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Saved by Grace. Love my wife. Dad of 4 beautiful girls. Write stuff on Edmonton Oiler prospects, drafting and development and hockey tactics. Don’t yell. It’s free.
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Tactics and The Edmonton Oilers: A 2026/27 Regular Season Preview (opens the original)
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For those new to my writing, I do not only write on prospects and their development. I have historically also written on the team tactics employed by the Edmonton Oilers during games. This season I will be again writing on the tactical strategies of the Oilers. In the past, the emphasis has been during the playoffs. While this will again be the focus this year, I will be writing at least once a month during the regular season on specific topics related to the tactics of the Oilers. For today, I
Edmonton Oiler Prospect Reports: Training Camp Ends (opens the original)
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On Saturday night, the 2026 training camp ended for the Edmonton Oilers. Most of the prospects I cover had already been sent back to their respective junior or minor pro teams to continue on with their development. A few like Ike Howard, Owen Michaels and Josh Samanski are still with the team as of this morning waiting to see how it all shakes out. In the end, it was a good camp overall for the Oilers. There is more competition coming through the system. That helps in many ways. It pushes vetera
Edmonton Oilers Prospect Report: The First Look (opens the original)
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As opposed to prior years, the Edmonton Oilers only had one game for their prospect group against other NHL prospect teams. It happened on Monday night against the Calgary Flames. Obviously, it is far to small of a sample size to evaluate players properly. Nevertheless, every game provides some insights into a player. The key is not to read to much into what we see one way or the other. So without further delay, here is my review of each Oiler prospect in their one game against similar comp play
The 2026/27 Edmonton Oilers Top 20 Prospects: #2 - #1 (opens the original)
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A note about this countdown. To qualify, the player must be 25 or younger as of season start this year and cannot have played more than a full NHL season. Matt Savoie is missing this countdown because of games played in the NHL. Eduards Tralmaks is missing because of age. Devon Levi was excluded because as a goalie with 39 NHL games, I counted that as a full season.#2 - Josh SamanskiD.O.B. - March 22, 2002Draft: N/AShoots: LeftPosition: CenterVitals: 6’3” 200 pounds</
The 2026/27 Edmonton Oilers Top 20 Prospects: #5 - #3 (opens the original)
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A note about this countdown. To qualify, the player must be 25 or younger as of season start this year and cannot have played more than a full NHL season. Matt Savoie is missing this countdown because of games played in the NHL. Eduards Tralmaks is missing because of age. Devon Levi was excluded because as a goalie with 39 NHL games, I counted that as a full season.#5 - Connor ClattenburgD.O.B. - May 2, 2005Thanks for reading
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