Bob opens the Feb. 11 show (2/11/25)
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What is the preview for the Four Nations Face‑Off and who will start in net for Canada?
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.
Paul Hyde and the Paolas. Welcome everybody, Bob Stoffer with you in the 880 Chad Studios. And uh Brendan Escott, Derek Scott, and Kellen Kennedy, all part of today's edition of Oilers Now brought to you by our title sponsor, World of Spaws. We are in the PlayAlberta Broadcast Center, playalberta.ca. When you play in Alberta, it stays in Alberta. Please play responsibly. And so it is that uh we're a day away from the start of the Four Nations face off. Which uh gets rolling tomorrow night at six. Um, I'm gonna do the show tomorrow, uh, downtown. In Roger's place. Um Brandon Escott's gonna hop in the studio here momentarily as well. He's gonna be down there tomorrow night with Inside Sports as well. But uh I'm uh you know, Brendan, I'm gonna bring you in here early, right from the get go.
Do you wanna know why? I'm planning on doing the show from Rogers Place tomorrow from four to six, and then you're gonna take over and handle it during the Regata Pats game?
Are you uh ducking off anywhere after? Oh yeah.
Oh yeah. We're going to pub nineteen oh five is where we're gonna go. That's where we're gonna watch the game. We got it all set up so we're looking forward to that. It should be an absolute uh kicker. Um And you know there's uh Regatta Pats who are in town to play the Edmonton Oil Kings tomorrow. They're in a little bit of a reload right now. Uh I know uh Terry Paranich's son Matt uh moved from the Medicine Hatt Tigers. He's uh a bit like uh the the Hudson that plays for Boston University, sort of an undersized skilled puck moving defenseman that's really smart. Uh a little bit like Ole and Zellweger as well. So uh the Oil Kings and the Pats Tomorrow and Brendan will be there with Inside Sports. But yeah, we're uh
We're gonna there's gonna be a few of the old boys down there checking in that game tomorrow night between Canada and Sweden. This scene's interesting, Brennan, in the sense that You don't want to lose the first game. You know why? 'Cause then it's do or die on Saturday. Like you're out of the t if you lose like if Canada beats Sweden, then they can be a little bit looser playing against the Americans, right? If they lose to Sweden If they lose the Americans, they're out of the tournament. And then It's a national calamity. Now, based on how Hockey Canada operates, especially with the goaltending decision and they were a little bit of the victim of this setup that you had to declare, you know, a couple of the guys early.
You know what Jordan Bennington's save percentage is off the top of your head? I hope it doesn't start with an eight. It d it starts with an eight. Uh eight ninety seven. So I'm g I'm just gonna throw this year away. Uh and somebody Well, Stoff, Stoff. He won a Stanley Cup in St. Louis back in twenty nineteen, stuff. That was six years ago. I had somebody s I was listening to a show yesterday and somebody was belittling c uh Connor Hellibach. Well, you know, he hasn't been good the last two playoff years, and I went What? Do you not remember what happened back in twenty twenty one? That was only, you know, four playoffs ago. How'd he play against the Edmonton Oiders in those four games? Mike Smith had a nine hundred twelve and didn't win a game in that series.
Because the other guy, Connor Hellibuck, he was at nine hundred fifty. The orders couldn't get a P by him when it mattered. Now Team Canada, obviously, high end, agree or disagree, high end have the best offensive players in the tournament.
Yeah, that's exactly how I would describe, but they've got the highest ceiling in terms of their offensive power.
Right. Now, do I think that Canada has lost a little bit of its uh international luster? Yeah, I think they've l first of all, I think that the IIHF, I don't think If you haven't figured it out over the years, uh and Brendan I know you have 'cause we joke about this sometimes before we go to air. I am not the biggest guy when it comes to NGOs in any field.
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