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The Oilers don’t have one dozen young forwards pushing for work this season, but if we include all positions we get to an interesting number of prospects who have a chance to play with the big team at some point this season.
- RHD Evan Bouchard – Added to a small power-play role, chances are Bouchard posts 25+ points in his first full season.
- LC Ryan McLeod – I think we can say he’ll play in 50 games with Edmonton and land close enough for jazz.
- LW Tyler Benson – I expect he’ll play in the NHL this season, perhaps not with the Oilers.
- LHD William Lagesson – I expect there’s a chance Tippett keeps 8 blue to start the season and Lagesson could play 25+ games in 2021-22.
- LC Dylan Holloway – I don’t think he makes the opening night lineup but will play in the NHL this coming season.
BLH’s Thoughts: LT has eight or nine more names on his list, but these are the most notable and worth talking about.
Everything on the left side of the roster is basically blocked by vets, so any winger or defenseman looking to make the club on that side will have to outplay an NHL player with experience.
So, Evan Bouchard is a given, but if I had to take a wild guess, I’d say that Broberg or Samorukov gets a shot because something might go down on the right side of the defense, like an injury, and Ken Holland specifically mentioned the Swede and I believe Dmitri Samorukov as players who could play their weak side.
Maybe Filip Berglund because he’s an older player who’s a right-shot could get a call-up. Perhaps as a showcase for a move?…
Oilersnation (Laing)
Edmonton Oilers player review and 2021-22 preview: Tyler Ennis
- …he drew into the lineup scoring three goals and nine points in 30 games.
- With him on the ice at 5×5, the Oilers controlled 45.89 percent of the shot attempts, 52.17 percent of the goals and 47.87 percent of the expected goals while posting an inflated 102 PDO.
- …at even-strength this year Ennis provided offensive value at a seven percent rate above league average and defence at a three percent rate below league average.
- His offensive production at 5×5 was very good. He scored 1.54 points per hour last season, good enough for fourth among all Oilers forwards.
- He’s a player that the Oilers could consider bringing back on a cheap deal for next season.
BLH’s Thoughts: Ennis was electrifying when he played last year but I suspect that it wasn’t his offensive game that the coach’s had a problem with last season…
NHLRumors.com
- Lyle Richardson of The Hockey News: If the Wild were to consider trading Kaprizov, the number of teams that would be able to fit in a big contract would limited.
- The Columbus Blue Jackets need a first-line center.
- The Carolina Hurricanes need to re-sign Andrei Svechnikov.
- The Ottawa Senators have Brady Tkachuk and Drake Batherson, the New York Islanders Anthony Beauvillier, and the Vancouver Canucks Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes.
- The Nashville Predators can’t eat too far into the cap for 2022-23 as they have UFAs Filip Forsberg and Mattias Ekholm after next season.
- The Calgary Flames have Johnny Gaudreau that they may look to extend.
BLH’s Thoughts: You know, the Islanders are being awfully quiet these days and there’s a thought out there that Russian hockey players enjoy playing in the New York area… This would be just the kind of move Lou Lamoriello could pull off too… Imagine a Barzal-Kaprizov pairing going forward for the Islanders?
