It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is recorded, edited, and ready to massage your eardrums. On this week’s episode, the guys discussed Brendon Saad signing in Vegas,

The boys kicked off the Friday episode of ONR by discussing Brendon Saad’s signing with the Vegas Golden Knights. Given that there was some hope around Nation HQ that the Stan Bowman connection would lure Saad to Edmonton as a cheap free agent, it is slightly annoying that he wound up with a Pacific Division rival. As you’ll hear, Rick didn’t care that Saad ended up in Vegas, while Tyler and Liam made a case for how he would have fit in the Oilers’ roster.

Changing gears, we examined last night’s 3-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings and how it was one of the more annoying losses we’ve seen recently. After a wonderful first period, the Oilers really duffed the second period with poor puck management, which allowed the Red Wings to get back in the game and fight their way to a win. We also looked at John Klingberg’s Oilers debut and offered our first impressions on the Oilers’ newest toy. Given that he hasn’t played in over a calendar year, we all thought he played well in his first game and look forward to seeing how he progresses over the coming weeks.

From there, we looked at the Oilers’ quarter century team for a total of 15 seconds as no one on the podcast really cared about the rosters that were announced yesterday. If anything, the fellas spent more time criticizing the Utah Hockey Club for ignoring their Coyotes and Jets history while the current Jets included plenty of former Thrashers in their lineup. More important, Tyler walked everyone through the new cap numbers that are being projected over the next three years, and how this is fantastic news for the Edmonton Oilers.

Finally, we wrapped up the Friday episode of the podcast with a random collection of topics, including some prop bets for the Super Bowl, some Ask the Idiots questions from listeners, and Hot and Cold Performers to recap the best and worst moments from the past seven days. As always, the boys were all over the map with their answers, but that’s the joy of opening up the end of the podcast for a little bit of shenanigans.