Handkerchief Dynasty: The "19th Best Edmonton Oilers Podcast!"

Recorded July 30th.

w/ Jason Gregor:

- Sports Stress and How Important Game One Is |

- Mike Smith And Mikko Koskinen: Faith in Both |

- Riley Sheahan and Gaëtan Haas |

- Scary Teams in the West? |

- Ethan Bear Looking Good |

- If the Oilers Lose… Oh Man |

- But If They Win… Oh Man |

w/ Reid Wilkins:

- Is This The Voodoo Lord? |

- The Vibe Going Into Saturday |

- The Dynamite Line Reunited At Some Point You Think? |

- The Philip Broberg Situation |

- Oilers PP: Could It Change The League? |

- 2 On 2 Off For the Goalies? Probably Not… But We Will See Both |

- Kris Russell, Matt Benning, and the 3rd Pairing Going Forward |

w/ Robin Brownlee

- Hockey in July |

- Did The Calgary Game Help Prepare Us For the Game-Within-The-Game? |

- The Ideal Watch-The-Game Setup |

- Dynamite? Please? |

- What They Gonna Do On That Left Side? |

- Tippet Continuing To Fine-Tune The Lineup Like That Old Chevy |

- Andreas Athanasiou and Patience |

- Defensive Depth the Biggest Improvement Since Last Playoff Appearance? |

- What Can We Take From the St. Louis - Chicago Game, If Anything? |

Recorded July 28th

Topics:

- Cam Talbot Lets In Two Early Ones |

- "That Was Clear Goaltender Interference" |

- Mike Smith Was All In Tonight... But Mikko Mikko Mikko? |

- The Emotional Rollarcoaster That Was The First Game |

- The First Period Was Insane, Man |

- The Flames Are a Good 2nd/3rd Period Team |

- "This Could Go Either Way" |

- "This is It" |

- Then, The Flames Blew It |

- Jib on Kailer Yamamoto Is Real |

- Jib on Ethan Bear Is Off The Charts |

- Haas haas So Much Baattle |

- No One Can Truly or Properly Appreciate How Good a Player Connor McDavid Is |

- Drai's Game Tonight: Legends of The Fall? |

- No Irrevocable Damage |

- And How Bout That Play By Philip Broberg to Save a Goal at a Key Moment? |

- Ethan Bear: Already a Leader |

- Can You Judge Kassian in This Type of Game? |

- How Do We Best Develop Gaëtan Haas? |

- Tyler Ennis, When I See A Good Bench Like That... |

- Give Him and Andreas Athanasiou 6 months at Least |

- Can Dave Tippet Get Them To Play The Same Way in Second and Third as the First? |

- My Game Day Nerves |

- HPO Interested in WPG/CGY and PIT/MTL |

- Whyte Ave Was Quiet After The Game: Good Thing |

- The Spark is Back, Meow! |

- Post-Game Schadenfreude Coming Soon |

Recorded July 27th

Topics:

- On Riley Sheahan and Our Band Mercenary Tendencies|

- Crawford is Back; How You Feel About That?|

- Christmas Eve Turned to 12|

- NHL Return-To-Play: So Far, A Success?|

- Credit To NHLPA Too|

- "Whole Thing Feels Like a Bantam AAA Tournament"|

- Ethan Bear Bear Bear Bear Bear|

- Philip Broberg, brah?|

- But Mikko Has a Way Better Save Percentage?|

- But Mike Smith is A Playoffs Guy?|

- Numbers? Science?|

- Time-Travelling Wizard-Warlock|

- vs Calgary: I Just Want Possession|

- The Arena Setup: Hockey in 2025|

- Podcast Reviews: The Perfect Use of Hyperbole|

- Gold, Dross, and Ham|

Recorded July 23rd |

Topics: 

- Seattle Kraken. With Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs |

- 1918 |

- “A Great City, Whether Metropolitans or Kraken” |

- Philip Broberg, Bro: “He’s Not the 10th Guy” |

- James Neal And Alex Chiasson: Got Their Groove Back |

- Team Cohesiveness |

- “I’m An Extremely Emotionally Stable Person” |

- “On Top of All the Regular Emotions During the Playoffs” |

- “No Way to Prepare for Something Unprecedented” |

- “You Lose Game 1 of a Best-of-Five, Game 2 is a Must Win” |

- “This Strange Battle of Alberta Game" |

- “Feel Free to Shorten These Episodes” |

***This episode is dedicated to Michael Jamal Brooks, a singularly-inspired-and-inspiring spirit who was taken from us far too soon on July 20th after a sudden illness. #TMBS***

Recorded July 22. 

Topics:

- Compensatory Picks  |

- NHL / MLB / NBA RTP NTK  |

- On 5 Second Delays and Minimum-Viable Profanities  |

- This Crazy Preseason Game Against Calgary Coming Up  |

- On The "Lowetide" Appellation  |

- Broberg Broberg Broberg?  |

- On Development in Scandinavia  | 

- Oilers Fans and Their Psychological Complexes RE: Defensemen  |

- Oilers VS Blackhawks Thoughts  |

- "Tippet is an Asset"  |

- Ken Holland Love and Salary Cap Thoughts  |

- The Great Work of John Cazale  |

- For Michael (52:44)  |

Recorded July 19th.

Topics:

- Cat-Like Readiness  |

- What Other Event Would You Think Shouldn’t Happen, But if it Did, You’d Be Excited?  |

- Oilers vs Flames: “That’s Gonna Be a Crazy Day Here”  |

- Leon Draisatl is Objectively Better Than Austin Matthews  |

- Nervous Toronto Maple Leafs Fans  |

- Oilers Training Camp Lines: or, On Andreas Athanasiou and Tyler Ennis  |

- Dave Tippet: Mike Smith and Mikko Koskinen Both Likely To See Action  |

- “The Philosopher's Stone of Winning”  |

- Credit to Those Who Built The Pipeline  |

- August 1st to August 5th: Get Prepared  |

- Reviews Are Like Resumes: Just Write What You Want  |

- Cat-Like Readiness  |

Recorded July 16th

Topics:

- After The Flood (in Edmonton)  |

- The Wrawth of Gawd Herself?  |

- Locusts Obviously Next  |

- On Training Camp Lines: "We appear to be blessed with depth upfront"  |

- On "That" Exhibition Game Vs The Calgary Flames  |

- Athanasiou Could Be a Major X-Factor  |

- "Pro-Toss" is Confusing, Because Starcraft  |

- More Examination of Oilers and Blackhawks Lines  |

- Math?  |

- Learned Helplessness?  |

- Dave Tippet Should Have Gotten Jack Adams Nom Nom Nom  |

- Delving Into the Bevy of CBA Information  |

- The Moustache of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: V For Vendetta  |

- Can You Comment on the Mike Smith Wizard vs Warlock Incident?  |

- What Teams Freak You Out a Bit?  |

Recorded July 14th

Topics:

- Tuesday is Ablutions Day |

- The Only Hockey Podcast for the High-Falutin Hockey Fan  |

- Goal-tending is Key For the Oilers in this Playoff  |

- Wayne Gretzky on Pro Stars  |

- Drawings of Team Captains As Superheroes Commissioned By The NHL  |

- Our Podcast is Climbing the German iTunes Chart  |

- Chicago Upset?  |

- Stand-up in NYC Right Now (16:30)  |

- Masks and Anti-Harmony  |

- "Internet-Commenting Has Gone Real-Life"  |

- "And the Doctors Don't Want You To Go to Church"  |

- Solutions? But You Always Only Point Out Problems, Professor! (41:29)  |

- "That" Rod Stewart Story (43:42)  |

- Why Did The Sailors-Being-Gay Thing Disappear  |

- Spartan And Athenian Love  |

- Dave Provides Some Insights Into "The King of Staten Island" (54:53)  |

- "We Just Wanted To Show Progress - That's It"  |

- "Watching Movies with Steve Buscemi in The Basement Was Really Cool"  |

- A Film About The Journey of Bill Burr's Mustache  |

- 'Yeah, But When I Put On the Jacket and the Helmet, I Look Badass"  |

- The Game of Thrones Slap  |

- "George RR Martin. Will. Never. Finish. The Series"  |

- Action Bronsom: "You know what I think I'm good"  |

- "Being On Your Show is Like Having Doctor-Patient Confidentially"  |

- TV TV TV TV  |

- On Writing For Robert Smigel and Triumph The Insult Comic Dog  |

- Some Triumph Cosplay (1:36:19)  |

- Before David Feldman Joins the Maoist Guerrillas  |

- "He's the One Who Wrote All The Hockey Stuff I Said Earlier"  |

- "Are There Still Oilers In Edmonton?  |

- How Did We Get the Stanley Cup Back From That Penguin?  |

- Spending More Time In Canada?!?!?  |

Recorded July 12

Topics:

- "I Don't Know Any Other Way To Be"  |

- Slave Monkeys and Other Animal Serfs  |

- The Zack Kassian "Story" Quote-Unquote  |

- THE CHOPS  |

- Mike Green  |

- That Time We Cut Class To Watch Gladitor, Tiger  |

- Trade Arbitration This Summer  |

- I'm Confused About Draft Picks  |

- AA Entering The Stratosphere  |

- The Best Battery

- Who Gets the Goaltending Nod?

- Sven Bärtschi  |

- The Watercoolers  |

- Guest Preparation  |

- How Old Are You By The Way  |

- The Highest of Highs  |

- A Tale of Two Hotels  |

- Aug. 1st Saturday at Noon  |

Recorded July 7th

Topics:

- On Bob McKenzie, The Bobfather  |

- On Doing Sports Talk Radio in this Crazy Year  |

- The Many Sides, Moods, and Benefits of Tree Planting  |

- Any Divisive Bands? Anything That Got Shut Off Immediately?  |

- On How Great The Tragically Hip Really Were  |

- How Amazing is Our (Oilers Live) lineup right now?  |

- On Finding What You Need Once You Spend Some Time Not Looking For It (or, Kailer Yamamoto and Ethan Bear)  |

- “I Think You’re Gonna Get Your Wish, With a Guy Like Evan Bouchard”  |

- Mark Lewis: Interesting Fella, to Say The Least  |

- The High Priest’s Incredible Impression, Performed with Incredible Love  |

- The Secret Professor’s Harvey Keitel Impression That is Hot Garbage  |

- Brian Cox, Scottish Giant vs The Diminutive But More Famous Tom Cruise  |

- GD: “Canada is Not Canada”  |

- Prejudicial Actions, Conscious or Unconscious, in Sport   |

- “Maybe We Haven’t Moved As Far As We Were Hoping To Move”  |

- “These Are The Three Guys That Are Gonna Lead The Oilers Long Term”  |

- “I Can Tell You, His Teammates Love It - That He Is On the (Ice)”  |

- Buffalo IT Guy, Or, Arya Stark And “The Freak Show That Was *His* Unique Family”  |

- Home-Ice Advantage in the Playoffs  |

- “You Should Wield Your Magic in Favor of The Edmonton Oilers, High Priest”  |

- Chicago Twilight  |

- (laughs): “They’ve Already Emerged”  |

- Series of Leon: The Professional References  |

- Craig Button: “It’s Both A Blessing And A Curse”  |

- Movie and Show Recommendations  |

- The Handkerchief Dynasty Video Store Game  |

- “I Think He’s A Terrific Guy”  |

- “Dustin Penner scored 92 Goals in 4 Seasons As An Oiler”  |

- The Celebrity Roast In Honor of Wes Montgomery  |

- “The Moment You Stop, You’re Done. You Gotta Constantly Learn”  |