Hockey Blogger Bruce Curlock (8/4/26)

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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. welcome back everybody it is bob stauffer live on location we're at the helenka gretzky cup eighth floor rogers place in ice district this is oilers now and our spotlight conversation for a full hour is bruce kerlock and it's coming up right here right now for cowan graphics trusted for over 80 years to bring your brand to life proudly canadian visit cowan.ca cowan is now part of the burke group Of course, you can always text us on the Ashley Fine Floors text line, 780-451-8800. Get the new floors you always wanted. Ashley Fine Floors, 143rd Street, 111th Avenue, open Monday to Saturday.

Bob Stauffer 0:45

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What is happening live at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup with Bruce Curlock and Bob Stauffer?

Bob Stauffer 0:54

to Troy Bowler, who raced in to help get us on the air. We tested everything on Friday, sometimes at international tournaments. Some of the effects and things like that get knocked askew and could be some mixer issues. Whatever the case, we stole the stuff from the visiting And we're up and running. So we owe a special shout out to Bruce. This is live radio at its finest. How about the last hour tap dance we did there? Pass the phone. But you got a new friend, Toby Samalainen.

Bruce Curlock 1:23

Yes, I met Toby. Good guy. Done great work. There you go. Maybe not as good as Troy's, but really close.

Bob Stauffer 1:30

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Bob Stauffer 2:08

And, of course, they've been moving draft capital for years. The last first round pick that they made was at the end of the first. Well, I guess it's technically Sam O'Reilly. They traded into the first round and then they traded Isaac Howard for him. But they've they've moved a bunch of picks, obviously, in an effort to go for it. They don't have a first round pick this year. They got to find players in other places. You did your top 20 players and the orders. Have they all has that all been published or have you worked your way down from 20 to what?

Bruce Curlock 2:41

I think I'm down to 13, I think. 12 to 9 come out this week. But, I mean, I pushed the list out of the top 20 a couple of weeks ago.

Bob Stauffer 2:51

So who did you have? I had Isaac Howard. I'm assuming he's near the top of your chart. What are your thoughts on Isaac Howard at this time, Bruce?

Bruce Curlock 2:59

Yeah, NHL player. You know, he, again, you know, he gets a bit of a bad rap, I think. Sometimes I see people... Suggest maybe his effort level isn't there. I think his effort level is always there. I think just more than anything is just sort of understanding the game off the puck. You know, understanding when to take risk, when not to take risk. I think his effort level is great. And it was very good in Bakersfield. He obviously scored. He scored it to... you know the highest rate for a rookie player in the ahl um and you know i think he made strides uh off the puck uh much more reliable and that's what you want you know you're trying to uh get uh minutes in an nhl team well you know if your coach can count on you then uh you know defensively then you're going to get more minutes and so that's the next step for him all right uh

Bob Stauffer 3:58

I mean, he's going to be close to making this team. And, you know, there's a scenario where he makes it, and there's a scenario where he doesn't.