Edmonton Oilers Talk: Chiarelli Signing About to Break Ridiculous All-Time NHL Record

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Lowetide.ca

DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH 2010-2021

Philip Broberg has the look of Petry and Klefbom, a player who can singlehandedly carry a rookie season to a passing grade. After that, there are some interesting players.
I remain on the Lavoie train and an pleased the young man is with the Condors current staff. Whatever improvements need to be made, there’s a confidence rational people have identified the course forward from here. That’s a big damned deal with young people.
Kesselring and Kemp get placed together but are in no way similar, I’d say Kemp has the better chance to play in the NHL with Kesselring having the higher ceiling.
If I had to protect one in an expansion draft, it would be Kesselring. Rodrigue doesn’t seem to be making an impact but goalies can surprise you (see Skinner, Stuart).
If I’m betting on players having 100+ NHL games, Broberg is obviously a checkmark but we simply don’t know beyond the big Swedish defender.

BLH’s Thoughts: Head to LT’s site by clicking the link above to see where the rest of the Oilers prospects have landed starting way back in 2010.

Personally, I think Kesselring is going to be a long-term project. I mean, really long-term because Bouchard and Ceci are going to take up two spots on Edmonton’s right side for the next four years at least. The contracts of Kesselring and Tyson Barrie expire at the same time, but Phil Kemp, who I think has a better chance at making the NHL, his deal ends a year earlier meaning the club will need to make a decision on him that could impact Kesselring’s future.

Edmonton Sun

Edmonton Oilers Kris Russell approaching black-and-blue milestone

…in a year where the Oilers’ stars seem to be breaking a new record almost every night, there is a special place in their hearts for Russell as he closes in on the league’s all-time record for blocks.
Russell is at 1,997, just one behind the recently retired Brent Seabrook on the league’s all-time list and should break the record Saturday in Vegas when the Oilers visit the surging Golden Knights.
Since their 9-1 start, the Oilers are 5-4-0 in their last nine games, so this is a stern and important test for an Edmonton team that, despite playing reasonably well lately, is still losing ground to third-place Vegas and first-place Calgary, who are 7-3-0 and 6-2-2 in their last 10 games.

BLH’s Thoughts: Remember the vitriol in Oilersnation when Chiarelli signed Russell to that four-year deal and then again for an additional season under Holland? Good times…

I’d be interested to know if Rusty wears any added protection underneat his equipment in order to survive this long.

Bloody guy deserves a spot in the Hall for blocking that many shots in a career and living to talk about it.

That hot start at home has paid off as the Oilers have cooled considerably since having to hit the road.

I was thinking the other day about which team is better set this year between Calgary and Edmonton and I think the Flames are much better positioned to go on a long playoff run than Edmonton. They’re getting a complete roster effort night in and night out plus Jacob Markstrom has come back to life. Isn’t Calgary’s goal differential a plus 30 or something? That’s without two MVPs on their roster to boot. Nobody is talking about the cracks in their lineup and that Kylington guy is pretty good eh? I wonder where I’ve heard in the past a certain blogger say that the Flames would be making a big mistake if they let him go.

Spector’s Hockey

CANUCKS ARMY: cited Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman indicating tension is really high among the Vancouver Canucks organization. “Everybody’s looking around at everybody else and saying, ‘okay, we’re waiting for something to happen.’ Is it going to be an executive? Is it going to be a coach or is it going to be a player? Who’s it going to be,” he said.
THE PROVINCE: Ben Kuzma reports the Minnesota Wild have contacted the Canucks expressing interest in J.T. Miller. He speculates the Wild would likely dangle winger Kevin Fiala… He suggested big winger Jordan Greenway but felt he’d be better suited to a fourth-line role rather than skating alongside Elias Pettersson.
VANCOUVER HOCKEY NOW: Rob Simpson reports NHL executives will tell you Brock Boeser has been “out there” since the offseason but the trade talk has heated up in recent days.