Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer from a secret "magic kingdom" (7/7/25)

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Oilers NOW with Bob Stauffer 23 min 3 speakers 8 chapters transcribed 25 days ago

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Bob Stauffer 0:00

Hey, it's Bob Stoffer. 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 Stoffer. 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.

Bryn Griffiths 0:28

I don't know where Bob is. I really don't know, but you know what? He could be anywhere. Absolutely could be anywhere. But yet he still has time to find us. You ready? You good to go? Hey Bob, how you doing? Good to go. How are you doing? I'm doing great. How are you? Fine, you're sounding good. Are you relaxed a little bit? I know that you're not in studio, but you never really stop.

Bob Stauffer 0:51

No I don't. Well, look what I get to do, Bryn. Like it's not like we

Bryn Griffiths 0:58

get

Bob Stauffer 0:58

to talk about hockey.

Bryn Griffiths 1:00

Yeah.

Bob Stauffer 1:00

You get to talk about hockey and even you know what? Like we're gonna do this next Monday. You thank you very much for filling in over the course of uh this two week stretch and I know you're gonna do another one for me in August, so it's greatly appreciated. Uh let's talk about Rob let's

Bryn Griffiths 1:14

talk about the fact that it's it's a little quiet today, but this is the comeback day for a lot of American teams who have taken the long weekend off for July fourth. So I'm not surprised it's quiet today, but do you think we can expect maybe over the next couple of weeks it might be a little more active than we think?

Bob Stauffer 1:29

What I would suggest to you, Brent, first of all, the show's called Oiders Now and I do the color on the Oiders radio network and I do not believe literally until and I know they've not announced the regular s season schedule start yet, but let's just assume it's in the middle of uh the second week of October. Okay? Uh because they have put out the preseason schedule and the oilers play the first in uh in Seattle, the third in Vancouver. And usually what happens is the team comes back to town after that night and uh and then we end up playing sometime in the middle of the week, whether it's a Wednesday or Thursday buck drop. Right. I am here to tell you that until the Edmonton Others start the regular season

Bob Stauffer 2:14

I think that What I've been able to gather this year watching Stan Bowman work. Uh watching some Unique спеціалісти брат інтуї організацій. That I I believe that Stan is gonna be continuously looking over the course really over the next three months. You know, three months from pretty much today. Uh

How does the show preview the upcoming Oilers preseason schedule and start dates?

Bob Stauffer 2:38

In terms of finding ways to improve the team, and we may not see The final chess piece be put into place. Until possibly two or three days before the start of the regular season. Or on the day where teams and organizations have to get their players. Uh put the the final players get put through waivers as an example. Uh we may not see the final completion of the roster until that time. So do I think that they're working on things right now? I do. Uh, you know, they had to get Evan Bouchard done. That has become apparent uh from Elliot Friedman's uh thirty-two thoughts that came out over the course of the last I think it was this morning actually. Yes. And I know that Brian Lawton referenced the course of action that Carolina took and how ironic, given Brian's relationship with Tom Dundan, the owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, that they literally took a pay.

Bob Stauffer 3:39

With the Andre Mesaros deal with the Ottawa Senators and that Carolina clearly charted a very similar path. And uh, you know, f inquired and applied pressure on Evan Bouchard and then subsequently did the same course of action to create a leverage to trade for Keandre Miller. So uh, you know, the orders Uh there's there's some big things that when I mean big things we're all sitting here, you know, waiting uh waiting. on the really big one which is Connor McDavid. And I'm here to tell you that I look at the sort of history Bryn with Jud Mulheaver and the the shorter term deals And may I be as bold to suggest to you that that might actually work to Edmonton's advantage. 'Cause it probably keeps the price point down on Connor McDavid.