Ayden Ganam opens the show and shares some thoughts on NHL video games (07-14-26)

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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

Bob Stauffer 0:00

Hey, it's Bob Stauffer. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Oilers Now ad-free on Amazon Music, included with Prime.

Aiden Ganim 0:08

How's it going, everybody? My name is Aiden Ganim, and you are listening to Oilers Now on 880 Ched, brought to you by World of Spas. Man, I woke up this morning, and I miss hockey. I wanted to be back as soon as possible. I know we got such a long ways away, but I just miss the feeling at the rink, man. Seeing Oil Country go absolutely insane and get hyped up for their team, and I'm missing it. I'm missing it a little bit extra today.

What opening thoughts does Ayden Ganam share about missing hockey and the show's lineup?

Aiden Ganim 0:32

Hey, we've got a pretty fun show for you today. We're going to get a little bit interactive at the 535 segment, but... At 4.35, Seattle Kraken radio play-by-play. Everett Fitzhugh will join us. And then at 5.05, he's a friend of the station. Everybody knows him. Former Oilers face-off show host Bryn Griffiths. And yeah, like I said, at 5.35, we're going to have some open discussion talking about things going on around the league. And there's one specific topic I want to get to a little bit earlier than that just because, well... Macklin Celebrini has been named as the cover athlete for NHL 27. And let me tell you, the first probably 18 years of my life, I exclusively played NHL, whether that be 2K9 or when EA started to really take control.

Aiden Ganim 1:22

with the main consoles, that is kind of where my head was at. But I want to ask you, is there any cover athletes that really stood out to you in the last few years or as far back as NHL 94 that just kind of made the game a little bit more special? Maybe you opened it up on Christmas or you bought it on day one, you waited in line at GameStop or something, and once you got that cover in your hands, you just couldn't quite wait to play the game again. But that's going to be today's top story brought to you by Legacy Heating and Cooling. Home of no payments and no interest for one year. That's how you build a legacy. Legacy Heating and Cooling. The River Cree Resort and Casino Hotline. 780-451-8800. Your home for live music and great performances is the River Cree Resort and Casino.

Aiden Ganim 2:08

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Aiden Ganim 3:08

And yeah, I'm tossing the question out here early. Is there any NHL covers that really stood out to you? Anyone who's played the game? There's there's a few on my list. I think NHL 15 was up there for me. I grew up like in the Boston Bruins and I was a big Patrice Bergeron fan. But that game was so bad. It was miserable. We got Derek Scott on the other side of the glass and he's laughing it up. Derek, did you play NHL 15? oh so many nhl games like you say ever since i can remember but if i had to weigh in i'd probably go with connor on nhl 18 yeah i mean that's a pretty high up there one for me i remember when i got my ps4 for the first time that that was the year that connor's thing came out and i got really into franchise mode i'd never played it before it was all be a pro or just like play now i'd send the oil

Aiden Ganim 3:58

win in the cup 20 000 times or whatever of course uh franchise mode that's a hard game mode i'm gonna put that out there and like it's not even a kind of semi portion of what it's like to be an actual nhl gm so i don't know how these guys do it but it is absolutely nuts derrick scott over on the other side of the glass kellen kennedy will join us at five o'clock