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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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I want to ask you about the Memorial Cup because it's pretty obvious who stood out as Kitchener. I mean, they beat Everett 6-2 twice, and Everett was a good team. Now, in fairness, just so everybody's aware, because I'm hard on the WHL, I haven't had a Memorial Cup champ since 2014. They're up to 23 teams. They're soon going to have 24 teams. Everett had a really good team.
But you didn't see all of Everett's team. They have a defenseman by the name of Terran Smith. He's a third-round pick of the Ducks. He was their captain, and he was a 75-point defenseman this year. So, yes, they had Landon DuPont, but the guy that played 25 minutes a game for them on the back end was out with a shoulder injury. That was a big loss for the Everett Silvertips.
I mean, that is... I'm sorry, but at that level, you have that type of guy. This is a third-rounder that's striking to be an NHL player in about three years from now. Like, he's a pretty good prospect. That said, the OHL dominated again, and Sam O'Reilly has now won back-to-back Memorial Cup titles. The owners traded him for Isaac Howard last year. He was a late first-round pick of Edmonton.
The year before, Howard was a late first-round pick of the Lightning. Howard would not sign in Tampa. The owners had already signed. O'Reilly. So that wasn't an issue for Tampa. And the trade was made. Howard was, you know, a year ago, Howard was coming off winning the Hobie Baker for the NCAA top player. And O'Reilly, obviously, he won every MVP he needed to win this year. He's a playoff MVP.
He's a Memorial Cup MVP. And he's a center. Just your assessment on what you saw.
Yeah.
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Chapter 2: What insights does Craig MacTavish share about the recent Memorial Cup?
I mean, it's clear that the scouts stepped up, and they love Sam O'Reilly. And the other thing that's clear is that he's a heck of a hockey player. And there aren't many guys that are the ā there's only Marner and Corey Perry, and I think there's one other that ā won the MVP of the regular season, the playoffs, and the OHL, and the Memorial Cup.
So, I mean, the people that I talk to, I'm from London, so I know people that go to the games. They tell me that this guy, and guys that I respect their opinion about players, they tell me, this guy tells me that he's going to play in Tampa next year. He's a winner.
And I'm interested to know what the protocol, decision-making protocol is when Stan and Jeff and Bill Scott and the management group make that decision.
uh to trade for uh i call howard what's you know because i really believe and i'm sure they have it but there's got to be a clear decision making protocol where you have to check it off from the scouts you have to have some inside information on both the players that are being dealt you have to check it off through the analytics department to see
if it all makes sense, and then you make your decision. But I bet the Stokes didn't support it.
I'm going to clarify something that I said. What I meant by 31st, 32nd, they made the trade to trade back into the first round for a number one the next year. The only way you break even in that trade in terms of slot is if the Edmonton Oilers end up in the Stanley Cup final.
Or the player that you're getting is a stud. That way, if you feel like this guy's a mid-first-round pick next year, then it makes sense.
And the Oilers didn't have the regular season in 24-25 to justify the pick, but they went to the Stanley Cup final, which meant their pick that ended up going to Philadelphia to trade into the first round the year before, ended up being a 31st. So it made sense. The trade made sense. I'm not going to be at luck. Well, it made sense anyways. I work for the Oilers Entertainment Group.
I'm not going to BS you. Yes, the scouts, they found O'Reilly. They did. I would suggest to you that losing Holloway was a fact. Like, yes, they got McCollison, good pickup. He's a top six forward now. I think we can see.
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Chapter 3: How did the Oilers' recent trades impact their roster decisions?
I mean, he's a distressed asset. But if you if you're going to try and you have to give like that opportunity out of the gate, if if your staff thinks. That he has that potential to be that top six guy.
What about Savoy?
If he doesn't, then you've got to give Savoy that opportunity. Right. So there's your impetus. And then you work on your bottom six. Right. But for me, I would just forget about the top six. We got the best top six in the league.
Yeah.
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And they told two friends and so on and so on and so on. When we come back, we are going to talk about the Stanley Cup final and who Mac T likes and who I like. And we'll have the Stan Oilers history as well. This is Oilers Now.
The Oilers Now Audio Vault is brought to you by Direct Workwear. In these tight budget times, Direct Workwear is the superhero your wallet deserves. Cute selection, low prices at Direct Workwear. Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, it's interesting what Stan said. It was two years in the making. Like, this is part of a kind of a grand plan that they've had to try and round things out.
You know, it seemed to me, Bob, like there's some commitment there from Daryl Gates to spend a bit of money, right, putting people into these positions. Yeah, for sure. So it's commitment from the owner to round out the front office. I think some people who are really up and coming within the organization, you know, get a nice bump, you know, and well-deserved.
So, yeah, I mean, I don't have any issue with any of it. You know me, the reporter in me, my head is always sort of like, yeah, but, right? Yeah, but... And I did have a yeah but coming out of there. And maybe you'll have the answer for me because I don't understand the way things are going to work necessarily.
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Chapter 4: What are the implications of the Oilers' contract negotiations?
He still speaks very highly of our organization back then. Yeah. And, I mean, the problem with Tyler is he didn't know when to stop. Right. Like, he would beat... You know, you make your point, and then you get the pushback from other people in the room, and then you make your point again.
Then maybe you don't understand analytics quite the same.
You make your point again, and he just, I mean, kudos to him for having a strong opinion. He's probably learned that over time. Oh, for sure, yeah.
Sharp, sharp guy and really good guy. All right, there you have it. So Mac T's taking Vegas. I have Carolina. You should probably take Vegas then. That's what I'm saying to you. Let's go to this day in Oilers history. It's presented by New West Travel. And, of course, we do multiple Oilers Now road trips with U.S. travel, one for sure in Canada and one or two next year into the United States.
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First, 2000. What do you got? Longtime Oilers general manager and head coach Glenn Sather officially signs with the New York Rangers as GM the 10th in franchise history. Slats turned the GM reigns in Edmonton over to Kevin Lowe, who had spent the previous two years in coaching roles. He would hold the GM title until 08-09 when he was promoted to president of hockey operations.
And he only had, during that entire time, one head coach.
In spite of my best efforts, Kevin Lowe only had one head coach all those years. You were an absolute blister. I got it from Brian Ross, would tell me occasionally. And you're like, who is this guy? Who? Who? Bob what? This irrelevant jerk named Bob Stauffer. I should have tapped into you more.
Now you're admitting I might have been right sometimes.
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