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Better Lait Than Never: Grinding through the Oilers’ off-season dead zone

By baggedmilk
Jul 23, 2025, 22:00 EDTUpdated: Jul 23, 2025, 19:30 EDT
It’s Wednesday in the middle of the NHL dead zone, which means a fresh episode of Better Lait Than Never is ready to recap what was a slow news week in Edmonton. On today’s podcast, I discussed the Oilers’ off-season dead zone, Ozzy Osbourne’s passing away, reality TV, and whatever else has happened over the last seven days.
There’s not a whole lot going on in Edmonton Oilers land these days, which meant for a very random episode of BLTN. While the team hasn’t done much over the last week, we did get a few interviews from Kris Knoblauch and Stan Bowman that provided some details on where the Oilers are at heading into next season. Either way, we’re still weeks away from anything exciting happening barring some kind of trade or Connor McDavid extension, so the’s little doubt that the Oilers talk was definitely lighter this week. Did that mean I didn’t try to stretch out the news as long as possible anyway? Of course not.
Finally, I wrapped up this week’s episode of BLTN with a Righteous Sack Beating about Uber annoyances before wrapping up the podcast with another round of voicemails. The voicemail was quieter this week, but the messages were still as fun as ever. As always, the voicemails are a fun way to wrap up the show and give everyone a chance to share their thoughts. Another hearty thank you to everyone who contributed to this week’s episode, because having all of you in the mix makes the show so much better.
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