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Real Life Podcast: Movie talk, the Oilers off-season, and the Rogers Place naming rights

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May 7, 2026, 22:00 EDTUpdated: May 7, 2026, 16:52 EDT
Thursday afternoon means a fresh episode of Real Life was recorded and edited, and it’s ready to help you wrap up the week. On today’s podcast, the guys discussed what comes next for the Edmonton Oilers, Evan Bouchard’s Norris Trophy snub, the Leafs winning the NHL Draft Lottery, and much more.
The guys kicked off the Monday episode of Real Life with a conversation about the latest round of drama in the Mike Vrabel and Diana Russini story, and how TMZ just released another round of pictures and docs about their affair. Needless to say, the rabbit hole keeps getting deeper by the day, and it’s going to be fascinating to see where this story ends up when the dust settles. With the Oilers out of the playoffs, the boys have a bunch more time to think about other things.
Changing gears, the conversation turned to a bunch of movie talk. The boys really dove into the weeds on what they’re watching these days and which movies can lure them back to rewatching, even if they’ve seen them a bunch of times. Even if the segment was only meant to be a few minutes, the boys ended up talking about movies and TV for way longer than anyone probably expected. Even though they acknowledged the segment was going on too long, it ended up running a few more minutes anyway.
Finally, the guys wrapped up the podcast on the Thursday episode of Real Life with a run of topics, starting with the name rights for Rogers Place could potentially be wrapping up and whether any new companies would work their way in. Chalmers also told the story about a WHL prospect that went 9th overall in the draft, and how it was such a cool moment for a young man that he’s known since childhood.
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