Soups on Hockey
Episodes
SOH Best Bets - Oct. 22nd, 2024
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming off a 2-5 week sucks, but 8-6 so far on the season is fine, especially when you factor in the odds. Up $32.39 at $10 a bet in this still very y...
SOH Best Bets - Oct. 19th, 2024
19 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
6-1 to start the year!!! Soupstradamus is back!! Now watch me go 0-7 this week….
S.O.U.P.S. - "If You Win a 3rd, That's Called a Winning Streak...It Has Happened Before"
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nice little win for the Oil in "Smashville". Easily their best game of the extremely young season.
S.O.U.P.S. - They Finally Woke Up
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Better late than never.
SOH Best Bets - Oct. 12th, 2024
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I don't know why the hell I do this to myself, but here I am again. Back for the 2nd season of the SOH Best Bets. 7 picks, likely to humiliate me. Co...
S.O.U.P.S. - Not Really a Post Game Show
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Basically a pre-game show. But obviously I couldn't help but rant about Wednesday night, even though I've had a few days to calm down. Spoiler alert: ...
SOH - 24-25 Oilers Bold Predicitions & X Factors
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Essentially, it's my Edmonton Oilers season preview show, but with more of a look at the roster and what I feel could happen. They're the Cup favourit...
SOH 24-25 Prognostications
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My favourite futures bets entering the season, my latest power rankings, and all my prognostications including division winners, playoff matchups, reg...
SOH Short Shift - Oilers Fans and Media Being Ridiculous
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pretty much described it in the title. It’s the pre-season, relax.
SOH Short Shift - Jeremy Swayman Trade?
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It ain't short at all! It's over an hour, but I wasn't sure what I wanted to title it, so it was a short shift, and then kept me up far passed my bed ...
SOH 24-25 Player Rankings
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A) these are one man's opinions. Do you hate me for these rankings? Cool, do your own then. B) I essentially drafted these players and the order o...
SOH BS - Sep. 17th, 2024
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This one is mainly all about my latest rebuild rankings (that the Athletic stole my idea for but WHATEVER I'M NOT BITTER...), however also got som...
SOH Retrospectives - 2004 World Cup of Hockey
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
20 years ago, this completely forgotten tournament was the secondary focus of the hockey world as hockey armageddon...otherwise known as the 2004 lock...
SOH Short Shift - Draisaitl Officially Signs + Johnny Gaudreau
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Great day for Oilers fans, but a horrendous weekend for all hockey fans.
SOH Short Shift - A Bunch of Stuff
24 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Jets/Pens trade, the Sharks/Preds trade, Oilers potential PTO’s and a prediction on when Leon Draisaitl will sign. Like I say, a bunch of stuff!...
SOH Short Shift - Longest Week of My Life
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Broberg and Holloway are Blues, did Oilers management do the right thing? Plus, thoughts on the Laine trade to Montreal.
SOH Short Shift - Podkolzin & Emberson Trades
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My boy Cod is gone. All hail Vasili Podkolzin and Ty Emberson.
SOH Short Shift - More Thoughts on the Offer Sheets
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm not seeing a lot of winners coming out of this mess, on either side.
SOH Short Shift - Broberg & Holloway Offer Sheets
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does Jeff Jackson do now? Match both? Just one? Was it a good move for the Blues? Why did they do it?
SOH - Edmonton Oilers Top 20 Prospects (Summer 2024)
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's all right there in the title. My top 20 prospects for the Oilers. Debate it all you want, I definitely do not believe I have the definitive l...
SOH BS - The 3rd Annual SOH Organizational Rankings
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From the most dog shit, to the top teams, I cover all 32 organizations in the NHL! I don't rank them, I put them in tiers, though I do rank the ti...
SOH Short Shift - It Ended Up Not Being Short…
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I ended up going down several different rabbit holes. Why the new NBA (yes NBA) TV deal makes sense for them, Jeff Marek leaving Sportsnet, more Stan ...
SOH Short Shift - Stan Bowman Named Oilers GM
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I hate the hiring just like everyone else. BUT...I'm also willing to give this man a chance, and I lay out why you should too.
SOH BS - July 21st, 2024 (Summer Power Rankings)
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's so hot out! And it's so smokey out! So there is no point in doing ANYTHING else other than putting on this podcast and finding out where ...
SOH Short Shift - Oilers Acquire Roby Jarventie and a 4th Round Pick from Senators
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Oilers trade their 2021 1st round pick (22nd) Xavier Bourgault, and their 2021 4th round pick Jake Chiasson to Ottawa in exchange for 2020 2nd rou...
SOH BS - July 5th, 2024 (Draft and Free Agency Recap)
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Too much going on to list it all, just give it a listen and you'll only be mildly disappointed!
SOH BS - June 28th, 2024 (Draft Preview Show)
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's draft day! What a great way to get over the loss of a woman you have loved and lost, then by getting into bed with the woman you've been ...
S.O.U.P.S. - Same Game, Same Pain, 18 Years Later
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is this the beginning of the end, or the beginning of an amazing run? It’s impossible to know right now, but it hurts just the same as it did in 06....
S.O.U.P.S. - I Can't Believe What We're Seeing
22 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Most believed that the Oilers were winning game 6. But now that it's happened, it is simply astonishing what we are witnessing.
SOH Retrospectives - Game 6, 2006 SCF
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Special edition of the podcast as we get ready for game 6 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, I look back nearly 18 years ago to the day at game 6 of the 2...
SOH Short Shift - Markstrom/PLD Traded, Hronek Extension
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All the description you need is in the title.
S.O.U.P.S. - McDavid Drags the Final Back to Edmonton
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
97 was special tonight. That’s all.
S.O.U.P.S. - Not Dead Yet
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The PDO gods who had killed the Oilers in two of the first three games of the final, finally decided to quit punishing them and even it up a bit in ga...
S.O.U.P.S. - Holland’s Incompetence Coming to a Head as The Oilers Are on The Brink of Being Swept
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Longest title I’ve ever used, making the episode description shorter. Oilers about to be swept.
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers No Show Game 2
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Their backs are to the wall now. No offence, not much fight, pretty bleak for the Oilers as they come back to Edmonton trailing 2-0.
S.O.U.P.S. - Knoblauch and Bobrovsky Combine to Give Panthers a 1-0 Series Lead
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nurse and Ceci were back together. SHOCKER, it doesn't work.
SOH - 2024 Stanley Cup Final Preview
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here we go. I'd be doing this show regardless of who was playing, but it's the Oilers who are taking on the Panthers. This is a FREAKING coin ...
S.O.U.P.S. - It's Getting Real...
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One win away. To quote a super cheesey song that HNIC used to play, "the chance may never come again".
S.O.U.P.S. - Lots to “D”scuss After the Oilers Even Up the Stars at 2
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This series potentially just flipped with the Oilers new D pairings settling in as game 4 progressed, while a very key member of the Stars blueline le...
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Blow Game 3, Stars up 2-1
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amazing 20 min, horrendous 15 min, not bad 15 min, horrendous gaff in goal, equals an Oilers loss and a team pissing away their Cup hopes yet again.
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Look Good Taking Game 1 of the West Final
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Connor McDavid in double OT wins it for the Oilers, an Oilers team who looked far more in control and relaxed than in the Vancouver series.
S.O.U.P.S. - The Oilers Survive
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It was 30 minutes of domination, 22 minuets of nothing, 8 minutes of sheer torcher, but the Oilers defeated the Canucks in 7 and now face Dallas in th...
S.O.U.P.S. - Can They ACTUALLY Pay Attention Long Enough to Win Game 7?
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the post-game that's actually a pre-game. Oilers force game 7, and they should win, but...can they?
S.O.U.P.S. - Just One More Game Left in the Season…
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Yet ANOTHER disgrace of a performance from the Edmonton Oilers, an organization that just DOES NOT GET IT.
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Show No Heart…Yet AGAIN
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Canucks win 4-3 and have a 2-1 lead over the hapless Edmonton Oilers, a team and organization that grows more unlikable by the minute.
Oilers Tie The Series in OT
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Oilers came from behind all night and finally take the lead in OT...which means you win. It's evened up heading for a game 3 showdown Sunday n...
S.O.U.P.S. - The Losers, Lost
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the 4th time in their last 9 game 1's...nearly 50%, the Oilers don't give a F*** and humiliate themselves in game 1 vs Vancouver.
SOH BS - 1st Round Review/2nd Round Preview
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The title really tells you all you need to know about this one as we head into round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs!
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Put The Kings on The Brink
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oilers/Kings talk, Foegele/Holloway talk, mind blowing Ceci fandom from more of the media, plus a quick look around the league.
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Humiliate the Kings in Game 3
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What an absolute disgraceful performance by the LA Kings in game 3, as the Oilers massacre them and take a 2-1 series lead.
Oilers/Kings Game 3 Pre Game + A Tribute to Bob Cole
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Didn't want to do these in the same podcast but I had to, a tribute to the greatest play by play man in hockey history Mr. Robert Cole. In additio...
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers/Kings Game 1
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Better late than never, but this is likely all my post game shows will be during the playoffs. Asking me to stay up that late and work is like asking ...
Oilers/Kings Series Preview
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the 3rd year in a row, here we go. The Oilers are the better team, but defeating a team three straight seasons isn't as easy as you may think....
SOH Retrospectives - The 1994 Playoffs
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let's jump in the time machine and go back 30 years (gross) to 1994. Gary Bettman is in his first full season as commissioner of the NHL. He's...
SOH Stanley Cup Playoff Preview Show
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Really, it's just my prognostication show of just me doing my bracket. I've picked a pretty wild post-season, one that some would love and som...
S.O.U.P.S. AND SOH Best Bets...AGAIN!
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oilers lose 3-2 in OT, and the best bets are likely going to lose 7-0, give it a listen to find out how!
The SOH BS - April 12th, 2024
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A bit of an emergency Soups on Hockey Big Show today coming at you mid afternoon on a Friday, but there is just so damn much to talk about including t...
S.O.U.P.S. AND The SOH Best Bets - Apr. 5th, 2024
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Oilers beat the Avs 6-2 on Friday night, and since I was a sleepy Soupy I made this a hybrid show. Best bets starts around the 31 minute mark for ...
The SOH BS - Apr. 1st, 2024
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another edition of the Big Show, where I really only had two topics: me, that took up about 30 min, and then the playoff matchups as of today. If they...
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Blow Out the Ducks
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not much to say about the actual game, but I dive into McDavid's Art Ross chase and whether or not the Oilers would actually want to win the divis...
SOH Best Bets - Mar. 30th, 2024
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming off a winning week, and I didn't die driving home so I'm back again for another edition of the poorly named Best Bets!! Better late tha...
S.O.U.P.S. - LOSS Angeles...That Was Pretty Funny
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oilers beat the Kings, Oilers show up strong for another win vs a Western Conference playoff team. Yet...Soupy still isn't very satisfied.
Short Shift - F*** Andrew Birkshire
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You read the title.
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Drop Another One, 5-3 to the Not Very Pesky Sens
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Oilers right now feel like a team where the cracks in the foundation are REALLY starting to show and it's only a matter of time until the buil...
SOH Best Bets - Mar. 23, 2024
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
5 picks this week, LFG as the children say.
S.O.U.P.S. - The Oilers Win Another Game They No Show
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I don't like teams who just want to flip the switch any time they play. Yes, I don't put much stock into games against teams near the bottom o...
S.O.U.P.S. - The Oilers Can't Handle the Avs
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On paper, it's a 3-2 OT loss where they likely weren't winning in a shootout in my mind because Georgiev is the better 1 on 1 goaltender (alth...
SOH Best Bets - Mar. 16th, 2024
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I keep losing, these are horrendous, and yet for some dumb reason I have a whopping 9 PICKS for you this week! You know what they say, when you're...
The SOH BS - Mar. 11th, 2024
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show is all about power rankings! With the dust now settled post trade deadline, I got not only my top 20 (because that's essentially ...
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Finish Off 6 in 9 (Hehe) With a 4-0 Win in Pittsburgh
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oilers win, REACT TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh wait...this isn't a call in show.
SOH Best Bets - Mar. 9th, 2024
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
1-4 last week...the best bets are the worst bets yet again. Hey, 2 of the last 3 weeks have been winning weeks! Unfortunately, under .500 combined in ...
SOH Trade Deadline Aftermath Special
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Only "special" because you're lucky I'm giving you all the time of day to record anything....no I'm not actually that egotistica...
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Lay Another Egg vs a Bottom Feeder
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not a whole lot about the game in this one, mostly trade deadline and Ken Holland talk. I do not like the job that Ken Holland has done, hear why in t...
S.O.U.P.S. - The Oilers Get a Massive Win in Boston, 2-1 in OT
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What a great game! Wouldn't suck to see that again in early June! The Oilers come from behind late to beat the Bruins in OT in one of the most eve...
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Squeak Out a 2-1 Win in Seattle
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Oilers have now officially moved into 2nd in the Pacific with a 1 point lead over the Golden Knights, who they still have two games in hand on. Li...
SOH Best Bets - Mar. 2nd, 2024
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Holy CANOLLY I have put together back to back winning weeks!!! I'm the greatest hockey handicapper in the history of our universe!
S.O.U.P.S. - Not a Pretty Win, But I Guess It’s a Win
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oilers beat the Blues 3-2 in OT despite a brutal start and needing some very big stops from Stuart Skinner. Plus, lots of trade deadline talk.
The SOH BS - Trade Deadline Preview
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I tried to cover all the names and all the contenders and what might go down in the next 12 days in the NHL. I might have missed some. I don't kno...
S.O.U.P.S. - Awful
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I can't believe what I watched. What a waste of a Saturday night. At least Shane was funny, the rest was a disgrace.
SOH Best Bets - Feb. 24th, 2024
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Well would you believe THAT?! I had a winning week last week!!! Yep...not to brag, but 8.3% of the time I win every time! Back to back? Woah, let...
S.O.U.P.S. - That Game Kills Any Talk of Not Needing a Goalie Ahead of the Deadline, Right?...
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oilers lose 4-2 with an empty netter to the Wild. Calvin Pickard was terrible. Not a ton of time spent on the game though and mostly on my latest trad...
S.O.U.P.S. - A Strong 20 Minute Effort Apparently is Enough vs the Coyotes
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oilers win their 2nd straight for the first time since the winning streak defeating the Coyotes 6-3 Monday afternoon. I'm lazy, so my post game sh...
SOH BS - Feb. 19th, 2024
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's edition of the BS (stands for Big Show), I discuss Jaromir Jagr, Jarmo Kekelainen, Morgan Rielly, I reveal my initial top 32 prospects ...
S.O.U.P.S. - Big Win in Big D
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In their best performance in a long time, the Oilers beat the Stars 4-3 in OT. Plus, a lot of trade talk, as their usually is on this particular show ...
SOH Best Bets - Feb. 17th, 2024
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's ACTUALLY the "SOH Worst Bets" I just legally can't change that name just yet...please listen to this show, and please don't...
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers Looking More and More Like Their Old Selves…
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another game, another unprepared, only try when they have to, awful performance by the Oilers.
S.O.U.P.S. - The Oilers Put Together a Solid 20 Minute Performance to Defeat Detroit
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
That wasn’t pretty and I still worry they aren’t playing very well, but an 8-4 win for the Oilers.
S.O.U.P.S. - What the Hell Were They Doing Drinking in LA?
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm a big Bran Van fan. I've seen some talk that it actually was that the Kings played so well and the Oilers weren't bad. Not at all the ...
SOH Best Bets - Feb. 10th, 2024
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have I mentioned to anyone that I HATE doing this show? I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATEEEEEEEEEEEEE doing this show. I bleepin' SUCK at making these picks ...
S.O.U.P.S. - Just Good Enough to Win Their First Since January
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm KIDDING with that title. Of course those of you who claim to be optimistic that are truly just not wanting to hear the truth will call me a pe...
S.O.U.P.S. - Oilers fall to 16-1 in Their Last 17
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adin Hill goalies the Oilers again as they fall for the first time since losing 3-2 on Long Island back on December 19th, 2023.
The 40 Team NHL is Coming...
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've been saying it for about a year now, maybe longer: The NHL is going to expand and it is going to expand by much more than anyone seems to rea...
SOH BS - Feb. 4th, 2024
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On today's edition of the Soups on Hockey Big Show, I talk about the players not doing a damn thing to help grow the game on All-Star weekend (3:2...
SOH Short Shift - Monahan, McLellan, and Much More International Hockey
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The title kind of says it all, but Sean Monahan dealt, Todd McLellan fired, and the NHL announces a 4 nations Cup for 2025 and a return to the Olympic...
SOH Trade Assessment - Elias Lindholm to Vancouver
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I had to go back and see what I titled this when I did the podcast on the Zadorov trade. Lindholm goes to Vancouver, what I think of it for the Flames...
S.O.U.P.S. - Sweet 16, Oilers Now 1 Win Away From Tying Their Doppelganger
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
They did not deserve to tie the 16-17 Columbus Blue Jackets for the 2nd longest streak in NHL history with today's 4-1 win vs the Nashville Predat...
GMTC - Elias Lindholm to Edmonton TD Haul
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
NEW SHOW ALERT!!! Not sure if it's that big of a deal, and they all basically sound the exact same, but General Manager Tyler Campbell goes to wor...
SOH Best Bets - Jan. 27th, 2024
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
LOL I still call them the "Best Bets". There is nothing good and or funny about this at this point. I hate this show, I'm just doing it ...
S.O.U.P.S. - 15 & Counting
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another uninspired performance by the Oilers aside from their goaltender as Calvin Pickard shines and the Oilers up their winning streak to 15 with a ...
S.O.U.P.S. - Despite Their Best Efforts Not to, The Oilers Win Their 14th Straight
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It wasn’t pretty for 40 minutes, but the Oilers did JUST enough to win their 14th straight against the Blue Jackets.