From The Cult of Hockey, David Staples (12/19/25)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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. We return to Oilers Now with Bob Stauffer. 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. Alright, very quickly off to a text from Gurwant. He says, Bob, I think people are making the Jari situation way too big in my opinion. If it was bad, I think Stan Bowman would have already made a move for Alex Lyon. That it's not bad because IR keeps him out at least a week with the holiday break coming. It also gives management a chance to see what they got in Ingram and make a decision when Jari is ready.
uh one thing about injuries it can be positive though i know it's frustrating is that leading into playoffs last year it would have been much harder for la to pre-scout the orders because we had so many bodies out and nobody knew who was playing with who uh i also think jerry's injury is not too bad because he got himself off the ice and rhetoric if he's injury prone it's false to suggest a guy who's uh The suggestion that he's injury prone is false for a guy who's missed roughly 40 games in a 10-year NHL career. That one comes to us from Gerwant.
What is the injury update for the Oilers and upcoming roster changes?
Again, you can text us at any time at 780-451-8800. Bob Stauffer with you. Let's quickly go into the injury report. It is brought to you by James H. Brown Injury Lawyers. When accidents happen, go to jameshbrown.com. Kudos for the folks at James H. Brown, Trent Brown and the group there. 150 kids out, underprivileged children, getting a little bit of a shopping spree in the last couple days. I know at times I've talked about Trent being a two-time CFL All-Star at safety and maybe the best Golden Bears player over the last 40 years. If we were to go back the last 45 years... Blake Dermott would have to bear consideration. Blake was nominated as a top lineman on the Eskimos in three different positions.
So that is saying something. And also won multiple Grey Cups as a member of the Yemen's Eskimos. He too was on that 93 Grey Cup team. And if you're going back 50 years, you'd have to talk about Brian Fryer, who was drafted into the National Football League out of the University of Alberta. So, all right, here we go. Injuries. So Jari moves to IR, getting evaluated at Edmonton today. Wallman, lower body injury, hairline fracture from a shot block, and he's four weeks into about a five to six week recovery period. Alec Regula missed the last game due to illness. Jack Rossovic has joined the team. He got moved to LTI on IR, but could play as early as Sunday against Vegas. The Oilers would have to make some other corresponding moves to make that happen.
Uh, Casperi Kapanen re-aggravated a lower body injury sometime in January. Noah Phelps remains out upper body injury. Curtis Lazar, uh, I think could theoretically be available as early as, uh, Sunday. And Connor Glattenberg's got an eye injury that has kept him out for a while. Minnesota, uh, Had both Marcus Johansson and Matt Zuccarella out with injuries, they both could play tomorrow. Brodine's been out, so too has Middleton. And Vegas, we know this about Vegas on Sunday in Edmonton at Rogers Place. Jack Eichel out, Shea Theodore out. So their best forward and best defenseman out. The number one goalie, Aiden Hill out. And William Carlson's been out for a while as well. There's your injury report. All right.
It is 538. David Staples is going to join us. We're going to talk a bit about the Edmonton Oilers, a wee bit about prospects. So we leave that mostly to Bruce Kerlock. Our prospect report brought to you three times a week by Reface Magic, not just refacing, now offering custom complete kitchens. Hello, David. How are you doing? Fantastic, Bob. How are you? Good. So you do a lot on scoring chances. You and Kurt Levins do a real good job with this on the Cult of Hockey website. The Oilers are 5-2-1 in the month of January. Are we seeing the numbers climb a little bit for the team?
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:20
2
What is the injury update for the Oilers and upcoming roster changes?
1:20–16:12
3
How are grade-A scoring chances measured and why do different systems disagree?
16:12–16:32
4
Are the Oilers improving in January according to scoring-chance data?
16:32–19:16