Edmonton Oilers maintain a skilled, balanced pipeline in Top 20 update

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The Edmonton Oilers Spring Top 20 saw very little movement in the top 10 ranks while the bottom 10 prospects were shuffled more drastically. The top 10 features a number of highly skilled prospects who are either currently filling regular spots on the Oilers' roster such as Nail Yakupov and Justin Schultz or are looking slated to do so in the future.



The bottom 10 is slightly less cut and dried: While all of these players possess great hockey talent and a strong skillset, most have at least one questionable factor standing between them and NHL success, whether it's age, inconsistency, size or otherwise.… read more



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[ManByng]

^i think Toni Rajala should be at least 7.0 C just because he's done quite well in the ECHL and now the AHL. put up some pretty impressive numbers, and in my point of view, is now a true prospect and not a suspect anymore. likely the reason Tobias Rieder was expendable.

 

[Bangers]

Pitlick isn't even in the top 20 anymore?

 

[McRobbiezyg]

Bigos and Teubert 4th liners? Curtis Hamilton played for Regina?

 

[oilinblood]

GOd, HF is laughable

and since when are NHL regulars prospects anymore? They arent unknowns at the NHL level anymore, therefor i believe they arent prospects. Unfinished, unpolished, sure but prospects nope.

 

[Pointteen]

These always make me feel confident in the Oilers' drafting, but then I remember that I was super hyped on players like Cornet, Pitlick, Plante and Hamilton.

Though Edmonton definitely has a decent pool of prospects, I don't know if we're top 10. No, I'm obviously not counting Schultz and Yakupov.

 

[cbear42]

GOd, HF is laughable

and since when are NHL regulars prospects anymore? They arent unknowns at the NHL level anymore, therefor i believe they arent prospects. Unfinished, unpolished, sure but prospects nope.

There is a reason they have Guidelines

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/whatmakesaprospect/

 

[oilinblood]

There is a reason they have Guidelines

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/whatmakesaprospect/

interesting, they have some guideline way off base from the actual expert analysts.
As any person in the NHL would comment and any expert in the field. Yaks and Schultz are NHL players and not prospects.

I doubt many people come on here to hear what the staff writers have to say though. its a message board.

 

[Moonlapse Vertigo]

Orly?

 

[thadd]

Seems like too many of our forwards are struggling at the AHL level. We need to get someone in there to help the coaching staff get these kids to the next level.

And yes, that report was hilarious.

 

[The Nuge]

Talk about a knee jerk reaction leaving Pitlick and Bunz off

 

[Jumptheshark]

it is when hf posts threads like this I question if they get a bit lazy sometimes

number 1 yakupov--on the team the entire year
number 2 schultz-- on the team the entire year


I have been a long time advocate of HF changing how they decide who the prospects are and when they do lists like this of guys who have been on the roster the entire season--for me they are mailing it in. But, there are some people around here who put weight on how they put their lists together

 

[Tarus]

I see it's that time of year again.

The semi-annual fan discussion thread about how Hfboard writers don't know anything.

 

[Jumptheshark]

I see it's that time of year again.

The semi-annual fan discussion thread about how Hfboard writers don't know anything.

no-- it is time for the annual discussion about whether or not the writers need to be a little more creative in how they do things.

 

[PaperDesigner]

In what universe is Moroz the ninth best prospect in the Oilers system? Ahead of Gernat?!?

Ridiculous. He's the closest thing you can have to a failed prospect after a single season of hockey, and he jumps eight spots? What is the reason--organization mandate to the HF writer?

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

Why is Moroz in the top 10
Once Yakupov, Schultz, Hartikainen, and Lander graduate (which will almost certainly happen midway through next season), suddenly our prospect pool looks pretty barren.

 

[McDNicks17]

In what universe is Moroz the ninth best prospect in the Oilers system? Ahead of Gernat?!?

Ridiculous. He's the closest thing you can have to a failed prospect after a single season of hockey, and he jumps eight spots? What is the reason--organization mandate to the HF writer?

How many times did you watch him play this season?

 

[I am the Liquor]

How many times did you watch him play this season?

Who needs to watch anyone play when you have Corsi?

Pfffft.

 

[Gone]

Why is Moroz in the top 10
Once Yakupov, Schultz, Hartikainen, and Lander graduate (which will almost certainly happen midway through next season), suddenly our prospect pool looks pretty barren.

Moroz in the top 10 shows how pathetic our drafting/scouting has been in the past 5 years (other than the 1st pick overall). There is no longer any real depth to our system. Ouch .... the rebuild is going to take longer than we hoped.

 

[tiger_80]

Oilers have very few legitimate NHL prospects: Klefbom, Marincin, Musil, maybe Lander. The rest are extremely long shots to ever be more than AHL players, which is pretty sad given how many high 2nd and 3rd rounders they had in the past 3 years.

 

[nabob]

Oilers have very few legitimate NHL prospects: Klefbom, Marincin, Musil, maybe Lander. The rest are extremely long shots to ever be more than AHL players, which is pretty sad given how many high 2nd and 3rd rounders they had in the past 3 years.

In Stu we trust?

 

[timekeep]

In Stu we trust?

Him and his team were getting allot of credit the last couple of years.

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

Him and his team were getting allot of credit the last couple of years.

Still better than the guy drafting Jesse Niniimaki, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, and Alex Plante in the first round IMO. Instead of being the second worst team at drafting in the NHL (Calgary), we're just a regular old bottom 10 team at drafting.

 

[Gone]

Sadly, the scouting staff has input into trades as well. At least they got Tambourine fired.

 

[alphahelix]

I have been disappointed in/anxious about our pro-scouting for almost a decade now. I know there have been a few shuffles and moves, and we've had guys like Howson and MacT doing a lot of scouting lately... but I think they need to continue adjusting until we all feel a little more comfortable with their ability to stay on top of talent assessment. Things change.