# NHL opens the door to the Oilers entering the Babcock era Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/oilersnation-radio-205507/nhl-opens-the-door-to-the-oilers-entering-the-babcock-era Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/oilersnation-radio-205507/nhl-opens-the-door-to-the-oilers-entering-the-babcock-era.md Podcast: [Oilersnation Radio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/oilersnation-radio-205507) Published: 2026-06-19T21:10:30+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/oilersnation-radio/episodes/nhl-opens-the-door-to-the-oilers-entering-the-babcock-era Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/629658d78a41830013caf1ac/e/6a35b0474a2a3be0f4550d3e/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/oilersnation-radio-205507/episodes/nhl-opens-the-door-to-the-oilers-entering-the-babcock-era Duration seconds: 4298 ## Resource It's Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of off-season Oilers talk. On today's podcast, the fellas discussed Darnell Nurse trade rumours, where he might end up, the incoming Mike Babcock press conference, line combinations , and more. We kicked off the Friday episode of ONR with a delicious debate about Mike Babcock becoming the Oilers' next head coach, and whether there's anything he can do to win over the Oilers fans who are not at all happy about the decision. Given the Oilers are making this decision not caring about the fanbase's opinion, there's little doubt that the noise surrounding this decision will be incredibly loud. That led the boys to wonder what kinds of questions the media will be asking about the situation and what to expect going forward.  Shifting gears, the guys continued on with another round of Darnell Nurse trade talk. The boys had David Pagnotta on Oilersnation Everyday on Friday afternoon, and he pitched a couple of ideas on what a Nurse deal might look like. The options seem to be that the Oilers either hold some salary for a better return, or accept a lesser trade to clear out every dollar. Is there a scenario where Edmonton can actually make a hockey trade?  Finally, we wrapped up the Friday episode of ONR with another round of betting talk, Ask the Idiots questions, and Hot and Cold Performers to wrap up the week. The guys also discussed the Stanley Cup Final, the Hurricanes winning it all, and how the entire office is bought in on the World Cup. While the Nation HQ staff may not know what's going on very often, that hasn't stopped the squad from getting excited anyway.  šŸ¤ SPONSORS šŸ™Œ Powered by Bet365 ā†’ http://www.bet365.ca/ (Use code: NATION) šŸ„™ Sā€¦ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/oilersnation-radio-205507/episodes/nhl-opens-the-door-to-the-oilers-entering-the-babcock-era/transcription-requests` ā€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/oilersnation-radio-205507/nhl-opens-the-door-to-the-oilers-entering-the-babcock-era.md` ā€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.