all right. Portions of this hour brought to you by Hammer Injury Law. Serious injuries need a hammer. If you’ve been injured in a motor vehicle accident, understand your rights and get the compensation you deserve. Rick Mallet of Hammer Injury Law took four calculus classes and has over 35 years of injury law experience. Doesn’t even need them. 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Yeah. How do they screw up on the final race of the year? We’ll get into uh we’ll get into that. And hey, the Oilers Steuart Skinner shut out. The Oilers four nothing win. The big boy scoring. The leadership group has says enough already and goes out and gets the win for their club. We’re going to get into all of that with Walking Gage. He’s coming up right now. Let’s get to a sports update with Lieutenant Eric. Well, as Destiny mentioned, Oilers coming off a four nothing win Saturday afternoon in Seattle. They’re back home tomorrow to kick off a five-game home stand against the Minnesota Wild. Action from yesterday. Alex Ovetkin goal 9009 leading Washington over the Islanders 4-1. Connor Bernard had a pair. Chicago would rally to knock off the Ducks 5-3. Nikolai Eer is winning in overtime. Hurricanes one- nothing over the Flames. And the Stars, they win for the fourth straight time, 6-1 over the Ottawa Senators. Five games around the NHL tonight. Week 13 in the NFL wraps up tonight. Giants visiting the Patriots. You can join me for this one at Sully Sports Bar and Lounge. Centry Casino Fort Road. Loaded burgers and beer on special. Sunday nighters saw the Broncos win a thriller on the road in overtime 2726 over the Commanders. Back over to hockey. The Edmonton Oil Kings back home. They knocked off the Blades yesterday 6-5. Make it 20 wins on the campaign for the Oil Kings. That’s such a franchise record as they have 20 wins through the first 28 games. Oil Kings will remain at home and get set to host the Rebels Friday night. And the Raptors in a mini slump. They dropped their second straight 11694 to the Knicks. They’re back on the court tomorrow against Portland. Nine games in the NBA tonight, including the Suns visiting the Lakers. Walking gauge up next to talk Oilers and F1. Step inside Rogers Place. We’re a dangerous team when we’re when we’re rolling and we’re healthy. And we are healthy. Cup is on the line, baby. Come and get it done. 16 wins. Yeah, they’re going on a run. Looking to advance, going deep in the dance. Hop on the bandwagon. Let’s hear the fans. Special place to play, honestly. So much history. These fans, it’s great to hear their sport. Every single night’s coming up, baby. Going to be a fight. Six games, five games. How about a sweep ticket price? Yeah, they’re going to be steep. Yeah. Changing 200. Yeah. Come on. It’s a play. Crank it up. It’s a play. Take the Let’s go win the Stanley. Got to get the cup. Let’s go win the sand. Come on. Lift it up. Let’s go with the slay. Waited long enough. It’s time. No more wait for the oil. It’s the fate. Yeah. Listen. First gear, second gear, third gear. Go. McDavid 97 needs a oneman show. Dry saddle. Got to love the noo. Boo skinner and pics need to be huge. Be huge. They got to squeeze a little. Squeeze a little. Squeeze a little more. Get the bottom six to find a way to score. One time over time. Got to find a way. Jack must be going insane. Yeah. Cheery little more. It’s a play. Crank it up. It’s a play. Take the Let’s go win the Stanley. Got to get the 834. Let’s go. Hey, let’s go win three in a row. Right. That’s what they’re probably saying right now. Sure. Right now. Well, two in a row and then eventually, you know, three in a row uh after that. So, you know, start small, but then maybe we’re banging that out again come playoff time on 957 Cruz FM. If you haven’t been with us on TuneIn and iHeart and YouTube for the last couple of playoff runs, we’ve had a we’ve had quite a time. It’s been a It’s been a good time. Uh Neilson show brought to you by Whis Johnson. Whis Johnson who text us in the Paris Jewelers inbox. One of your text messages will end up winning the Royal Pizza text of the day. We’ll get to Ger in a second, but I can’t get past this. St. St. Louis Blues today announcing that Jimmy Snugroot suffered a left wrist injury and will require surgery. He’s going to be re-evaluated again in 6 weeks. And then it says, “In addition, the Blues have listed Alexi Torpchenko as weak to weak after he sustained scalding burns to his legs in a home accident.” Wasn’t there a Panther that had a barbecuing accident, too, like a couple weeks back? There’s been there’s been a few weird injuries in the National Hockey League, but how do you in your home sustain scalding burns to both your legs? I remember once on a golf trip down in Radium, we were making dinner and we’d been drinking lots that day and somebody dropped like a scalding hot plate of mushrooms. Like the pot of mushroom, the pan of mushrooms, tilted over and they all the mushrooms fell on my calves and I was like, “Ah, melting.” So, is that what happened here? Did somebody drop mushrooms on his legs? Thinking like maybe bacon grease. Some sort of grease. Bacon grease. Yeah. So he’s making bacon and it spilled on him. The handle. The handle just breaks. Snaps off. Grease all over. He got into a bathtub and it was way too hot. That happens. That happens. What if there’s like some sort of hot pipe down by your furnace and you got pushed in against it? Yeah. Could that happen? I don’t know. Crawling across the stove. He was climbing. He was climbing up by the cupboards and then slipped and fell onto the stove. Yeah. And the burners were on. Never know. He just loves to climb those cupboards. Yeah, that’s what it was. Kind of what he likes to do. Somebody came over and pulled a hilarious prank on his hot tub and he didn’t know it and he got in and it was way too hot. Yeah. Anyway, any other suggestions or reasons how Torpenko is out week to week after sustaining scalding burns to his legs? Both legs. Both legs. One leg. one leg. Both legs is kind of a makes you think. Deicky Spark says frozen turkey dropped into the big deep fryer is my guess. That happens. 78021899. Really takes the shine off the Snuggeroot injury though. Like nobody’s like hockey Jimmy here. I mean uh All right, let’s get to this. By God, it’s Gager’s music. T R S T R S Drop that wing and try your best. Get up close. You’ve got to press. Must be within 1 second or less. Show that speed. Please don’t swirl. Hey, look out. Here comes a curve. Hit the button. Be ambitious. Goodbye Mikey. Too judicious. Around the world they will prance. Red Bull ring to Paris, France. And you never want to finish second past. Push on and refuse to lose. Drop the wing and then use DLS. DS DLS. Former Ebbiton Oiler, co-host of EST Afternoons, and two guys in a goalie. F1 enthusiast and finance expert. And finance expert. Yeah, he must have taken calculus. Uh, Gager is going to join us on our Firehouse Subs hotline today. At Firehouse Subs, all the subs are freshly toasted, stacked high, and crafted to satisfy. Each sub is piled high with premium meats, melty cheese, toasted to perfection. Firehouse Subs brings bold flavor to every bite, all served on a freshly toasted roll. Gager, how many different calculus classes did you take before you got into finance? Um, actually the calculation to do that is quite complex. I’ll get back to you on that. You know what? I trust you. I believe what you said right there. I want him writing equations on the walls here. Uh, all right. We’re going to get to the others in a second, Gage, but we got to start with Formula 1. How much of a mess is McLaren after this weekend? Um, it w it was just fascinating, right? like the it’s it’s basically a no-brainer. At first, I’m like, “Oh my gosh, I think her name’s Hannah, the she does the the she’s the strategist for Red Bull, and she’s been like saw after by every other team cuz she seems to just hit it out of the park.” But when you get the accident that early in this race and you don’t pit and every other team does it and you could hear it in both voices of both drivers of Lando and Oscar just saying we’re we’re done that we we we won’t be able to do anything here. And Max just Max being Max hits it out of the park again. And now it uh I mean it’s great for for racing in itself just for it to come down to the last race to see who the champion is. I think that’s great. But McLaren has got to be looking at themselves and going you know at the summer break. We all thought it was over. It was the constructors was bit was tied up at that point and it was just who’s going to be the champion? It’s either going to be Oscar or Orlando. And the fact that Max Versstappen is now second in the driver’s championship is is unbelievable. And he is he is throwing mind grenades at McLaren every chance he gets. Like before this uh before this weekend, he said, “Look, if I essentially, I’m paraphrasing here, but essentially if I had that equipment, the driver’s championship would have been over a long time ago.” Well, and it’s easy to laugh at McLaren right now. I think Norris had a quote. I want to go to bed after the race. That was the only thing he said. But you’re right, looking at McLaren’s easy, but you know, you got to give credit to Versappen and the Red Bull team, right? And you mentioned my for Stappen talking to Brown called me Chucky. Um Tim Heraney quotes it as perfect strategy from Red Bull. So I mean it is McLaren kind of falling apart down the stretch, but do you like Max going into the Y Marina here and just what Red Bull are doing as opposed to what McLaren aren’t? Well, he’s he’s done it before, right? It’s it’s come he’s got the he has prior experience in winning in the last race although it’s uh being a little latifi-ish and you know if you look back and Lando does win this right and it it comes down to the wire you could probably look at Antonyelli as as a as a modern-day Nicholas Latifi right if he doesn’t just lose it in that one corner and it’s a difference of two points for Lando but he does get past Anteneelli the last few laps there that that could make the difference in the in the championship. And you could kind of hear it in Max. Uh his voice goes, “Oh, well, there’s there’s nothing really we can do about it.” But um and then he took Max out a few a few races ago, too, right? So, I mean, would a could a shoulda 2020 vision in the in the in the rearview mirrors? You’re always going to make different decisions, but um no, it’s uh I don’t know if I think just the pressure of Max being behind them causes the team at McLaren just to like they’re they’re they can’t focus straight. They’re they’re too focused on what Red Bull and what Max are doing and can’t they can’t seem to get out of their own way cuz guys this this thing should have been over two races ago. Here are the scenarios for the championship right now. Lando’s got 48 points. Max has 396. Pastri has 392. Lando Norris will win if he finishes P3 or higher. So he just has the podium. He’s the champion. Vers Stappen will win if he wins and Norris is fourth or worse. He can finish second if Lando’s eighth or worst and Pastry is third or worst. And he can finish third if Norse is nine or Pastry is second or worse. And then Pastri can win if he finishes first and Lando is sixth or lower or he finishes second and Lando’s 10th or lower and Versappen’s fourth or lower. So there are seven different or six different combinations that will lead to a championship here. Gager, um I think I know you are you picking Max Vstappen to win this thing or can Lando just podium and get the job done? You you got to think that like they both did such good like they were they were both good. Oscar was great over the weekend. It was the team to uh that messed up. But it I think it’s like a three-prongong thing. You you need three things to win a race. You need the driver, you need the car, and you need the the the proper strategy, right? Red Bull’s been hitting all three for for the past three, four races. McLaren, it’s always one or one of those three things that they’re just not hitting on. And this weekend was the strategy side of things. I got to I got to feel that the the amount of work they’re going to be putting in cuz the car is a rocket ship. Both drivers are coming off like Oscar looked amazing and he’d been struggling in the previous like three or four races. I thought uh Lando looks looks good in that car, too. So, the car looks good, the drivers look good. It’s just the the the team has to pull it together. Pit stops, strategy. If they hit that out of the park, I think I think we will probably see Lando uh become take his first world championship. Uh going back to Saturday afternoon, Gage uh Oilers with a I mean text booked here. I mean all the big hitters came out with a goal and an assist uh in in McDavid. Dry settlement RNH 26 save shut out for Steuart Skinner. PK was excellent. Six for six, hitting all the high notes. Um forwards, back, checking, like one of those games you’re like, okay, this is we’re pumping the brakes on saying they’re back. Obviously, um this team hasn’t shown that yet, the pendulum swings. But before we get into the home stand, I guess back to Saturday and your thoughts on that win in Seattle. Um it was it was a good effort. Uh I think you know, you you don’t know what you don’t have until it’s gone and you inject Ryan Nan Hopkins into the lineup. This team looks a little bit better. Uh Heman seems to I still think there’s a ways to go for Heyman to get back to where a normal Zack Heyman plays, but you know, scoring a goal that might help his his progress. Stu Skinner was really good. And they and they played a really good hockey hockey game just like you they should be playing, right? And although I don’t think it was Seattle’s best, Edmonton didn’t really allow them to have a good game, right? And every t chance they a little bit of push they uh they they snubbed out that fire. But guys, to me, and maybe maybe I’m wrong here, and you can correct me, but it seems when the Oilers are playing well, it’s it looked to me it was changing a little bit. Oh, we can take our foot off the gas. We got this game, right? And I was going, uh-oh, this isn’t a good sign. Like, where’s the where’s the killer instinct? And I and I look to Con Connor Clattenburgg again, this this young kid that he made the Oilers have to play a full 60 minutes because there there’s no off switch with this guy. Like he doesn’t know how to play uh half speed. So what does he do? They’re up three nothing or four nothing at the time and he goes and runs a guy and gets fully the the the Kraken can’t stand it cuz they’re they’re losing and they’re losing their minds. But everyone else it’s it kept the core and everyone else engaged in that game physically and mentally because of the physical play of Connor Clattenburg. He he he made the Edmonton Oilers have to play a full 60 because that game was getting so intense. Right. So I do you think he’s going to stick around longer than they originally thought? Dusty, they don’t have that in their lineup. No, they don’t. I know they don’t. Every other team has something like that. And I I looked at that although the Edmonton Oilers were were It looked like they were cruising, but I thought there would be like maybe the crack and get a couple goals, you know, and make it look a little bit more respectable because the Oilers had taken their foot off the gas. and this kid just doesn’t allow them to do that. If the it would be a huge mistake, especially at this time when face it, there’s just they’re still trying to get their feet under him at this point to allow that piece of a puzzle for a winning team to go. Um because he he’s kind he’s in that unicorn category and he just beats the wheels off Gro too, right? What does what does this say about the rest of the team though? a 20-year-old kid who everybody thinks needs more AHL seasoning is the one who sparked your team right now. Well, I look to Well, it’s a little bit of both. It’s a It’s a lot of Clattenburg with a little spicing of Tom Gazola, right? To to get under the and and get everyone going, too. So, you got Leon and the guys fired up the Giants. It might have. It might have, right? We’ve seen it in the past when uh when Mr. Matson uh called Leon pissy, right, and got him going. Maybe they they and I know you hate to hear this Dusty, but when Michael Jordan would have to find things to motivate him and when he did they it made the world of difference to keep him engaged in the game and maybe maybe I mean Tommy’s nice to look at but maybe that his picture’s up in Leon stall right now and that’s the motivation he’s he’s got to to be a little bit more engaged. You think the greatest of all time would be able to find a way to selfm motivate self motivate as opposed to needing something, you know? Well, that’s No, he would just go and grab probably McKinnon and Crosby and try to drag him to a new team. All right, Gage, your good stuff, buddy. Uh, we’ll see you around later today on EST Afternoons. Can’t wait. All right, there you go. That’s Walking Gage. Uh, EST Afternoons every day from 1 until 3. If you are listening on 957 Cruise FM, we love you. Uh, thank you very much for being here. We’re going to get you back to more classic rock right away. But if you want highly entertaining, very informative sports talk the rest of the day. Uh download iHeart TuneIn. They’re free apps. Hop over on YouTube. It’s free there as well. Go to evidence of sports talk.com. It’s free there. We stream the rest of the day and we’ve got a great lineup. The hangout will be up from 9 to 11 today. The lock shop I’m going to be doing from home today. There’s So the Muzz isn’t feeling well. So Marshall, who took his stay at home course, is with her right now. man of the house. Then I’m whipping home right after the morning show. I’m going to take Marsh to school. Then I’ll go home and be with Elizabeth. Uh Reed’s going to do oil stream today. But I couldn’t bail on lock shop to start a week after all the heat I’ve been taking. So the muzzle just I don’t know lay on the couch and watch a show or something while I do usually does it from his like it’s actually a throwback. The lock shop started with me in my basement. So, uh, so I’ll be doing Lock Shop from 11:00 12, Oil Stream from 12 until 1:00, EST afternoons from 1 until 3, and then the Reed Wilin Show from 3 until 6:00. All highly entertaining programs. Uh, we think you’ll like it. So, uh, you know, please check it out. Uh, this text comes in. Uh, first time they’ve texted and it says, “Dusty, great hearing you on Cruise FM. Struggled to listen live previously. It’s the best sports show in the city. Great way to start the day.” C, just the letter C. Love it. Very much a mystery man. Okay. All right. Let’s get to your SY’s Monday Night Football Challenge. Join Lieutenant Derek tonight. Where will you be, buddy? Yeah. Uh SY Sports Bar and Lounge. Central Casino Fort Road. Free heating under underground parking. Two levels uh as well. Should mention that. Uh loaded burgers on special tonight. Beer. Grumpy Cat will be by with his freshly broken ankle. I’m sure. Um surgery in the morning, Sully’s at night. That’s how you do if you’re a team player. So, he’s got to be there. If not, I’m calling him out tomorrow. Yeah, you should. Yeah. Yeah. Surgery in the morning. I mean, you got time to wheel them in. It’ll be a good time tonight. We have an early bird bet up right now. Patriots to win. Trayvon Henderson anytime touchdown. Juan Dale Robinson four receptions or more. That is plus 185. Uh, as for this, let’s see. Still sitting at seven. Still sitting at seven. If you like the Giants plus seven points tonight, text Giants to 7821899.99. If you like the Patriots minus the seven, text Patriots. If you get it correct, you go into a draw to win a gift certificate. If it’s a push at 7, if this game finishes 28-21 or something like that, uh, both sides will go into the draw. You win a gift. One of them tomorrow, Eric will draw a name. One of you will win a gift certificate to Celly’s Sports Bar and Lounge. Tenure did mention that there was some chatter about Patriots fans being a little worried about this. So, what do you think? Are you on the Giants or you on the Giants? You’re on the Giants. A little interesting. I wasn’t even uh I wasn’t even ready. There we go. You didn’t know? You better call somebody. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages tonight, Degeneration X proudly brings to you it’s six time WWE tag team champions of the world. The road dog, Jesse James, the badass Billy Gun, the new age outlaws. I love when he does that. All right, so Eric’s on the Giants. But Patriots, Giants. Let’s see here. A text coming in. Giants. Patriots. Giants. Patriots. Back and forth here. It’s a nice 50/50. Giants. Patriots. Wow. Yeah, it’s smack dab right down the middle. Fergus Prostate says, “I plan to darken the door at Sy’s.” Uh oh. Can’t wait. He’s coming off a knee surgery. Oh, he’s more committed than Grumpy. Sounds like it. Uh, all right. Oh, also should note the Reed Wilkins show today from 3 until 6, they will have Mark Kllum. He’s the head coach of your Edmonton Elks. Uh, Mark Kllum in studio from 4 until 5 today. So, from 4 until 5 this afternoon, Mark Kllum in studio answering your questions, asking or answering a bunch of great questions from uh Reed and Jay as well. So, Muzz is at home today uh with Marshall for the morning and I’m going to get home. She’s not feeling well anyway. So, she’s got her iPads. So, she texts she’s been texting both. Okay. She’s got my iPad and Tammy’s iPad. So, she’s like texting both of us and I can’t tell where it’s going, but every time she she’s only eight, so it’s cute. She goes, “Hi, this is Muzz. Marshall is asking if he could play video games. Who’s running the show?” Well, that’s who’s in command here. Yeah. Then she just texts me again from Taz phone. That one was from my iPad to Tammy. And now she’s texting me from Tammy’s iPad to me. And it all comes up the same chat. She goes, “Hi, it is Muzz. How are you?” I said, “Doing good. Home soon.” It’s funny. I just I don’t We We don’t want our kids to get phones, obviously, cuz they’re eight and 10. I don’t I don’t want them to get phones, so like they’re driving, but it’s fun texting with your children. It’s hilarious. Something. Yeah, that’s kind of fun. Uh, all right, let’s get into the rap for William Huff. If you want your place to look as good as ours, williamhoff.com, baby. They’ve been doing it since 1952. Best in the biz. Not even close. Williamhuff.com. What did we learn on the show today, boys? Uh, I again, I think Mike Taneer mentioned way back when that he was a teacher. Yes. I didn’t know that it was calculus, but the Joe Flacco drop was the one that I’m pulling away from that. Didn’t know that he taught Flaco. Mike Tir taught calculus to Joe Flacco. A young Joey Flacco. We’ve come full circle. We also learned that Santa is back. A good time indeed was had. If you can come up with any sort of a Santa letters, send them in. Email them. Just email them. Dustinports talk.com. What was the one here? I’ll just read one in normal voice. Uh, dear Santa, I’ve tried to be a good boy so far this year, but it’s not always easy. Sometimes I’m too generous, and I give out 8-year contracts when they’re completely unnecessary. I’ll try to do that less in the future. For Christmas this year, I’d really love two things: additional cap space and an upgrade between the pipes. I’m not picky. anyone will do. Also, if you convince Connor to stay beyond 2028, that would be great. Signed, Lil Stanley Bowman. And then we had this one as well. We had a couple of them. But let’s start by saying that by the definition of the term, I haven’t really been a good boy this year. This year for Christmas, I’d really like $5 million to help cover my bail. I promise I won’t take part in any rigged poker games ever again. Signed, Lil Chanty Bips. Little Chanty Bilips. Lil Chanty Bilips. Uh, so yeah, if you have a letter to Santa, email them to dustin evertonports.com and I’ll pass them along to the big fella. Uh, all right. Sound of the day today. Let’s give Stewie Skin some love, shall we? Hey, why not? Let’s go original Stewie Skin song. He’s a winner, Steuart Skinner. Get on your feet. He can’t be beat. He’s a winner, Steuart Skinner. Oh, what a treat. Get out your seat. The haters went silent. They’ve got nothing to say. Real fans are on their feet applauding his play. He’s locking it down between the pipes. He’s just shutting the door every night. Other teams, they don’t know what to do. So say it with me. His name is Stew. He’s a winner. Stewart Skinner. He’s not like luster. We love his duster. He’s a winner. Stewart Skinner. Other teams they don’t know what to do. So say it with me. His name is Ste. He’s a winner. Stewart’s dinner. He’s not like Luster. We love his. All right. 857. That’s your sound of the day today. Let’s get to your text of the day, which is brought to you by Royal Pizza. Royal Pizza. It’s the text of the day. Let’s go to DJ Petran who’s going to win text of the day today. Had a few good ones in there, but I think my favorite one was was that from earlier? I bet he didn’t. So, uh Ryan from Sask who broke his deslocated his shoulder and broke his humorous. DJ Petron took advantage of this and he’s going to win a gift certificate to Royal Pizza. I bet he didn’t find that injury humorous. That’s pretty good. Yeah, he’s got to take Ryan from SKO for a pie. Yeah, he’s got to send him a slice at least. Send him a slice. Send him a slice. Uh, Royal Pizza still making it great with the best and freshest ingredients. You’ll find top-notch service for over 55 years. Order online today, royal pizza. Visit any of their 14 locations in the Edmonton area. What are you watching tonight, buddy? Yeah. Well, uh, again, Monday Night Football week 13 wrapping up in the NFL. Giants Patriots Sully Sports Bar and Lounge Centasino Fort Road. And if you know, you know. They got all the TVs there. So, we’ll have that on. We’ll also have the slate in the NHL tonight. I’m sure. Um, couple of games sticking out here. Uh, Devils, Columbus, Philly, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Winnipeg, St. Louis, Anaheim, San Jose, Utah, and uh, nine games in the NBA tonight, including the Lakers at home. Yeah, I’m going be watching that Lakers Suns game. What time is that one starting? It’s uh, 8:00. That’s a later one. So, yeah, I’ll probably dive into that. LeBron didn’t play last night, so he should be playing tonight. And the Lakers, uh, they’re not an OKC Thunder Wagon, but they’re a pretty good team. They’re a pretty good team. An uncovered wagon. Like, yeah, they’re not a stage coach. Are they Chuck or what? Yeah, they’re an uncovered wagon that just carries like hay and stuff. A radio flyer wagon. One of those red ones. Exactly. Uh all right, we’re going to get back to uh classic rock over on 957 Cruise FM. Econoline crush coming up just after 9:00 on TuneIn on iHeart at sports.com and on YouTube. Uh the hangout will be taking place coming up next. Uh the Neielson show today and every day brought to you by Whis Johnson. We setting up an Oilers game tomorrow. Tales of the North as ye old Jesper Walstead, the one they could have had comes to town. The wall of St. Paul as they call him now. Oh, damn. That’s a good name. They got the shirts and everything. It’s Yeah. God, it’s too easy. Should have drafted him. Oh, well, I’m sure there won’t be a Xavier Burggo reference in Tales of the North tomorrow morning. Uh, for YouTube, Trav Lieutenant Eric, I am Dustin Nielson and Santa. December is here. Trev, do you want to sit on my knee? Maybe tomorrow. All right, take it easy tomorrow.

Did the Oilers acutally play a solid 60 minutes of hockey against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday… YUP! Are we going to talk about it and play as many goal songs as possible… YUP! The fellas are back with another edition of The Nielson Show coming your way this fine Monday morning. On today’s show, we’ll recap everyone’s weekends, touch on as much sport as possible from Oilers related to non Oilers related. We will take a serious dive into the Oilers last game and ponder the question, why have we only seen them play like that only three times this year..? And of course hear from our insiders. All that and so much more on another jam packed edition of The Nielson Show right here on Edmonton Sports Talk.

Today’s Guests:

Darren Dreger – TSN

Mike Tanier – Too Deep Zone

Joaquin Gage – EST Afternoons!