It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of off-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ demolition of the Seattle Kraken, line combos, some injury updates, line combos, and much more.

We kicked off the Friday episode of ONR with a delicious debate about NHL players participating in the Olympics after a cryptic message from Bill Daly basically opened the door for missing the tournament unless Italy gets its rink done. Whether you’re hearing about the rink being too small or that it wasn’t even ready in the first place, there’s some smoke around the idea that the NHL doesn’t want its players to participate and is using this as an out.

Shifting gears, the guys looked at last night’s 9-4 win over the Seattle Kraken and how badly everyone needed that win. From the players to the fans, having the boys crank out their first massive win of the year gave everyone a chance to exhale a little bit. From the big dogs (McDavid, Draisaitl, Nuge, and Hyman) cashing in 12 points to the way Matt Savoie could have had a hat trick himself, there were plenty of of positives to take away from one of the most fun games of the season.

Finally, we wrapped up the Friday episode of ONR with another round of Ask the Idiots, betting talk for our friends at bet365, and Hot and Cold Performers to look back on the week that was. With the 2025-26 season well underway, the guys spent the bulk of the Friday episode moving through a range of topics, some related to the Oilers and others not, but that’s what happens when the team is playing as poorly as they have been.