The Nielson Show

We got the third hour started with Mr Mikes Kind of Easy Trivia.    It was then time for Three Questions Too Many presented by Park Mazda.    It’s Thursday, which means the first edition of Scalding Hot Takes! This one might have been a potential ESTY winning edition of Hot Takes...   After that, we dipped into the Courageous Moment by Alberta Blue Cross. What's courageous this week is how much water Dusty has been carrying for the CFL since Monday.    The boys finished off the show with The Wrap from William Huff! 

Voice of the Riders Dave Thomas was the first guest on today’s show. He stopped by to preview this week’s do or die game for the double e when they face the Riders on Saturday. He also shared his thoughts on the changes made earlier in the week.   It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.   After the break, it was then time for I Got Beef! The boy’s had some very valid beef on today’s program.   Reid Wilkins capped off hour two with an unreal Chet Palmer impression. He shared his thoughts on last night’s game between the Oilers and Kraken, more specifically he highlighted Tomasek and Leppanen’s play. He finished with his take on this week’s huge game between the Elks and Roughriders!

We are back with another edition of The Nielson Show right here on Edmonton Sports Talk. To start the show today, we started off with some grill talk. Dusty briefly touched on his dentist appointment from last night, we then laid out the show.   We then hit Morning Announcements from Goat Track to recap all the major headlines from yesterday in the world of sport.   After the break, it was time for Offseason, What Offseason presented by GCL Diesel to recap last night’s game against the Kraken.   To finish off hour one with we got Fired Up from Gemco Fireplaces. Evan Bouchard was ranked 39th as the leagues best player... Does this make you fired up?! 

We got the third hour started with Mr Mikes Kind of Easy Trivia.    It was then time for Three Questions Too Many presented by Park Mazda.    It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for Lt. Eric’s Weekly Rankings of Power! Today, Lt. Eric ranked the top 10 future changes he would like to see in the CFL!   The boys finished off the show with The Wrap from William Huff! 

To start off hour one, we quickly dove into Free Advice from Damon Bunting!   Jamie Thomas was the first guest on today’s show. He started off with lots of laughs. We then got right into last night’s game and Toews repping the Jets jersey for the first time last night and how special that was, he then shared how big of a role Toews has to play this season in order for the Jets to succeed. Thomas finished with his thoughts on a Kyle Connor extension, and whether or not he’ll be resigning in Edmonton.   It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.   In the middle of the hour, Matt Scianitti stopped by to discuss all things CFL football. Scianitti shared his thoughts on the changes announced earlier in the week, Rourke’s comments he made on Monday and finished with some international women’s Rugby talk.   Hour two capped off with Eric Macramalla and all of his shenanigans. He as well chimed in on the CFL changes made earlier in the week and shared why he likes them, but did the CFL do enough!?

We are back with another edition of The Nielson Show right here on Edmonton Sports Talk! The show got rolling with a little more love on Tommy’s birthday yesterday & plenty of Macramalla intros. Dusty then laid out the show.   It was then time for Morning Announcements for Rundle Park Short Course! The Oilers beat the Jets yesterday in preseason action and Ike Howard scored. YTT had some thoughts on this.   After the break it was time for Offseason, What Offseason presented by GCL Diesel! In this segment we touched on the lack of anticipation for this year’s preseason and the Vasily Podkolzin signing.   We finished the hour with MMMMMM That’s Good presented by The Italian Centre Shop to discuss McDavid and Draisaitl both starting the season on the first line.

We got the third hour started with Mr Mikes Kind of Easy Trivia.    It was then time for Three Questions Too Many presented by Park Mazda.    Jared from Popeyes stopped by to feature their new Hot Ones chicken sandwich, chicken wings and their last dab ranch which were all tremendous!   Joaquin Gage was the final guest on today’s show. He started with some food talk, we then transitioned to some CFL discussion where he voiced his opinion on yesterday’s huge announcements. And as always, Gager finished with his thoughts on some F1.   The boys finished off the show with The Wrap from William Huff! 

The theme of today’s show is all CFL, and that continues in hour two with our first guest Dave Naylor. He gave his initial thoughts on the changes announced from yesterday’s conference. Touched on why the league is making the changes now and finished with his thoughts on what Nathan Rourke had to say about the changes…   It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.   In the middle of the hour, CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston joined the show. The boys had plenty of questions and the commish had all the answers.   To finish off hour two, it was time for Weekly Confessions presented by Spectrum Rent All! As always, some great confessions from the boys today.

The boys are back and absolutely buzzing on another edition of The Nielson Show right here on Edmonton Sports Talk! Lots of laughs to start the show, Dusty then laid out the program.   It wasn’t long before we dove into Morning Announcements for Goat Track to recap everything from yesterday in the world of sport. We started by addressing the elephant in the room, the CFL made some significant changes yesterday and the boys finally have a chance to talk about it. This took them to the middle of the hour.   After the break, we got right into Fired Up from Gemco Fireplaces to continue the CFL discussion. Lots of fired up fans from yesterday’s news. This too took them to the middle of the hour. Lots of CFL talk in hour one of today’s show.

We got the third hour started with Mr Mikes Kind of Easy Trivia.    It was then time for Three Questions Too Many presented by Park Mazda.    Host of Sportsnet’s 960 The Fan Pat Steinberg, was the final guest on today’s show. He touched on the Oilers and Flames split squad action from last night and shared who he thinks was the most noticeable Oiler from last night. He then did the exact same for the Flames and specifically highlighted Zayne Parekh and what the Flames will do with him. He finished with his thoughts on the CFL announcement happening later today, what he would like to see changed and what he hopes stays the same.   The boys finished off the show with The Wrap from William Huff! 

Marshall Ferguson was our GS Construction Headliner for today’s show and got hour two started off with his thoughts on what the CFL’s major announcements could be later today. He also shared his thoughts on every game that was played in week 16.   It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.   In the middle of hour two, we finally got into some Oilers talk! A lot happened in Oil Country over the weekend, including the Oilers unveiling their third jersey for this upcoming season. What your thoughts, is it bad, is it good!? This discussion was presented by The Italian Centre Shop!   To finish off hour two, Mike Tanier from Too Deep Zone stopped by to recap everything that transpired from the NFL in week 3 from the weekend. And he finished by teeing up tonights Monday nighter.

We are back with another edition of The Nielson Show coming your way this fine Monday morning! To start the show, the fellas briefly the recapped their weekends.   It wasn’t long before we dove into Morning Announcements from Rundle Park Short Course! The CFL is making a huge announcement early afternoon, we touched on that during this segment! What’s going to happen?   After the break, the fellas then touched on some NFL to recap week 3. We discussed all the biggest surprises from the weekend. We also continued to read texts from the nasties to hear what they think the CFL announcements will be later today…   To finish off hour one, it was time for our good, our bad and our ugly from the weekend presented by The Seven Eighty!

We got the third hour started with Mr Mikes Kind of Easy Trivia. This was close...    It was then time for Three Questions Too Many presented by Park Mazda.   It's Friday, which means it's the fan favourite Sobeys & Safeway Liquor Beer of The Week! This weeks 'drink' of the week was provided by Manjit Minhas, one of the dragons from the Dragons Den! She joined virtually to showcase this weeks drink of the week, which is the Shore Break Pineapple & Coconut Rum Soda. You can purchase a 4-pack for $9.99, saving $3.00 when you buy one!   The boys finished off the show with The Wrap from William Huff! 

Gabe Lacques from USA Today was the first guest on today’s show! He was our GS Construction Headliner. He first started with his thoughts on whether or not he thinks the Jays will finish the season first in their division… He then touched on the Mariners and Cal Raleighs brilliance from this season. Lacques finished with his thoughts on Shohei Ohtani, how great he is and still how overlooked he is to some.   It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.   In the middle of the hour it was then time for MMMMMM That’s Good presented by The Italian Centre Shop. Today, we discussed how good of a game it will be when team Canada’s women’s team takes on New Zealand.   NFL insider Mike Garafolo capped off hour two with his thoughts on last night’s game between the Bills and Dolphins. He also gave a preview for all the major games on Sunday, while also providing an update on some major injuries to a handful of QB’s.

We are back with another edition of The Nielson Show coming your way this fine Friday morning! It’s Lt. Eric, Wil Fraser, YouTube Trev and his brother, Tristian!   Like we always do, we got the morning started off with Morning Announcements from Morning Announcements from Rundle Park Short Course to recap everything that transpired from last night in the world of sport.   After the break, we dove into Offseason, What Offseason!? In this segment we heard from Connor McDavid after his skate from yesterday. After the interview, Wil shared his thoughts on whether or not he thinks he McDavid will resign in Edmonton.   To finish off hour one, we Cracked Some Packs presented by Wayne’s Sports Cards & Collectables. Today we cracked some Upper Deck 2025 CFL cards!

We got the third hour started with Mr Mikes Kind of Easy Trivia.    It was then time for Three Questions Too Many presented by Park Mazda.    It’s Thursday, which means the first edition of Scalding Hot Takes! This one might have been a potential ESTY winning edition of Hot Takes...   After that, we dipped into the Courageous Moment by Alberta Blue Cross. Tommy had the first pick in the nerd draft and he chose to not pick first... How courageous is that!   The boys finished off the show with The Wrap from William Huff! 

The first guest on today’s show was Jason Logan from Covers.com! He stopped by to give his thoughts on everything that’s transpired in the NFL thus far and gave a preview to all the major stories & headlines heading into week 3.   It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.   After the break, we came back with I Got Beef. The boys provided lots of funny and relatable beef on today’s show. Reid Wilkins capped off hour two with his thoughts on this years ESTY’s as he did come home with some hardware, what he took away from yesterday’s media availability with Oilers GM Stan Bowman and he finished off with his thoughts on potentially being on the nerd draft.

We are back with another edition of The Nielson Show and boy the fellas are absolutely buzzing to start today’s show! Dusty started off by laying out the show.   Morning Announcements for the Goat Track was the first segment we hit on today’s show to recap everything that transpired from yesterday… in particular Stan Bowman addressing the media, which then lead to a YouTube Trev theory that completely changes everything.   After the break, we then heard from Oilers GM Stan Bowman from yesterday’s media availability. And after that, YTT finally told us his theory.   To finish off hour one, we dove into Fired Up from Gemco Fireplaces to discuss what Brad Marchand had to say about resigning in Florida, this definitely got us fired up.

We got the third hour started with Mr Mikes Kind of Easy Trivia.    It was then time for Three Questions Too Many presented by Park Mazda.    Rick Zamperin was the final guest on today’s show! He gave his thoughts on all the big stories heading into CFL Week 16, in particular the Elks taking on the Tiger-Cats. He also touched on the brilliance of Bo Levi Mitchell.   It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for Lt. Eric’s Weekly Rankings of Power presented by the Edmonton Garrison Memorial Golf & Country Club! Today Lt. Eric ranked the best possible bowl ideas for Huskies and Wildcats.   The boys finished off the show with The Wrap from William Huff! 

Justin Dunk was the first guest on today’s show! He first answered a hockey question and shared whether or not he thinks McDavid will resign in Edmonton… and then it was all CFL after that. He gave a recap from everything that happened last week and a preview for CFL Week 16.   It was then time for the Play Alberta Early Bird Bet of the day.   In the middle of the hour we gave some Free Advice for Damon Bunting! CFL advice, life advice all sorts of advice was provided by the boys on today’s show.   To finish off hour two, we revisited what Connor McDavid had to say in his interview on 32 Thoughts.