Ayden and Cam Moon open the August 18th show from CHED HQ (08-18-26)
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Who are the hosts and what’s the vibe at the start of the August 18th Oilers Now show?
Hey, it's Bob Stoffer. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Oilers Now ad-free on Amazon Music, included with Prime.
Ah, how's it going, Oil Country? What a beautiful Tuesday afternoon here in Edmonton. I am Aiden Ganham, joined alongside by my co-host this week, Cam Moon. Cam, how you doing? Good. It's all coming together. Oh, yeah, it's all coming together. Coming together. Coming together. Uh, we've got a brand uh brand new, great, fun show for you today. Uh, this is Oilers Now on 880 Ched, brought to you by World of Space at 435. Today. Uh the play by play man for the Bakersfield Condors, Ryan Holt, will be joining us. Got to talk to him a lot this season. He's also their PR guys, so uh threw text back and forth trying to line guys up this season. So it'll be fun to get to talk to him when I'm not asking him for a favor.
That'll be uh that'll be fun. Yeah. Uh Lou Korak, he he covers the St. Louis Blues for the NHL on NHL.com. He's also the site editor at the hockey news for the St. Louis Blues. So uh A little bit of that central division continuation, and then we're gonna go even more into the central division at 535 today. Uh from KSL uh sports, the digital insider for the Utah Mammoth, Cole Bagley, will be joining us. I won't lie to you, caught up with him earlier today. So uh that's gonna be a pre-taped conversation. As Bob always says, we never lie to you on this show.
Which new guests are introduced and what roles will Ryan Holt and Lou Korac play on today’s program?
But uh yeah, so uh a loaded show for you today. It's gonna be a fun one. The River Creek Resort and Casino hotline is seven eight zero four five one eighty eight hundred, brought to you by the River Cree Resort and Casino. Don't miss Laurie Morgan, November twenty ninth. Tickets at the RiverCree Resort dot com. Excitement, bet on it. We had some calls on the show yesterday, Cam, and uh oil country seems, you know, pretty excited about what's what's upcoming this year.
Yeah, there seems to be some optimism and that's lovely. Especially at this time of year there should be. You haven't played any games, you still are undefeated. Uh there's some new, you know, faces you're going to see. There it's a different look. It always is. So some things are gonna change, and you'd like to look at it optimistically that it's going to be successful.
So we will see. Oh, for sure. Seven eight zero four five one eighty eight hundred is also the Ashley Fine Floors text line. Find the new floors you've always wanted at one hundred forty third street and a hundred and eleventh Avenue, or head to Ashley Finefloors dot com for more information. Gonna give you a topic today. If you're uh interested in texting into the show, how do you feel about this Edmonton Oilers Blue line heading into the start of the twenty six twenty seven campaign? Because you know it's it It's a brand new look. The Darnell Nurse was a big, big factor in this Edmonton Oilers core over the years. Uh was a huge factor for him getting all the way to the Stanley Cup final, not just once, but twice, provided that leadership provided a little bit of an edge.
And well, now he's a member of the San Jose Sharks. But you know what? The Oilers did bring in Ryan Shea, uh, very, very solid year in Pittsburgh with the Penguins, and it kind of came out of nowhere, but uh he stepped Up to the challenge, a little bit like Darren Radish in his year in Tampa, but on a maybe a little bit more of a smaller scale, of course. Yeah. Uh w is when it comes to point totals. But you know what? Shea, he ate up minutes. Uh he was close to a point every other game, which is not bad for a defenseman by any margin, and he was uh pretty good on the penalty kill for Pittsburgh this year. Uh of course, we're gonna get to see a full season of Connor Murphy in the blue and orange and the
That bottom pair cam, it's gonna be fun to see how it works out this year, 'cause y you've got Emerson, you've got Statsny, you've got uh Muka Madulin, you've got Shea. There's gonna be a ton of competition for that bottom.
Oh yeah, there absolutely will be. And you never know how things go. They d guys get banged up or whatever.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Who are the hosts and what’s the vibe at the start of the August 18th Oilers Now show?
0:00–1:21
2
Which new guests are introduced and what roles will Ryan Holt and Lou Korac play on today’s program?
1:21–4:18
3
How do the hosts evaluate the Edmonton Oilers’ blue‑line changes for the 2026‑27 season?
4:18–9:15
4
What impact will new head coach Mike Babcock have on the Oilers’ defensive strategy and penalty kill?
9:15–13:49
5
Why is cap‑space flexibility considered a key advantage for the Oilers this offseason?
13:49–16:47
6
What’s the significance of the Philadelphia Flyers signing defenseman Hunter McDonald?
16:47–18:37