It’s Friday afternoon, which means a new episode of Oilersnation Radio has been recorded and edited and is ready to massage your earholes. On today’s podcast, we discussed Canada vs. Sweden, predicted what will happen against Team USA, and much more.

We kicked off the newest episode of ONR with a discussion about the anthems at the 4 Nations tournament and whether we think it’s appropriate to boo at a sporting event or if the fans should leave politics out of the equation. As you’ll hear, no one on the podcast would boo at a hockey game, but they also weren’t prepared to say that no one should do it. That said, it’s a complicated situation for the NHL and one that doesn’t seem to have an end in sight.

Changing gears, Baggedmilk told a few stories from his quick trip to Montreal. Despite only being in the city for 39 hours, he had a lot to say about being at the 4 Nations Face-Off, Bell Centre hot dogs being overrated, and what it was like to be in the building for Canada vs. Sweden. Baggedmilk admitted he wasn’t overly excited about the tournament leading up to that first game, but that changed almost immediately after walking into the Bell Centre for the first time.

Turning the podcast back to the Oilers, we looked through some rumours surrounding the team as the trade deadline approaches on March 7th. Starting with the Noah Dobson rumour that had people excited, Liam threw cold water on the situation after Frank Seravalli appeared on Oilersnation Everyday and said the idea doesn’t make sense from an Islanders perspective. We also looked at the latest trade board over at Daily Faceoff and tried to figure out which other names might be a fit.

Finally, we wrapped up the Friday episode of ONR with another round of betting talk ahead of Saturday’s matchup between Canada and the USA, some Ask the Idiots questions that were all over the board, and finally our Hot and Cold Performers of the week. As always, the final chunk of the podcast was all over the map with an array of topics and side quests.