Soups on Hockey

As I'm writing this, it's very late, I'm very exhausted, as an Oilers fan I'm once again VERY depressed.  I recap the first round, go on some rants, bash some GM's, praise some others, and I save the best for last as I give my take on the Oilers pick at 14.  Good?  Bad?  What's the outlook on Holloway?  Give it a listen and find out!

I call this a draft preview, but it's really just a draft preview for the Oilers with the 14th pick, coupled in with a rant on Marc Bergevin that last's a good hour or so.  I badly wanted to do two shows: one show looking at the draft as a whole, and one show looking at the Oilers.  I didn't have time for both, so since I did a mock draft that looks at what every team might do, the Oiler...

With the 2nd/1st round of the 2020 Covid coin flip playoffs now complete, we move on to the 3rd/2nd round of the 2020 Covid coin flip playoffs!  But first, we take a look at those who are going home and the outlook of those teams moving forward.  Then...it's back...the 3rd/2nd round predictions.  This time, there is no pulling from the hat.  This time, we do it right, with an a...

Two big topics on today's show: Tonight's 2nd phase of the draft lottery A.K.A. the Lafreniere lottery, and a very special preview of the 2nd round...1st round...whatever round of the playoffs the final 16 is considered to be (starts at 41:22).  Trust me on this, if you don't listen to anything else I do, listen to the last about 20 minutes of this show.  I got on a completely unscripted...

The 19-20 Edmonton Oilers season officially came to an end on Friday night.  What in the bloody hell happened?!?!?  Well, give this a listen and I'll tell you what happened.  

A much different, and much better game from the Edmonton Oilers in game 2 of their play-in series vs the Chicago Blackhawks.  It's crystal clear that the Blackhawks aren't going to go away in this series, but the Oilers played hard for 60 minutes, got better in their own zone as the game progressed, and have it evened up as they head to Chicago for games 3 and 4...right?  Isn't that how...

After several attempts to fix the issue, I BELIEVE I have it figured out.  So, for the close to 100th time in the last 24 hours...my review of game 1 between the Oilers and Hawks isn't really a review.  What do you say after a game like that?  It was dreadful.  The Oilers played horrendous, didn't get one bounce, one call, anything.  It just wasn't their day.  So why...

It's here!!!  It's ACTUALLY HERE!!!  The 2020 NHL playoffs are ACTUALLY HAPPENING!!!  Nearly five months after the pause, the NHL returns tomorrow, and to hell with what the league wants to call it, the 1st round of the playoffs starts tomorrow.  Off the top, I talk a little Philip Broberg for you Oilers fans, talk a little John Chayka, and then I look to break down each series...

Well...it's the 2nd one I've done for this draft class, the 1st one I've done a podcast for, and definitely won't be the last mock I do with the draft now set for October 6th (and the fact that so much of the draft order is still up in the air, won't be remotely accurate), but why the hell not eh?!  If you prefer to read this rather than listen to me lay it out, go to soupsonhockey.com to che...

If you want to read the list, head over to soupsonhockey.com and check it out!  If you want to settle into a podcast that's over two hours on the list, well aren't you in luck?!  This is a pretty self-explanatory episode, my top 64 prospects for the upcoming 2020 NHL draft.  I try to make it much more entertaining than it sounds, but I'll let you be the judge of that!

I'm back!!!  I don't know if that's a good thing for you or not.  Don't feel like you HAVE to listen, but in another sense, you damn well better listen!  Quite a bit to cover in this one including what I've been up to, the CBA, play-in round is now under a month to play, the aftermath of the draft lottery, my top 64 prospect list, my mock draft I'm currently working on, at one point...

This show was so much fun, because this draft is so much bad!  It's the bad accident that you can't stop starring at.  Jason Tremblay joins me as we talk a walk down memory lane, and then do our best to pick some decent flowers out of this trash bin of a draft.  Plus, JT comes STRONG with a take on the Sedin twins that is well worth listening for!  Check it out to see what all...

The 1997 NHL draft class was getting comparisons to the famed 1979 draft just like the 93 class was.  93 didn't meet those lofty expectations but was a good draft.  The top 4 in this draft class is pretty damn special, and then the draft falls off a FREAKING CLIFF!!  In terms of expectations vs results, it has to be one of the biggest busts of a draft in league history.  After...

Sean.  Patrick.  Ryan.  The man with three first names is back on the SOH podcast!  Sean has been doing some Cult of Hockey podcasts with David Staples lately and is also the co-host of OHL Unfiltered in addition to being an independent scout, and of course a massive Oilers fan.  Needless to say, they're pretty easy conversations anytime Sean and I do a podcast together (w...

Back with another old school podcast!  Only two real topics on this one though as I look into what the off-season might look like for the Edmonton Oilers once the season concludes (and what a fantastic cap situation they could possibly find themselves in).  The other thing I look at is the Jack Eichel situation and how I believe there is one team out there IF Eichel does end up demanding...

Jason Tremblay is back to help me do another re-draft, this one we skip ahead 19 years and do the 2008 NHL re-draft.  This was one of the most hyped drafts in league history, as it was the first one to receive the "could be as good as 2003" moniker.  It was extremely good...but not the 1st round.    If you look back at just the 1st round, this draft wildly underachieves. &...

It has been two months since I did an original version of the Soups on Hockey podcast, but with the NHL laying out what they are going to do, I believe it's time to get excited for hockey coming!  Obviously I get into the Oilers matchup with the Blackhawks, why I'm not miserable about it like so many others seem to be, and why I think it is actually a massive advantage for the Oilers with the way...

Colin Budd is OUT!  Just like the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, Colin and I had a massive public contract dispute and now we're done!!!  Well...no...he's still going to do shows, just a little different format.  At least I think he is!  I don't know, he couldn't record the 97 draft show last week, so maybe he is done with me!  Uh oh!  Anyway, never fear, because my good b...

It's a hybrid show in many ways as Eric Friesen joins me to break down the top 20 Edmonton Oilers draft picks of all-time!  Been doing a lot of re-drafts lately, and will be doing a lot of draft shows in the near future as normally this would be getting into draft season.  I did Eric's show (the 99 Forever podcast) a few weeks back and wanted to return the favour, not just because he had...

First off...yes, we both know that we need to start doing shorter episodes!  Frankly, I didn't have the time to go through this and really edit it down hard as I should have.  So you're getting the full four hours.  This is not the same as the shows we've done.  We do discuss our rankings near the end of the show (we do about a top 15, it fizzles out because there wasn't much d...

A blockbuster trade, no consensus 1st pick, an all-time Oilers icon, an all-time Oilers bust, probably the best 9th and 10th rounds in league history, the 1994 draft has a lot of good stuff to chew on!  Myself and Colin Budd get into all of it!  We don't hit the 4-hour mark, or even the 3-hour mark this time around (didn't even after I added the opening and closing to the show), but it's still an...

To say this was a fun episode to record would be a pretty big understatement! This was a blast! And yes, we did well over 4 hours of recording (damn near 5 if I recall correctly), but neither Colin Budd or myself were bitter about the length because there is just so much to get into with this draft! Maybe the most fascinating draft of all time. You can find the original broadcast of it on YouTube...

The 1992 NHL entry draft was NOT the most riveting draft in league history.  At the time it sure was, as the Eric Lindros trade (as it turned out, the 2 Eric Lindros trades) took place at the 92 draft.  But Colin Budd and myself discussed all things Lindros including his trade on the 91 show.  That doesn't leave us a lot of intriguing things to talk about from this draft.  So how does the show go...

Easily one of my best podcasts as I’m joined by my good friend and Calgary Flames colour commentator on Sportsnet 960 the Fan, Peter Loubardias. The thing about myself and Peter is that we can talk for days, so it was difficult for me to narrow my line of questioning down to a 2 hour and 15 minute (give or take) show…although I somehow did it. I'll be honest, I tend to go a few different direction...

The first ever Soups on Hockey watch along! Going all the way back to 2010, I check out the first episode of Oil Change! Interesting to see after a decade has gone by and only recently have things truly changed in the organization. I’ll be putting the link to it on Twitter, but you can also simply search on YouTube “Oil Change Season 1, Episode 1” and it will come up (spelling might be in French,...