Former Oiler Georges Laraque (3/17/26)

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How did the show open and set the game-night scene in Ice District?

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. Oilers Now live from Rogers Place. We are in Ice District. It is a game night. The San Jose Sharks are in town. This is Oilers Now, brought to you by World of Spas. Coming up... And we're going to get to this right off the get-go here. Top story, unfortunately, for Legacy Heating and Cooling, home of no payments and no interest for one year. That is how you build a legacy, Legacy Heating and Cooling. The Edmonton Oilers will not have Leon Dry Settle the rest of the way in the regular season. The team announcing today, roughly just after 1230, that Dreisaitl is out with a lower body injury.

Bob Stauffer 0:50

He will miss the remainder of the regular season. Here is where I tell you, and by the way, Derek, you can give our guest a call right now. He's waiting for you. Here is where I tell you that... The Oilers last year, in the final 14 games of the regular season, did not have on any night both Connor McDavid or Leon Dreisaitl in the lineup. In fact, I think in four or five of the games, they didn't have either McDavid or Dreisaitl play. They went 8-5-1 in their final 14 games. Again, in none of those games did they have both McDavid or Dreisaitl playing. It really affected their power play. Edmonton went 8-5-1, but their power play was 25.6% in the first 68 games last year, six in the league. It was just 17% in the final 14 games, which was 28th, dropping their power play to 12th overall.

Bob Stauffer 1:39

So the owners are going to have to make do without the guy known as the King of Leon, Leon Dreisaitl. We head off to the River Creek Resort and Casino hotline, the River Creek Resort and Casino. Don't miss High Valley, March the 21st. Tickets at therivercreekresort.com. Excitement bent on it. You can also text us on the Ashley Fine Floors text line, 780-451-8800. Find the new floors you always wanted. at 143rd Street, 111th Avenue, or head to ashleyfineflores.com for me. For more information, I will tell you, and you can text us and give me your thoughts. Simply put, the Oilers are going to have to win differently. They don't have dry settle.

What was the breaking news about Leon Draisaitl’s injury and its immediate impact?

Bob Stauffer 2:14

They don't have the one-two punch. They've not played McDavid and dry settle a lot together 5v5 this year. Other players are going to step up. I don't envision their power play being nearly as effective. They have to play better five-on-five hockey. Let's head off to the River Creek Resort Casino Hotline and welcome back to the show. He is an Edmonton sporting icon, the former heavyweight champion of the National Hockey League. He's our Oilers now headliner for Wilhock Beef Jerky. Others can try to imitate, but nobody can duplicate the great flavor of Wilhock Beef Jerky, only available in Leduc. It is Big George LaRock out of Montreal. Hello, George. How are you doing? Long time no talk. Long time no talk, my man.

Bob Stauffer 2:52

And here's the deal. When I reached out yesterday, I'll be honest, I did not know the severity of the dry saddle injury. Part of the reason why I wanted to have you on the show was to talk about Edmonton's immediate response to the player that was involved in the incident from the Nashville Predators, and that was Ozzy Wiseland. We'll get to that in a second, George. But This is tough news for the Edmonton Oilers because every team has injuries. But as you know, Leon Dreisaitl is certainly one of the top five players in the National Hockey League. Your thoughts on a big loss in oil country, losing Leon the rest of the way for the regular season.

Georges Laraque 3:36

No, he's definitely one of the top, best five players in the league. I agree with you. You know, the scoring, starting with Connor and Leon, he was close to 100-point season again. It's incredible. You know, who doesn't love seeing a shot and a power play from the goal line? It's unbelievable what he does to this team and how important that he is. And, you know, the one thing is that that I could say is that look at the Pittsburgh Penguin right now, top three in the division without Crosby, without Malkin.