March 21st, 2018Edmonton Oilers defenseman Ethan Bear has made the most of his opportunity with his late-season audition. Bear isn't the only prospect to be making headlines in the past week, though. The Oilers signed 2017 fourth-round pick Ostap Safin to an entry-level contract (ELC) recently and the 19-year-old is now gearing up to join the AHL's...
March 14th, 2018The 2017-18 season has been a disappointing one for the Edmonton Oilers, as the team will miss the playoffs for the 11th time in the last 12 years. To make matters worse, the organization's American Hockey League affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors, will also be hitting the links early barring a late-season miracle. The Condors sit...
December 14th, 2017If you're an Edmonton Oilers fan, you should already be familiar with the saga surrounding prospect Tyler Benson. He's had a tough go as of late, and injuries have limited him to just 63 games over the past two seasons. Those same injuries were a reason he went from being projected as a first-round pick, to falling into Edmonton's lap...
September 18th, 2017Training camp is well underway for the Edmonton Oilers who have already reduced their camp roster from 61 to 56 players. The Oilers re-assigned several players from Group C, most notably four picks from their 2017 draft class. Kirill Maksimov, Ostap Safin, Dmitri Samorukov and Stuart Skinner will return to their junior clubs. The lone...
September 16th, 2017Hockey is finally here! The Edmonton Oilers opened training camp with seven goaltenders on the roster. The situation is pretty clear, and there's not a whole lot of jockeying for position on the depth chart this season. Cam Talbot, who was arguably the Oilers most valuable player not named Connor McDavid in 2016-17, is the returning...
September 6th, 2017The Edmonton Oilers officially announced their roster for the 2017 Young Stars Classic this weekend. The tournament takes place in Penticton, British Columbia from September 8-11. If you're unfamiliar with the Young Stars Classic, it's a four-team tournament annually hosted by the Vancouver Canucks organization. This is the seventh year...
August 9th, 2017Last month our contributors compiled the Edmonton Oilers' Top 10 Prospects list. This month we’ll be looking at each of those ten prospects in depth in reverse order. Dylan Wells ranked as the seventh best prospect in the Oilers' system ahead of Nick Ellis (8), Jujhar Khaira (9) and Stuart Skinner (10). Despite being outside of...
August 3rd, 2017The 2017 World Junior Summer Showcase is well underway in Plymouth, Michigan and there are several Edmonton Oilers' prospects participating in the tournament. The tournament is taking place from July 28 to August 5. Four countries are participating in the tournament; Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States. The Oilers have a...