After a couple of months of making up nonsense to pass the time, the Edmonton Oilers kick off their 2024-25 season <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2024/10/09/game-notes-1-0-jets-looking-for-young-players-to-step-up-this-season/">tonight against the Winnipeg Jets</a>, and that means a game day episode of Better Lait Than Never is here to capture the excitement.
With only a few hours to wait until puck drop, I cranked out a non-traditional episode of BLTN to capture the community&#8217;s excitement and tee off what I hoped would be a <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2024/10/09/gdb-1-0-edmonton-oilers-franchise-begins-its-45th-nhl-season-vs-winnipeg-jets-8pm-mt-snw/">fantastic night at Rogers Place</a>. Having never been to a banner-raising ceremony before, I was pumped to get back to the rink and watch them hang up a reminder to commemorate an unbelievable season. No, it wasn&#8217;t the banner we wanted to see go up at Rogers Place, but I was choosing to treat this one like an appetizer.
Changing gears, a lot of Oilers news has happened since the last podcast, and I tried to make as much sense of it as possible. From roster decisions to trying to make sense of the salary cap situation with <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2024/10/08/oilers-officially-place-evander-kane-on-ltir-assign-savoie-and-wright-to-ahl/">Kane going on the LTIR</a>, I walked through the week&#8217;s biggest stories and offered my take on how those stories will impact the upcoming season. I mean, that was the plan at least. As you&#8217;ll hear, anything to do with math is the last thing I should comment on, but I gave it the ol&#8217; college try anyway.
Finally, I wrapped up this quick episode of BLTN with a guest Righteous Sack Beating from Dooks, who covered a wide range of topics. Needless to say, my man was in peak form with this voicemail as he battled his brain to come up with the right words for his complaint. Even though we never quite got to the point of the VM, I certainly had a healthy chuckle listening to him try to get his train of thought back on the rails. That said, apparently not everyone is a fan.
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After a couple of months of making up nonsense to pass the time, the Edmonton Oilers kick off their 2024-25 season <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2024/10/09/game-notes-1-0-jets-looking-for-young-players-to-step-up-this-season/">tonight against the Winnipeg Jets</a>, and that means a game day episode of Better Lait Than Never is here to capture the excitement.

With only a few hours to wait until puck drop, I cranked out a non-traditional episode of BLTN to capture the community's excitement and tee off what I hoped would be a <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2024/10/09/gdb-1-0-edmonton-oilers-franchise-begins-its-45th-nhl-season-vs-winnipeg-jets-8pm-mt-snw/">fantastic night at Rogers Place</a>. Having never been to a banner-raising ceremony before, I was pumped to get back to the rink and watch them hang up a reminder to commemorate an unbelievable season. No, it wasn't the banner we wanted to see go up at Rogers Place, but I was choosing to treat this one like an appetizer.

Changing gears, a lot of Oilers news has happened since the last podcast, and I tried to make as much sense of it as possible. From roster decisions to trying to make sense of the salary cap situation with <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2024/10/08/oilers-officially-place-evander-kane-on-ltir-assign-savoie-and-wright-to-ahl/">Kane going on the LTIR</a>, I walked through the week's biggest stories and offered my take on how those stories will impact the upcoming season. I mean, that was the plan at least. As you'll hear, anything to do with math is the last thing I should comment on, but I gave it the ol' college try anyway.

Finally, I wrapped up this quick episode of BLTN with a guest Righteous Sack Beating from Dooks, who covered a wide range of topics. Needless to say, my man was in peak form with this voicemail as he battled his brain to come up with the right words for his complaint. Even though we never quite got to the point of the VM, I certainly had a healthy chuckle listening to him try to get his train of thought back on the rails. That said, apparently not everyone is a fan.

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