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 Tristan Jarry’s injury, the Oilers’ recall of Isaac Howard and Quinn Hutson, additional injury updates, line combos, and more.

We kicked off the Friday episode of ONR with a delicious debate about whether or not the boys on the podcast would trade a prospect like Isaac Howard to Nashville in exchange for Filip Forsberg or a legit top-six winger like him. Given that Edmonton looks to be all in on another run at the Stanley Cup, would it make sense to flip a younger player like Howard to get a more proven player? Is there another solution the fellas didn’t even think about?

Shifting gears, the guys looked at the recall of Isaac Howard and Quinn Hutson from the Bakersfield Condors and how the two will fit into the lineup on their second tour of duty with the NHL club. Will these two get a chance to play significant minutes? Will they be stuck playing very little, and folks wonder why they can’t produce? Only time will tell. What we do know for sure is that the Oilers need more scoring from their bottom six, and it will be fascinating to see how/if at all, these two can help solve the problem.

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 reaching the halfway mark, 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 the way things go during the weird time between Christmas and New Year’s.