The Nielson Show

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.
 
Former NHL goaltender Joaquin Gage was our final guest on today's show. "Gager" stopped by to break down a wild weekend in the sports world, starting with the dramatic events at the British Grand Prix. We dug into the latest rumors swirling around Max Verstappen and analyzed Ferrari's impressive finish at Silverstone. To wrap up the show, we shifted gears back to the ice to get his expert take on the Edmonton Oilers' current goaltending situation.
 
We finished the show like we always do with The Wrap from William Huff.

Former NHL netminder Jamie McLennan joined us for his final hit of the season, and since we missed him last week, we had a massive mountain of Oilers news to clear out. "Noodles" broke down the headlines regarding Edmonton's official plan to carry three goaltenders next season and shared why he actually doesn't hate the approach. From there, we evaluated the Oilers' new-look blue line, tracking how well Stan Bowman navigated the historic Darnell Nurse trade to San Jose. Finally, Jamie mapped out the exact workload split he expects among the three netminders and advised what management should do with their freshly cleared cap space.
 
It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.
 
Right after the break, we mapped out the entire CFL Week 5 slate with former league quarterback Chris Streveler. "Strevy" weighed in on the devastating, horrific injury to future Hall of Famer Bo Levi Mitchell that had him carted off the field in Hamilton last night. From there, the conversation shifted to pure dominance under center as we looked at Vernon Adams Jr.'s absolutely absurd tear to start the year. Finally, Chris gave us his take on the local scene, breaking down the Edmonton Elks' first loss of the season and diagnosing exactly what went sideways for the Green and Gold out in BC.
 
To finish hour two, we got into MMMMMM That's Good presented by The Italian Centre Shop. The third annual EST Golf Classic gets underway this week. How good is that?

Good morning, Nasties! Welcome inside a brand new, highly volatile Monday morning edition of The Nielson Show, streaming live on Edmonton Sports Talk. We hope you had an incredible weekend, because the sports world absolutely refused to take a couple of days off.
 
Dusty and the fellas are back behind the desk to unpack a weekend of heavy local heartbreak and a massive, history-making hockey bombshell that rocked the NHL foundation on Friday afternoon.
 
We start off by catching up everyone's weekends, then diving right into Morning Announcements for The Rundle Park Short Course to recap the major headlines from the weekend.
 
After the break, we got into Offseason, What Offseason presented by GCL Diesel. The boys got into some Oilers talk as they were busy signing both Shakir Mukhamadullin and Stastney over the weekend. We then got into a ranking… who are the best defenseman from 1-8?
 
We finish hour one like we always do on a Monday's show, with our good, bad and ugly from the weekend.

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.
 
It's Friday, which means it's the fan favourite Sobeys & Safeway Liquor Beer of The Week! This weeks beer of the week was provided by Mark Hamilton, the Origin Brewing Director of Sales & Marketing. Joining Mark on the show, (and pictured on the can), will be one of Canada's all-time great professional bull riders, Scott Schiffner! The boys joined the fellas virtually for this weeks beer of the week, which is the Origin Malting & Brewing Co. Cowboy Pale Ale in honour of the Calgary Stampede. You can purchase a 4-pack for $11.49, saving $4.00 when you buy one!
 
We finished the show like we always do with The Wrap from William Huff.

TSN Hockey Insider Chris Johnston joined the show off the top, and we immediately plunged into all things Oil Country. CJ shared his initial thoughts on Stan Bowman's aggressive opening-day strategy in Free Agency and laid out what he expects next from management now that the Oilers are flush with new cap flexibility. From there, we toured the league to get CJ's inside scoop on the developing drama surrounding Norris-winner Zach Werenski in Columbus, the Winnipeg Jets' active trade discussions involving Connor Hellebuyck, and an update on Dylan Larkin. Plus, CJ broke down the breaking news regarding Connor Bedard's practice injury in BC before wrapping up with his definitive free agency winners and losers.
 
It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.
 
After the break, we got into Offseason, What Offseason presented by GCL Diesel. For the first time in a long time the Oilers have cap space… would you like to see the Oilers use that money asap, or should they wait it out?
 
Dustin Nielson finished hour two with his thoughts on the Oilers moves on Free Agency, he gave a grade on the day as well and finished with some CFL talk.