Hockey Blogger Bruce Curlock (9/10/26)

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What is the opening introduction and why is the Edmonton market described as unique?

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. So today I was talking about six degrees of separation, Brennan Ulrich, the Kishes from GCL. Earlier at lunch, I'd bumped into Brad Tuchuk, who is a very good... A major junior player, a guy that played over in the DEL and spent five years at the University of Alberta. I always called Brad, he was kind of the Fonz, like really good friends of Jared Stoll, really good friends of Mike Comrie from their junior days. And we talked about the uniqueness of the Edmonton market. And then Bruce Kerlock texts me to tell me that his father, Bob, was friends with Al May's dad, Ron.

Bob Stauffer 0:50

i'm like only that's something that happens and you know it's like the old joke hey do you know joe in vancouver and you actually really do know joe in vancouver it's kind of how it works so anyway it's been a funny day this is the second hour of oilers now we will tell you our spotlight conversation this hour is with bruce curlock it's coming up shortly and it's brought to you by cowan graphics from fleet wraps to signage quality graphics solutions without compromise visit cowan.ca cowan is part of The Burke Group. You can reach us on the River Creek Resort and Casino hotline, 780-451-8800. The River Creek Resort and Casino. Excitement bent on it. You can text us on the Ashley Fine Floors text line.

Bob Stauffer 1:25

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Bruce Curlock 2:02

That is. I think you're even skipping over another one, which is Jerry Johansson's dad.

How do the hosts connect the Edmonton hockey scene to the NFL and discuss a local NFL minority owner?

Bruce Curlock 2:08

Right. And my grandfather.

Bob Stauffer 2:11

Yeah, it is. It is crazy. Yeah. Like Jerry Johansson. So Jerry Johansson's father was an RCMP. Where was it? Pierceland. Pierceland, Saskatchewan. Right, and was on the force at the same time that Mike Babcock's wife's father was there. That's right. It's just crazy stuff. It's just the uniqueness of the market. What do you want to talk about first? We had Jesse Vanderwerf, the new minority partner of the Seattle Seahawks. You're a Bills fan. Or Isaac Howard. How cool is it that we got a guy from northern Alberta that's a part owner of an NFL team?

Bruce Curlock 2:49

Oh, I think that's fantastic. I still don't quite understand why the NFL runs around to London and Europe. And when I'm convinced there's at least one market here, maybe two, they could support an NFL team. So, you know, I guess maybe this is a foot in the door and You know, maybe it leads to something a little more, you know, Canadian located in terms of NFL. Well, we should know. Fantastic

Bob Stauffer 3:19

accomplishment for them. Yeah, absolutely. We should mention the Buffalo Bills are now at all home games will sing both anthems. Oh, I mean,

Bruce Curlock 3:29

I would be shocked if less than 40% of their season ticket base isn't Canadian. Yeah, absolutely.

What are the strengths and development areas of prospect Isaac Howard according to the hosts?

Bruce Curlock 3:35

Shocked.

Bob Stauffer 3:36

Bruce, we both had Isaac Howard number one on our prospect list, our top ten list. Isaac Howard, the last few days at the Captain's Skates, has been with Ryan Newton Hopkins and Zach Hyman. I think we would both assume that Matt Savoy probably would have been in the top six had he been healthy. There could be a window here for Howard, isn't there?

Bruce Curlock 4:00

Well, I mean, there's a window for sure just out of injuries. And, you know, you take the breaks that are afforded to you, and he needs to do that. And, you know, I mean... Some modest concern with that line just structurally when they get into NHL games, but if you look at it from just Ike Howard's perspective, you have a tremendous F1 in Zach Hyman, who's great on the forecheck. You have an unbelievable passer of the puck in Ryan Nugent-Hawkins, and... Ike Howard brings the missing piece to that, although certainly Nuge can shoot the puck, but Ike Howard can just flat out shoot the puck.