Monday afternoon means a new episode of the Real Life podcast is recorded, edited, and ready to kick off your week. On today&#8217;s podcast, the guys discuss a fan interaction Tyler had this weekend, their first impressions of the Oilers&#8217; deadline pickups, and much more.
Tyler kicked off the Monday episode of Real Life with a story from the weekend. Tyler was out and about after the trade deadline on Friday and had someone come up to him to say that he&#8217;s an idiot right to his face. As you&#8217;ll hear, Tyler often deals with keyboard warriors and is used to chirps on X/Twitter, but to have someone say something to his face was a new experience for our boy.
From there, the guys offered their first impressions about the Oilers&#8217; deadline pickups. Starting with <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2025/03/08/jake-walman-zach-hyman-first-point-edmonton-oilers/">Jake Walman&#8217;s game against the Stars</a>, how could you not love the game he had on <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2025/03/08/instant-reaction-jake-walman-shines-edmonton-oilers-debut-beat-dallas-stars/">Saturday night against the Dallas Stars</a>? From the long-bomb pass to Zach Hyman to his monstrous hit on Mikko Rantanen, it was hard not to be enamoured by Walman&#8217;s first game in blue and orange. Even though it&#8217;s only been a game, the guys are excited to see how Walman develops with the team once he gets comfortable.
Sticking with the trade deadline, Jay and Tyler argued for the next ten minutes about whether the Oilers did enough. As you&#8217;ll hear, the boys clearly don&#8217;t agree that Edmonton could have done more, and it was entertaining for the other boys on the show to sit and listen to the chaos. While no one wants mom and dad to fight, the disagreement did lead to an interesting few minutes of podcast tension.
Finally, the guys wrapped up the Monday episode of Real Life with a random collection of topics, including the Mikko Rantanen trade noise, NFL free agency, betting talk, and anything that popped into everyone&#8217;s mind. As always, the Monday episode of Real Life was all over the map, which is exactly what you&#8217;d expect from this podcast.
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Monday afternoon means a new episode of the Real Life podcast is recorded, edited, and ready to kick off your week. On today's podcast, the guys discuss a fan interaction Tyler had this weekend, their first impressions of the Oilers' deadline pickups, and much more.

Tyler kicked off the Monday episode of Real Life with a story from the weekend. Tyler was out and about after the trade deadline on Friday and had someone come up to him to say that he's an idiot right to his face. As you'll hear, Tyler often deals with keyboard warriors and is used to chirps on X/Twitter, but to have someone say something to his face was a new experience for our boy.

From there, the guys offered their first impressions about the Oilers' deadline pickups. Starting with <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2025/03/08/jake-walman-zach-hyman-first-point-edmonton-oilers/">Jake Walman's game against the Stars</a>, how could you not love the game he had on <a href="https://publish.oilersnation.com/2025/03/08/instant-reaction-jake-walman-shines-edmonton-oilers-debut-beat-dallas-stars/">Saturday night against the Dallas Stars</a>? From the long-bomb pass to Zach Hyman to his monstrous hit on Mikko Rantanen, it was hard not to be enamoured by Walman's first game in blue and orange. Even though it's only been a game, the guys are excited to see how Walman develops with the team once he gets comfortable.

Sticking with the trade deadline, Jay and Tyler argued for the next ten minutes about whether the Oilers did enough. As you'll hear, the boys clearly don't agree that Edmonton could have done more, and it was entertaining for the other boys on the show to sit and listen to the chaos. While no one wants mom and dad to fight, the disagreement did lead to an interesting few minutes of podcast tension.

Finally, the guys wrapped up the Monday episode of Real Life with a random collection of topics, including the Mikko Rantanen trade noise, NFL free agency, betting talk, and anything that popped into everyone's mind. As always, the Monday episode of Real Life was all over the map, which is exactly what you'd expect from this podcast.

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