A little bit delayed because of an unfortunate case of food poisoning by Nathan, the Two Paper Guys Podcast returns to break down the 2025-26 WHL Trade Deadline and the moves made in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. Will the Medicine Hat Tigers, Edmonton Oil Kings or Prince Albert Raiders finish first in the Eastern Conference? This was also discussed this week.

This week, Nathan and James hand out their midseason awards and discuss who they would vote for in league awards today along with plenty of trade deadline speculation. This was recorded before the Cameron Schmidt trade

On this week's episode, James and Nathan discuss several trades across the WHL including the Spokane Chiefs acquiring Logan Wormald from the Lethbridge Hurricanes. We discuss if the Bryce Pickford trade is the single best trade in the Willie Desjardins era in Medicine Hat. To put a bow on the episode, we talk about one wish list item for each WHL club.

Lethbridge Hurricanes play-by-play voice Dustin Forbes returns to the program to talk about the CHL USA Prospects Challenge which was recently hosted in Calgary and Lethbridge. Later on, the trio discuss the Lethbridge Hurricanes season to this point including the emergence of Luke Cozens as a 19-year-old, players making the jump to the WHL from other junior leagues and the future of goaltending in Lethbridge.

Nathan and James break down a few early season moves across the WHL including the Chase Wutzke and Shane Smith deals. The duo explain why the Spokane Chiefs and Kamloops Blazers may get better as the year goes along

Lucas Punkari and Jared Rubado join the program to talk all things about the Central Collegiate Hockey Association ahead of the 2025-26 season. Will Gavin McKenna win the Hobey? Thoughts on this are also shared.

Lance Doll returns to the program to help Nathan and James preview the upcoming season for the defending WHL champion Medicine Hat Tigers.

Adam Kierszenblat of The Hockey News makes his debut on the show to break down the Western Conference for the 2025-26. Several teams could make an all-in push to try and bring the Ed Chynoweth Cup back to the Western Conference for the first time since 2023.

Prince Albert Raiders broadcaster Nick Nielsen stops by to talk about the upcoming 2025-26 campaign. The Raiders graduated overage netminder Max Hildebrand, who replaces him in the starting role? James hits Nick with his hypothetical deal from last week and Nathan says who he thinks the first WHLer off the board in the 2026 NHL Draft will be.

Edmonton Oil Kings play-by-play broadcaster Mat Barrett returns to the show to preview the upcoming 2025-26 WHL season. The trio of Nathan, James and Mat break down how is going to be on the rise in the Eastern Conference, the outlook for the Edmonton Oil Kings and dabble into some preseason predictions. James also goes full armchair GM and discusses a possible blockbuster trade for the ages.