Calls and texts (9/4/25)

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What is the purpose of the Oilers Now show and who are the hosts?

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 we return to oilers now with bob stoffer brought to you by world of spas edmonton's number one hot tub and swim spa dealer the ideal place to start your daily vacation on oilers radio 880 chad 434 in Edmonton, Bob Stauffer, Brendan Escott, Derek Scott, Kellen Kennedy with you. This is Oilers Now, where guests receive guest certificates due. Roos Chris Steakhouse, 9990 Jasper Avenue, the 99th. Roos Chris opened up in North America. Brendan and Christian and the staff at Roos. All right. I'm going to blast some texts, and then we're going to talk and hear from Stuart Skinner. Coach Darcy says...

Bob Stauffer 1:00

Oh, boy. Stuart Skinner is getting overworked, Bob. Simply having a couple practice goalies would help the Oilers win the 2026 Stanley Cup Finals. Bob, love the comment on... Matt Savoy, built like a chicken hawk. All I'm saying is he's got a sturdy, he is a smaller guy. He's not the tallest of guys, but he's wiry and he's in shape. This texter says, Bob, keep Vasily Podkolzin. Even if he just can keep doing what he's doing, maybe I wish he'd be a little bit more selfish in the offensive zone. He'd snipe 20 goals if that's the case. Bob, how old is Jake Wallman? Off the top of my head, I think he's 29. You want to look that up, Brendan,

Brendan Escott 1:47

on the fly? I

Bob Stauffer 1:47

think he is, too. Let me check. Okay. Again, you can text us, 780. This one. Bob, Vasily Petkolzin doesn't want to claim Koston himself on his next deal. Well, that is an interesting comment. Koston got, what did he get, 1.8 million times two years? Was it 1.8 or 2 million from Detroit when he, I mean, think about what the Red Wings did. They basically did Edmonton a favor. They took Yamamoto, bought him out so he could get Koston, and then traded Koston during the year to San Jose. And Koston played like a year and a quarter. Look, I talked last sort of in towards the end of the year about the Oilers adding some depth pieces like Brett Leeson and Clem Koston. Those guys are still out there looking for NHL jobs.

Bob Stauffer 2:39

When I meant depth pieces, I meant $800,000 players, right? Like, they have one trying to push his way in on the roster. His name is Noah Philp. So, Wallman, 29? He is 29. There we go. 7-8-0. Bob, the order should go 7-8-0, 4-5-1, 8-8-100, the Ashley Fine Floors tax line.

How are the upcoming contracts for players like Kulak being discussed by listeners?

Bob Stauffer 3:00

Texter says the order should give Kulak $4 million times five years. How old's Kulak? Is he 31 now? I think he's

Brendan Escott 3:08

31. He's got to be. He and I are the same age. So, yeah, that's a $20 million contract for a third-pairing defenseman.

Bob Stauffer 3:18

Bob, Vasily put calls and gets signed to a two-year deal, 1.2 to 1.3. I'm going to tell you there's no way that's going to happen. The cap has gone up. The number is going to be minimum $500,000 higher than that, okay? Just so you know. Clem Koston comes back somehow, and they fit well together on the team. The Oilers hopefully make this happen. If there's more than $25 left in cap space with all the guys moved out, there's got to be some schematic that can make that work. That one comes from Dan from San Guto. Colson's a million bucks this year, just so everybody's clear. He's a million dollars this year. I'm not seeing any word yet that Colson is signed over in the KHL. I think he should play in North America.

Bob Stauffer 4:02

I like the fact that he's tough. I'm going to reassert this again. Frederick looks a lot better than you saw him out there today. He looks thinner, looks quicker. So away we go. Okay, those are some of the texts. We'll get to some more. You can text us 780-451-8800. This one says, let Kulak walk and give Ekholm two years at $4 million. My guess is the agent is going to think he can get three years for Ekholm. even though he'll be 36 when the start of the new contract goes. I think Overhart's going to think he can get three years on the deal. So what's the biggest question mark? I mean, for the skaters, it might be Tomsek up front. I think the general consensus is Edmonton's going to have a good D, right, Brendan?

Bob Stauffer 4:50

I mean, the Athletic ranked them number one.