The Nielson Show

Bruce Boudreau joined the show for the first time since the Oilers' exit to share his takeaways from the team's season-ending media availability. Bruce breaks down the roster's current state, offering specific solutions for the blue line and bottom-six—both from within the organization and via the trade market. Plus, we pivot to the "mess in Toronto" to see how the Maple Leafs' offseason chaos compares to the situation in Edmonton.
 
It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.
 
In the middle of the hour we got into I Got Beef! What are the boy's beefing about today?
 
Reid Wilkins finished off hour 2 with his beef, some thoughts on the Oilers future and finished with some Elks talk as training camp is right around the corner.

It's a Thursday in Edmonton, and while the sun is out, the clouds are still lingering over Rogers Place. The Edmonton Oilers' offseason is in full swing, but the "patient" approach from the front office has the fans—and the fellas—feeling anything but calm. We're diving back into the wreckage of the 2025-26 season to ask the hard questions that management hasn't answered yet.
 
We quickly got into Morning Announcements to recap all the action from last night in the NHL and NBA.
 
After the break, we continued the Oilers discussion. Dusty asked the boys and the nasties what's the best reason to keep Bowman as GM? It was tough to find the answer.
 
To cap off hour one, it's day two of YouTube Trev's trade of the day. And we got Fired Up for Gemco Fireplaces. Today, we gave away some Stingers tickets.

We got the third hour started with Mr Mikes Kind of Easy Trivia. 
 
It was then time for Three Questions Too Many presented by Park Mazda.
 
Ryan Rishaug was the final guest on today's show. We started off with everything out east. From chaos to glory in a matter of moments. We then brought it home starting with the season ending media availability's, the trajectory of this team and how hard this will actually be to fix things. Is Knoblauch on the hot seat and there's a new feud between Strudy and Tommy?
 
We finished the show like we always do with The Wrap from William Huff.

We kick off today's show with TSN Scouting Director Craig Button, who pulls no punches regarding the state of the Oilers. Following the raw honesty of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl's year-end comments, Craig breaks down why he believes the organization has taken a massive step backward under the leadership of Stan Bowman and Jeff Jackson. We also put Kris Knoblauch under the microscope—is the bench boss officially on the hot seat? Once the dust settles in Edmonton, we head East to analyze the 'Toronto Takeover,' from the polarizing hire of John Chayka to the lottery shocker that landed the Leafs the #1 overall pick.
 
It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.
 
After the break, we got into some Free Advice for Damon Bunting. The boys are always dishing out amazing advice.
 
We finished hour two off with Eric Macramalla with his thoughts on everything that has happened in Toronto over the past few days, the Habs and Sabres series and…?

The hockey world was shaken to its core last night, and the ripples are being felt all the way here in Edmonton. Dusty and the fellas are back to pick up the pieces of a landscape-shifting Tuesday that saw the draft lottery defy the odds and the Oilers' future come into even sharper focus.
 
We first hit on Morning Announcements to recap everything that transpired yesterday in the NHL. The Avs remain undefeated, the Leafs won the lottery and Lt. Eric and YTT will be looking spiffy soon enough here all thanks to the folks at MDRN Measure.
 
After the break, the Oilers conversation continued as yesterday Hockey Canada announced that Evan Bouchard and Darnell Nurse will be repping the red and white at the World Championships. This was MMMMMM That's Good presented by The Italian Centre Shop.
 
And we capped off hour one with day one of YouTube Trev's trade of the day. Would you commit to this trade or is YouTube Trev out of his element.