Posts About "Raphael Lavoie"
Oilers Prospect Update: Bouchard, Lavoie and Konovalov
February 28th, 2020 The Edmonton Oilers are having arguably their best developmental season in more than three decades in 2019-20. Ethan Bear, Kailer Yamamoto, Caleb Jones, William Lagesson and Tyler Benson have all played games for the Oilers after spending the majority of last season with the Bakersfield Condors in the AHL. Related: Origins of Every...
5 Standouts from the CIBC Canada-Russia Series
November 16th, 2019 The 2019 CIBC Canada-Russia Series is all wrapped up, and it came right down to the wire. Some of the best under-20 players from Russia faced off against the best from the QMJHL, OHL, and the WHL, with Russia playing each of these groups twice, splitting each mini-series. Of the six games played, four of them went to overtime - a record...
Oilers Prospect Update: Broberg, Lavoie and Konovalov
October 24th, 2019 While the strength of the Edmonton Oilers' prospect pool is undoubtedly on defense, general manager Ken Holland showed no hesitation in selecting big, smooth-skating Swedish defender Philip Broberg with his first pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. Broberg was the best defenceman at both the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and the 2019 IIHF World U18...
Raphael Lavoie Could Be a Steal for Oilers
September 27th, 2019 It would have made sense for the Edmonton Oilers to select Raphael Lavoie with their first pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. Lavoie is exactly the type of player they are looking for: an offensively dynamic winger with impressive size and a deadly release. General manager Ken Holland ultimately chose to add to the team's already deep...
Edmonton Oilers 2019 NHL Draft: Mixed Reviews
June 23rd, 2019 The Edmonton Oilers have left Vancouver and the NHL Entry Draft with a big, speedy defenseman and five other prospects. The reviews are mixed in terms of what the team did, but for the most part, there is faith in Edmonton that the man behind the wheel knows what he's doing. Ken Holland has had tremendous success at the NHL draft,...
Top Draft Prospects Available After Round 1
June 22nd, 2019 Every year, NHL teams spend countless hours scouring the world for their next young star players, weighing the benefits of spending an ultra-valuable draft pick on one teenager over another. However, every NHL Draft's first round only has room for 31 players, leaving hundreds of others disappointed and forced to wait to hear their names...
