Posts About "Dylan Wells"
Oilers' Ethan Bear & Other Thoughts
March 21st, 2018 Edmonton 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...
Big Changes for Oilers at All Levels (AHL, ECHL & Prospects)
March 14th, 2018 The 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...
Tyler Benson, 2018 WJC & the Oilers 2016 Draft Picks
December 14th, 2017 If 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...
Oilers Reduce Training Camp Roster by Five
September 18th, 2017 Training 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...
Oilers Goaltending Expectations for 2017-18
September 16th, 2017 Hockey 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...
Oilers 2017 Young Stars Classic Roster
September 6th, 2017 The 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...
Oilers Top Prospects: Dylan Wells
August 9th, 2017 Last 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...
Oilers Prospects at World Junior Summer Showcase
August 3rd, 2017 The 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...
OHL Team Anagrams (Part 1) - Smart Homage, Alan!
July 22nd, 2017 With a trade freeze in place, the OHL Priority Selection and the CHL Import Draft complete, and the Memorial Cup a distant memory, there’s been little to talk about in OHL circles over the past few weeks. To stave off those July no-hockey doldrums, I decided to try my hand at making OHL anagrams. An anagram is a word, phrase, or...
Oilers Goaltending: From Wasteland to Flourishing Pipeline
July 10th, 2017 If you go back through the years of the Edmonton Oilers' goaltending pipeline, everyone should come to the same conclusion—it's been a wasteland since the Oilers joined the NHL in 1979. There have been some stellar goaltenders in Edmonton's history like Grant Fuhr, Andy Moog, Bill Ranford, Curtis Joseph and even Tommy Salo. However,...
Oilers Development Camp Roster
July 3rd, 2017 The Edmonton Oilers have opened their summer player development camp in Jasper, Alberta for July 1-5. The Oilers have a total of 36 prospects attending the camp including 20 drafted prospects, 13 invitees and three players signed since the spring. Each of Edmonton's 2017 draftees will be in attendance. The only player who will not...
Oilers 2016 Draft Picks One Year Later
June 19th, 2017 The Edmonton Oilers did quite well at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft a year ago. Edmonton added two potential top six forwards, an intriguing goaltending prospect, and several long-term projects. Jesse Puljujarvi (fourth), Tyler Benson (32nd) and Dylan Wells (123rd) look like the strongest picks of their class for Edmonton. Puljujarvi played...
Dylan Wells: The Future of Oilers Goaltending
May 3rd, 2017 When Dylan Wells heard his name called by the Edmonton Oilers in the fifth-round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, he surely felt mixed emotions. Selected by one of the NHL's most highly respected and successful organizations, Wells joined an Oilers team which had long been in search of a true starting netminder. Of course, Cam Talbot has...
