A couple of years in junior, college or Europe, a year or so in the minors and then the build toward the NHL for 85-130 of the names chosen on draft weekend. Heres the latest!
... Jones, Kailer Yamamoto, William Lagesson, Evan Bouchard, Stuart Skinner and Ryan McLeod over his first two seasons. Benson also played in seven games, I see him as ...
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... n a minute… 6. Edmonton needs a 3C. And I don’t think it’s smart to count on Ryan McLeod to be that in the first couple years of his career. You’re a better club if ...
I always cheer for the skill teams in hopes that one day Ill wake up and it will be 1984 all over again. Heres the latest! Is third time the charm? RD Louis Crevier. Insert
... ooting percentage so that goal total might go up. Might be a good mentor for Ryan McLeod. LW Blake Coleman. Coleman’s aggressive style and complementary scoring shou ...
There’s no sure road to success in the NHL but drafting well is as good as any, which is why it’s so crucial that each entry draft Edmonton Oilers draft bosses…
... kinner, 78th overall, and Dmitri Samorukov, 84th overall, in the 2017 draft; Ryan McLeod, 40th overall, in the 2018 draft; Raphael Lavoie, 38th overall, Ilya Konoval ...
Ideally most of the players come through the system, but a smart general manager can make trades and keep the production line fresh. How close are they now? Heres the latest! Why?
... athan Willis: What comes next for the Oilers’ ? Lowetide: Why Evan Bouchard, Ryan McLeod and more prospects are in 2021-22 DNB: Ten teams the Oilers should be ah ...
One of the greatest time honoured traditions in sports is sitting down with your friends and discussing trade proposals. I asked a few co-workers to come up with their trade proposals and present t…
... ntre and Bonino fits the bill. I like him as a third line C for a year until Ryan McLeod is more prepared to take on that role. Minnesota frees up a bit of cap space ...
Reminds me of Eberle. It appears the young winger has arrived at an early career crossroads. One of the things we have to look at is deployment. How was DeBrusk used in 2020-21?
... man and Jonathan Willis. Here’s the latest! New Lowetide: Why Evan Bouchard, Ryan McLeod and more prospects are in 2021-22 New DNB: Ten teams the Oilers should be ah ...
One month from today, the Edmonton Oilers and 29 other teams from around the NHL will submit their final protection list for the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. When that happens, the 2021 off-seas…
... oving forward, and the club still has no answer at center on the third-line. Ryan McLeod is the future, but likely needs a season as the fourth-line center to make t ...
The expansion draft for the Seattle Kraken is set for just over a month from now, on July 21. As the NHL always does, they've bungled things a bit in their...
... s in their lineup, which is why they make up the bulk of the exempt players. Ryan Mcleod has a mere two seasons of pro hockey under his belt, which explains why he’s ...
The Edmonton Oilers have a big off-season ahead of them. The team suffered yet another disappointing loss in the first round of the playoffs, this time in the form of a sweep at the hands of the Winnipeg Jets. Ken Holland has quite a bit of salary...
... nen, Mike Smith, Alex Stalock, Stuart Skinner Exempt Players Raphael Lavoie, Ryan McLeod, Dylan Holloway, Phillip Broberg, Evan Bouchard, Dmitri Samorukov, Filip Ber ...
Watching the Colorado Avalanche get rolled out of the playoffs has to be a little unnerving for Edmonton Oilers fans who thought their team might be just a few…
... m to the next level instead of waiting until Bear, Bouchard, Dylan Holloway, Ryan McLeod and Kailer Yamamoto mature into playoff heroes. GO BIG OR GO HOME If there i ...
Looking at the options the Oilers have internally and in free agency to replace the loss of depth forwards Gaetan Haas and Joakim Nygard.
... up. Ryan McLeod, Edmonton Oilers (Photo by Derek Cain/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The ...
After the list has been delivered to the general manager, there are some reasonable check points that can be applied to the scouts list. Heres the latest! Is third time the charm?
... f Edmonton’s most prolific draft picks in the offensive defenseman division. Ryan McLeod looks to be Edmonton’s next bottom-six center as early as this fall, the onl ...
With the Bruins in a cash-crunch, trying to find money to resign David Krejci, Tuukka Rask and Hall, something has to give and maybe that’s DeBrusk, although…
... 11 minutes of a triple OT game (5:40 on the penalty-kill), which is a tell. Ryan McLeod looks like the 4C right now … Tampa’s UFA forward Barclay Goodrow is definit ...
