Prospect Info: 2016 Oilers Orientation Camp - July 2nd-7th (Jasper)

[40oz]

http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888058

Glad to see Descheneau invited, good player who missed most of the year with injuries.

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[HeavyHitter99]

Glad we invited Biro. Going into the year he was projected to be drafted out of the AJHL but he wasn't as dominant as people hoped.

I wish Pasichnuk was on the list though.

 

[Cerebral]

There are definitely some interesting camp invite names there including Biro, Aston-Reese (who led his NCAA team in scoring with over a point-per-game), Descheneau (who scored almost 100 points in the WHL as an 18 year old), and Desimone (who has size and put up decent offensive numbers on a low-scoring Union College team). At first glance, these are some more interesting names than we usually invite.

 

[McMozesmadness]

Soustal and Descheneau are very intriguing to me. Soustal took major strides this year.

 

[40oz]

Glad we invited Biro. Going into the year he was projected to be drafted out of the AJHL but he wasn't as dominant as people hoped.

I wish Pasichnuk was on the list though.

I would've liked to see Pasichnuk too, unfortunately he's going to the Wild's camp.

 

[McDrai]

Am I reading this correctly? One of the invitees is 26?

 

[North]

Am I reading this correctly? One of the invitees is 26?

Something they liked about his play in the ECHL?

 

[SpoolCat]

Wow a ton of NCAAers. I like that we got Descheneau had some potential but had a year worse than Benson.

 

[JoeCool16]

Am I reading this correctly? One of the invitees is 26?

That is strange. He's from Edmonton, maybe he bumped into the right person at the supermarket this June and made a good impression?

 

[Digger12]

Watching that puff piece on Descheneau, I get the impression that he's another one of those kids who let the stress of earning an entry level contract after being drafted get into his head a bit during his 19 yr old season, impacting his performance.

A small skilled winger who's a long shot to make the NHL, but definitely an interesting invite given his very good WHL numbers...>PPG as a 17 yr old, followed by a 98 point season in his draft+1 season.

Glad the Oilers gave him an invite, hopefully they haven't completely turned a blind eye towards speed and skill, in favour of big and lumbering tomato cans.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Looks like they were scouting Michigan Tech and found a couple guys they want a further look at.

 

[dustrock]

Dumb question - is Jarvi healthy right now? Thought for some reason we wouldn't see him until TC.

 

[Joe MacMillan]

Dumb question - is Jarvi healthy right now? Thought for some reason we wouldn't see him until TC.

His on-ice participation will be "limited" according to Oilers twitter. Initially the plan was to not skate at all until August so I guess the good news is that he's made progress in recovery.

 

[PatrikOverAuston]

Some extremely inspired invites there. I would have been happy if our draft resembled the trend of this list- smaller but skilled wingers from diverse backgrounds, some bigger, older CHL players, a wealth of RHD and collegiate players.

Looking forward to seeing how Biro stacks up. From the games I caught locally he was a dynamo with speed and energy for days. Maybe not the highest skill level but with his heart and two-way acumen there might be something there. Fram is someone who could step into our piss-poor RHD pipeline and open some eyes on the farm. Soustal is a pro-type center who could take another major leap next year.

If nothing else this is a great way to re-stock the winger cupboards that are as of right now mostly barren.

 

[PatrikOverAuston]

That is strange. He's from Edmonton, maybe he bumped into the right person at the supermarket this June and made a good impression?

He and Benik were signed by the Condors in April. This is their introduction to the system as neither has had a chance yet to properly meet with the coaching and support staff they'll have access to as "Oilers" prospects.

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

Hope that Benson becomes the steal of the draft.

 

[McDrai]

Hope that Benson becomes the steal of the draft.

He looks like McDavid's cousin

 

[ohheyhemsky]

He looks like McDavid's cousin

His face reminds me of McDavid and JJ Watt had a baby. Probably just me.

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

He looks like McDavid's cousin

Yeah, he does in that Pic. I always thought that he looked a bit like Hemmer as well.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

He looks like McDavid's cousin

He looks like Brian Leetch to me

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

No salinen? Why u no sallinen?

 

[5 14 6 1]

Caggiula and Benson look like brothers

 

[Kalost]

interesting group, i like the looks of this hopefully some of these guys wow us

 

[5 14 6 1]

Nice group of forwards with Puljujarvi, Benson and Caggiula. Finally some offensive prospect depth.