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What announcements are made at the start of the show and who is filling in for Bob?

Bob Stauffer 0:00

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.

Aiden Ganim 0:09

How's it going everybody? My name is Aidan Ganem filling in for Bob Stoffer today. You're listening to Oilers Now on 880 Ched, brought to you by World of Spa. The Barry Cates Media Golf Tournament is today, and Bob is uh Bob is busy, so he's uh he's down there doing some work and uh you'll be with me for the next couple of hours. But we've got a fun show for you today. Lots of stuff going on in oil country that we'll get down into A little further into the show. Our tech producers today, Jeff Walker on the other side of the glass, Kellen Kennedy will join us in the second hour of today's show. We got a fun one for you today at 4:35. Bob did make some time. The host of Oilers Now and the Oilers Radio color analyst, Bob Stoffer, pre-tape conversation at 4:35.

Aiden Ganim 0:54

At 5:05 today from 100% hockey John Shannon. We'll do some league discussion. There's a lot of stuff going on around the NHL right now, namely the Dylan Larkin situation in Detroit and their GM situation as well. Sean Horkoff being brought in as the interim GM as they try to look for a more permanent guy. But he does have experience there. He was the or is the GM of the uh the the Grand Rapids Griffins, Detroit's uh AHL affiliate. Um, but for right now, they're still looking for a permanent. Permanent guy, and there's a big question mark there because they still got to sign Simone Edmundson. Dylan Larkin now not participating in training camp, dealing with an upper body injury. He also requested a trade, so there's a lot of smoke in the air around that area.

Aiden Ganim 1:37

And of course, Gunner Hellibuck in the situation in Winnipeg right now. Uh and we'll all get into the nitty-gritty of that with John. And at five thirty five today, hockey blogger Bruce Kurlock, we're gonna talk some Edmonton Oilers pro. Prospects.

How are the Detroit Red Wings’ GM and Dylan Larkin situations affecting the NHL landscape?

Aiden Ganim 1:49

A few of them are at training camp right now, and uh well we'll uh we'll talk about them and what their odds are of cracking the roster now or or potentially down the line. But uh three guests on today's show, it'll 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 Creed Resort and Casino. Don't miss heart. Two shows, October twenty-third and twenty-fourth. Tickets at the River Creek Resort. Resort.com. Excitement. Bet on it. 780-451-8800 is the Ashley Fine Floors text line as well. Find the new floors you've always wanted at 143rd Street and 111th Avenue or head to Ashley FineFloors dot com for more information. A reminder you can find us on X at OilersNow for the show at Bob underscore Stoffer.

Aiden Ganim 2:33

And if you want to get a hold of me at Aiden Ganham underscore. We're also on Instagram at Oilers underscore. Now underscore. Today's top story is brought to you by Legacy Heating and Cooling, Home and No Payments and No Interest for one year. That's how you build a Legacy, Legacy Heating and Cooling. The Edmonton Oilers took the ice for the first time in the 2026-27 season, day one of uh training camp. The team is uh getting loose and getting ready to go. It's a shortened form training camp this year around with the uh this year because Of the new CBA rules. Uh, the team gets going on Saturday. They host the Winnipeg Jets and Rogers Place. So uh a lot of stuff on the go right now, and they have to, you know, prep for the season with this shortened training camp.

Aiden Ganim 3:16

But you know that these guys have been doing off-season training the entire summer. So they're uh they're ready to go, they're looking alive, they're looking well. We get into it with Bob when we'll take that conversation at 4:35.

Which players were named captains and alternate captains for the Oilers this season?

Aiden Ganim 3:26

Should also mention that the Oilers have. Named their captains for the upcoming season. Connor McDavid will, of course, continue with the C. Leon Dreisidel and Ryan Nugent Hopkins alternate captains as well. That was to be expected. But there was uh some sp some space to be filled. The departure of Darnell Nurse and uh you know that left a spot open.