Oil Rig Radio: Hockey This Fortnight

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they dissect what's gone wrong for the Oilers in the first few weeks (spoiler: it's the goaltending), discuss some other NHL news, laugh about the Heritage Classic taking place between the Oilers and Flames this week, and then make some assumptions about people in general. Is there a chance you'll hear about Sidney Crosby&#3...

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they make some predictions about the upcoming Oilers season, talk about the things they are fearful of, make a pick for the most interesting non-Oilers story of the season, and fill you in on the things other people do that are just disgusting.

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall, Megan Fowler and special guest Karim Kurji for a quick chat about The Oil Rig website, some complaints about hockey fans, a relatively long discussion about hockey beards, and a 2023-24 wishlist from each. We'll actually be back in a fortnight.

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they discuss some happenings around the league, try to decide if the Sens will be good, imagine themselves as Oilers GM and decide how to solve the upcoming cap crisis, and test their knowledge of different league champions over the years.

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they break down, in near real time, some of the more significant signings as NHL free agency opens. If you stick around long enough you will hear, in ACTUAL real time, Steven's reaction to the Connor Brown contract and boy is it worth the wait.

Join Steven Darnell (the most interesting man in the world), Avry Lewis-McDougall (your mom's favourite podcaster) and Megan Fowler as they reflect on the final round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, talk about why the Golden Knights were successful, how the Panthers got beat by themselves (sort of), why it's bad to play hockey with a broken sternum, and which fictional character would be the...

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they discuss Florida's improbable Round 3 sweep of Carolina, how Matt Tkachuk has become the face of the NHL in the best way, why Jamie Benn made the Stars lose, why it's a waste of time to get upset about the Heritage Classic jerseys before we know what they look like, and why it's bad business to price average fans out of...

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler for a concise round 2 recap and some conference final predictions. What happened to the Devils? Are the Stars for real? The Panthers, in this economy? And, of course, they spend some time talking about the Oilers and what went wrong (it's not that complicated). Anyway, everyone is excited for hockey that they aren't emotionally inv...

Join Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler for a quick recap of Round 1, predictions for Round 2, their NEW dream SCF matchups, and a quick chat about what's happening in both Winnipeg and Calgary.

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they make their Round 1 playoff predictions. There's not a lot of debate this time around, but somewhere in the discussion you'll find out what one of the hosts actually thinks about the Oilers playoff chances. They also agree on a dream Finals matchup, but for VERY different reasons. We'll be back after round 1 to see how w...

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they take their bi-weekly tour around the league. The Oilers clinched a playoff spot last night, partially on the back of Leon Draisaitl's 50-goal campaign, and your hosts discuss how important he has been to the team. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has had a career year, and is 3 points away from 100 points of his own; he's doing it quite...

Join Steven Darnell, Megan Fowler and (a very late) Avry Lewis-McDougall for a discussion of offside reviews, how Mattias Ekholm is Ken Holland's Adam Larsson, whether or not the Oilers can win a Stanley Cup with Skinner and Campbell, who will and won't make the playoffs in the West, why James Reimer is wrong, and which movies should be recast with Muppets.

Join your favourite podcasters (Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler) for a lengthy conversation about this year's trade deadline. We don't touch on everything that happened, but since this was a lot more active than many recent deadlines there were some things to talk about. If you stick around to the end, you'll learn what old man habits Steven has adopted (they shouldn't be sur...

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they discuss Jack Campbell's play this season, talk about what's been ailing the Oilers over the last 10 games, talk about whether or not Erik Karlsson is a good fit for this roster over the long term, take a look at interesting developments around the league, and decide which celebrity would make the best parenting partner. 

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they discuss the Oilers' recent success, what they need to get over the hump, the feel-good stories of Vincent Desharnais and Matt Berlin, whether or not players should be penalized for saying questionable things on the ice, and whether or not anyone has the ability to get angry enough to punch someone. 

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they come back after a month away (whoops....) and talk about the Oilers recent successes and failures. Is it a coaching problem? Do they miss Kane more than they know? Why isn't the bottom 6 better? What is the solution to the problem? Apparently, only The Shadow knows. 

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they delve into the Oilers current situation, discuss the goaltending 'controversy', try to figure out what to do with Jesse Puljujarvi, and decide what they'd do as GM. The second half of the show is a deeper discussion about the Oilers current woes and whether or not they are built well enough to win now, plus a further discussion abo...

Join Steven Darnell (who hasn't actually introduced himself in WEEKS), Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they do a deep-ish dive into the Oilers current issues, despite the comeback win against the Rangers. Is Philip Broberg the answer? Maybe Ken Holland will make a trade? Maybe a coaching change is in the works? None of those things are off the table. Also, at about the one hour mark, we d...

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler for a look at the Oilers first 13 games, a discussion about goaltending, how to make the defence better, what (if anything) to to do about coaching, a look at some non-Oilers stuff and a bit of a deep dive into the latest nonsense with the Bruins. Also, one of them exposes themselves as a "9 inch person", so that's fun. 

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they dissect the Oilers first 5 games, talk about some surprises (and disappointments) from around the league, and are then stunned into silence at Avry's deeply personal question. 

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler for a deep-ish dive into the end of Oilers training camp, some very significant off-ice news in the hockey world, and a rather involved discussion of Nala from the Lion King (it's about exactly what you think it's about). 

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they discuss some big changes around the Oilers Rig (we're The Oil Rig now), as well as a pretty deep dive into some of the Oilers off-season moves. Stick around to the end to hear what laws we'd each enact if we were in charge of a country. 

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler for some free agency chat, and a pretty long discussion about Hockey Canada and its current legal troubles. 

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler for a brief recap of the Stanley Cup Final, an in-depth discussion of the Oilers offseason needs, what might be the last time they talk about Jesse Puljujarvi on this show (if the rumours are to be believed), and see if they can solve the Oilers goaltending conundrum. Come for the hockey talk, stay for the highly personal questions at the...

Join Steven Darnell, Avry Lewis-McDougall and Megan Fowler as they discuss the Oilers Western Conference Final loss to the Colorado Avalanche, try to figure out what the top offseason priority should be for the club, sing the praises of Cale Makar, talk a little about the NHL Awards and why they matter (even if it feels like they don't), agree on a talent they would all like to have, and decide on...