Recalled/Assigned: Oilers recall Anton Lander and assign Brandon Davidson [UPD:Lander sent back]

[CanadianSuperPromise]

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[KlimasLoveChild]

It's now or never for Lander. I have confidence that Todd will put him in the proper situation to succeed.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Draisaitl probably goes back after Xmas then.

Probably Lander's last kick at the can. He's be excellent in OKC, good luck to him.

 

[The Nuge]

Hopefully Lander can finally push his game to the next level, and make the transition. It would be nice to have him as a future piece of the "Wagon Line"

 

[OneMoreAstronaut]

Please please please can an Oilers prospect turn out for once.

 

[Calgary McOilers]

Please please please can an Oilers prospect turn out for once.

I pray for this before bedtime, at least once a week.

 

[McMozesmadness]

Please please please can an Oilers prospect turn out for once.

Tobias Rieder

 

[LaGu]

It's the first time under the new-old coach... I would agree that it is probably his last season (not sure though), but I don't think that this is a now or never moment for Lander.

This was much sooner than I thought. Nelson ( I guess ) must see a clear role in which he thinks Lander should work.

There is no better time than now though, go for it Lando!!

 

[McAsuno]

Draisaitl probably goes back after Xmas then.

Probably Lander's last kick at the can. He's be excellent in OKC, good luck to him.

Should send him to the WJC, and then down to juniors. zzzz

 

[Oilwings]

Please please please can an Oilers prospect turn out for once.

I've written of Lander before and I hope I'm wrong. I posted this on 'Roughingafterthewhistle'. Our centre depth is pretty much bare at this point. So no hurt in trying by giving him one last chance. He's done very well in OKC for Nelson.

 

[Oilers93]

Should have done this months ago and sent Draisaitl back to PA, if I wanted an unproductive second line centre I would have been content with Lander instead of ruining a promising prospect.

 

[CanadianSuperPromise]

Woah I didn't know we had embeddable tweets now. Thanks Nunymare.

 

[JoeCool16]

Lander is still a kid, he's only 23 until after the season. It's his last kick at the can if he wants to pack up and head home (which is his call, wouldn't judge him on it), but he's been steadily improving in OKC from what I see of the stats and what I hear from the two guys on the boards that watch OKC games regularly. Lots of players have turned into NHLers later than 23, so I think we should keep giving him chances as long as he's playing well on the farm, until he decides to go elsewhere. Not like there's a lot of people passing him by...

 

[doulos]

Please let this mean Draisaitl is moved away from the disaster for a while.

 

[gurru991]

Anton Lander is very responsible defensively but hasn't found any offence in the bigs. He can definitely help this team with his D & maybe with good coaching score a few

 

[SDig14]

Please let this mean Draisaitl is moved away from the disaster for a while.

If that's the case, I hope PA does the same as they did with Morrissey and trade Leon to a contender. Because PA is a bit of a cluster as well, just easier competition for Leon at least.

 

[Tirefire]

Lander in, Draisatl out?

 

[Kepler 186f]

So where does he slot in? Between Eberle and Yakupov?

 

[McSomnii]

People keep mentioning Draisatl, but depending on how Lander performs in Edmonton, I'm hoping that this spells the end of the Arcobello experiment.

Sure, the young german has had his struggles (to put it lightly), but at least he's been showing flashes here and there, something that I can't recall seeing at all from Arcobello this season.

I'd like to see what Nelson can get out of Draisatl first, before I feel comfortable sending him down to play against lesser competition. As for Arco, I think we've seen all we're ever going to out of him, and frankly, it isn't good enough even for this team, which is pretty damning.

 

[tiger_80]

Tobias Rieder

This one is rapidly starting to look like another ****-up by this management group. At this point I won't be surprised if Rieder ends up having a better career than Yakupov.

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

Lander is still a kid, he's only 23 until after the season. It's his last kick at the can if he wants to pack up and head home (which is his call, wouldn't judge him on it), but he's been steadily improving in OKC from what I see of the stats and what I hear from the two guys on the boards that watch OKC games regularly. Lots of players have turned into NHLers later than 23, so I think we should keep giving him chances as long as he's playing well on the farm, until he decides to go elsewhere. Not like there's a lot of people passing him by...

This^^^ Why are people so quick to write off a guy who's only 23 years old. I'm pretty sure he hasn't peaked yet.

 

[tiger_80]

People keep mentioning Draisatl, but depending on how Lander performs in Edmonton, I'm hoping that this spells the end of the Arcobello experiment.

Sure, the young german has had his struggles (to put it lightly), but at least he's been showing flashes here and there, something that I can't recall seeing at all from Arcobello this season.

I'd like to see what Nelson can get out of Draisatl first, before I feel comfortable sending him down to play against lesser competition. As for Arco, I think we've seen all we're ever going to out of him, and frankly, it isn't good enough even for this team, which is pretty damning.

Another AHL star who can't do much against bigger, faster and stronger NHL players. As a replacement for Gagner he's doing fine. As a 2nd or 3rd line NHL centre--not so much.

 

[tiger_80]

Lander is still a kid, he's only 23 until after the season. It's his last kick at the can if he wants to pack up and head home (which is his call, wouldn't judge him on it), but he's been steadily improving in OKC from what I see of the stats and what I hear from the two guys on the boards that watch OKC games regularly. Lots of players have turned into NHLers later than 23, so I think we should keep giving him chances as long as he's playing well on the farm, until he decides to go elsewhere. Not like there's a lot of people passing him by...

He has indeed been improving and players like him take a while to establish themselves in either case. Samuel Pahlsson, who we all hope, Lander can become one day, did not play his full NHL season until the age of 23-24 and scored a meagre 9 points that year with a -14 rating. So yes, Lander can still carve a career in the NHL. It's all in his hands.

 

[Senor Catface]

This one is rapidly starting to look like another ****-up by this management group. At this point I won't be surprised if Rieder ends up having a better career than Yakupov.

Rieder asked for a trade.

 

[sepHF]

anton pls