Confirmed with Link: Andrew Miller (Yale) Signs 1-Year ELC

[timekeep]

If you mean the limit of small forwards, yes we are.

We are limitless.

 

[dss97]

Stopped reading @ 5' 9".

I stopped reading when I noticed his name wasn't "PK Subban".

Fire MacT.

 

[Aceboogie]

Meh, hope the best for him. But if takes the contract of Gernat or even Bigos Ill be upset

 

[bleed_oil]

i'll file this in the 'who cares' area.

Uncle Grouchy Smurf. Living up to your nickname!

 

[MetaOil1993]

All smurfs belong to us! Sam Gagner's replacement

Hope he turns out to at least be a good solid AHLer. Any info on him? Whats his game like?

 

[McDNicks17]

At five-feet-nine-inches tall, Miller might not ever make the NHL, but his college career was nothing short of spectacular. He was part of teams that stockpiled an ECAC Regular Season Championship, an ECAC Tournament Championship, and three NCAA Tournament appearances, which all culminated in Saturday's NCAA Championship. He scored 42 goals and added 114 assists for 156 points in 141 games played over four seasons.

His ability to find his teammates is remarkable, and obviously the numbers speak for themselves. His coach had some extremely high praise for him after the national championship game.

"He's one of the best playmakers that I've ever seen at any level. His vision is incredible. His ability to put the puck in a timely manner to a teammate is great as well," said Yale coach Keith Allain.

From: http://www.westerncollegehockeyblog...-hockey-yale-andrew-miller-defeats-quinnipiac


He was named the Ivy League Player of the Year and was a huge part of Yale winning the NCAA title.

Should be a decent signing for OKC.

 

[Turrican*]

Glad we are addressing the size issue.

 

[McOilers4cup]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...nnipiac-clinch-first-ncaa-hockey-championship


Around 1min 20 sec mark

 

[The Nuge]

so a very slightly younger Mark Arcobello?

 

[402]

Wow
That is Bold

Seriously though, guy has decent points but he's kinda small ok he's very small

 

[Seedling]

Are you kidding me? 5'9"? Next we will trade for Coglano.

 

[ManByng]

Stopped reading @ 5' 9".

^i kind of did this>>> when i read his height!

he'll fit in good with Toni Rajala in OKC or Linus Omark in Zug.

 

[tiger_80]

This has an AHL signing written all over it. I'd imagine he will replace one of Cornet/Arcobello in OKC.

 

[trent_vinyl]

who cares about size for all we know he could be the next M.St.Louis, or he could be L.Reddox v.2014..Reddox was small but hit like a freight train.IF he does turn out to be a player oilers could always move out a soft small player.

Really? I don't recall that whatsoever

 

[rosemount289]

Can he................?

The key is whether he can skate and how fast he is.................?

Linus Omark is a similar size and can stick handle but was (is) not NHL fast enough same with Mark Acrobello when he was up for a couple games; he was too slow!

St Louise is fast enough even though he is short!

As long as a player is fast and shifty he can make the NHL....size only matters to a degree!!!

From reading his bio........the kid has always been a great player at every level.........so lets gave him a shot!!!

 

[flashy]

A bold move.

 

[40oz]

On the plus side, now he won't have to deal with the ridiculous pressure that Oilers fans would have put on any forward over 6'1.

Now he can just go to OKC and play hockey.

 

[Soli]

http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=345

The 24 year old center is a classic small, skilled college player. Miller displays above-average qualities in terms of his speed, puck skills and overall offensive instincts. In his Senior season especially he showed the ability to consistently create scoring chances and keep the play flowing in the right direction.

There's a bit more in the link.

 

[ekcut]

Okc is short on skill. No complaints here

 

[Aceboogie]

Curtis Hamilton should be sweating. New round of coke machines are coming into the AHL next year (Kessy, Ewanyk) and skilled forwards are being brought it (Rajala)

I don't mind a signing like this, I think its signals to other college FA's that this would be a good place to sign

 

[Master Lok]

Okc is short on skill. No complaints here

No complaints? What kind of Oiler thread is this?

 

[Usual_Suspect]

http://www.hockeyprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=345

The 24 year old center is a classic small, skilled college player. Miller displays above-average qualities in terms of his speed, puck skills and overall offensive instincts. In his Senior season especially he showed the ability to consistently create scoring chances and keep the play flowing in the right direction.

There's a bit more in the link.

Some more positives in the link:

Miller was the tournament MVP of the NCAA’s Frozen Four and was Yale’s co-leader in scoring this season. He was also named a 2nd team All-American in the NCAA east. Miller has been one of the ECAC’s most productive forwards in his college career, averaging a point per game or better in each of his 4 seasons.

The negatives were the expected size concerns.

 

[Wheathead]

Meh. OKC move likely.

If be pans out to be an NHL forward, great. If not, whatever.

 

[sepHF]

Decent signing for OKC.

 

[stratedge]

Funny, because on the other side of that game the Oilers have Kellen Jones, who is also an itty bitty player. I wonder if the Jones twins were going to go UFA so they could sign somewhere together, and so this is the replacement?

They no longer have Reider coming in, so perhaps that opened up a spot for a small guy, or perhaps Arcobello is moving on? There's a lot of spots in OKC being occupied by some really long shot prospects.