The Bakersfield Condors are emptying the benches now, as the Edmonton Oilers showcase veteran talent, recall reinforcements to cover from injuries, and get a final look-see at potential solutions for next year. The air shuttle between Edmonton and California is getting busy, with Jordan Oesterle the latest recall this afternoon. Here is the week in prospects, Edmonton style.
Congratulations to the newest Veritas client, Josh Winquist, on his 3-point night with Bakersfield! @Jwinny21 pic.twitter.com/3RIEsm7FL3
— Veritas Hockey (@VeritasHockey) February 2, 2016
BAKERSFIELD CONDORS
- R Matt Ford 43GP, 20-18-38 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- C-R Andrew Miller 39GP, 13-24-37 (2GP, 1-0-1 this week)
- LD Brad Hunt 37GP, 8-22-30 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- L Ryan Hamilton 45GP, 15-10-25 (2GP, 0-1-1 this week)
- RD Jordan Oesterle 39GP, 2-20-22 (2GP, 0-3-3 this week and NHL recall)
- RD Joey Laleggia 42GP, 7-15-22 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- C Jujhar Khaira 31GP, 8-13-21 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- L Josh Winquist 18GP, 8-10-18 (2GP, 1-1-2 this week)
- D Nikita Nikitin 27GP, 1-13-14 (NHL this week)
- F Rob Klinkhammer 11GP, 9-4-13 (2GP, 1-2-3 this week)
- C Kyle Platzer 36GP, 5-8-13 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- R Tyler Pitlick 23GP, 4-8-12 (2GP, 1-0-1 this week)
- L Kale Kessy 42GP, 7-5-12 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- F Josh Currie 35GP, 4-6-10 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- LD Dillon Simpson 36GP, 1-9-10 (2GP, 0-1-1 this week)
- R Anton Slepyshev 28GP, 7-2-9 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- LD David Musil 46GP, 3-6-9 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- C Marco Roy 28GP, 5-3-8 (DNP this week)
- R Greg Chase 19GP, 1-6-7 (ECHL this week)
- C Bogdan Yakimov 19GP, 3-4-7 (KHL)
- LD Griffin Reinhart 22GP, 1-6-7 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- L Mitch Moroz 30GP, 2-4-6 (DNP this week)
- C Phil McRae 23GP, 3-2-5 (DNP this week)
- L Braden Christoffer 30GP, 1-3-4 (DNP this week)
- R Iiro Pakarinen 4GP, 1-2-3 (NHL this week)
- R Zack Kassian 7GP, 2-1-3 (NHL this week)
- L Luke Gazdic 8GP, 1-2-3 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- C Alexis Loiseau 12GP, 1-2-3 (ECHL this week)
- F Kellen Jones 12GP, 1-2-3 (DNP this week)
- D Martin Gernat 22GP, 0-3-3 (DNP this week)
- C Leon Draisaitl 6GP, 1-1-2 (NHL this week)
- D Mark Fayne 5GP, 0-1-1 (NHL this week)
- LD Darnell Nurse 6GP, 0-1-1 (NHL this week)
- RD Nick Pageau 12GP, 0-1-1 (ECHL this week)
- LD Ben Betker 1GP, 0-0-0 (ECHL this week)
- G Laurent Brossoit 27GP, 2.72 .920 (1 game this week, stopped 22 of 25)
- G Eetu Laurikainen 9GP, 3.37 .905 (1 game this week, stopped 34 of 37)
- G Anders Nilsson 2GP, 2.01 .935 (NHL recall this week)
- G Ty Rimmer 1GP, 3.00 .875 (ECHL)
The Condors have assigned C Alexis Loiseau to the @NorfolkAdmirals. #Condorstown pic.twitter.com/NTIxmmj9Jc
— Bakersfield Condors (@Condors) December 10, 2015
ECHL
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F Alexis Loiseau 35GP, 10-19-29 (3GP, 0-3-3 this week)
- C-R Greg Chase 24GP, 13-7-20 (3GP, 2-0-2 this week)
- D Nick Pageau 33, 3-13-16 (5GP, 0-1-1 this week)
- D Ben Betker 47GP, 2-13-15 (3GP, 1-0-1 this week)
- C Josh Currie 13GP, 6-6-12 (AHL this week)
- F Marco Roy 10GP, 1-5-6 (AHL this week)
- G Ty Rimmer 31GP, 3.03 .910 (1 tough game this week)
Ethan Bear’s goals lead T-Birds to 2-1 overtime win over Spokane… #edmontonoilers https://t.co/oBHf6XJW1X pic.twitter.com/CfRsowUAuI
— Edmonton Oilers (@NHLoilersfan) February 21, 2016
CHL
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RD Ethan Bear 58GP, 16-41-57 (2GP, 3-1-4 this week)
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LD Caleb Jones 59GP, 9-37-46 (3GP, 1-2-3 this week)
- Keven Bouchard 31GP, 3.75 .874 (stopped 35 of 36 this week)
BOOM!!!!! Caleb Jones wins it for Portland in overtime!!! pic.twitter.com/GMvesrCTyu
— Derek Harper (@Derek_52) February 16, 2016
The last time Zach Nagelvoort played in a regulation game where Steve Racine was also healthy? The 4-0 loss to Robert Morris on October 31st
— James Pigott (@jpnets54) February 13, 2016
NCAA
- F Tyler Vesel, Omaha 29GP, 6-11-17 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- L Evan Campbell, UMass-Lowell 28GP, 5-7-12 (DNP this week)
- LD William Lagesson, UMass-Amherst 23GP, 2-4-6 (1GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- F Aidan Muir, Western Michigan 29GP, 1-6-7 (2GP, 0-0-0 this week)
- G Zach Nagelvoort 9GP, 3.14 .888 (DNP this week. hasn’t played in awhile)
USHL
- D John Marino, Tri City Storm 40GP, 3-17-20 (2GP, 0-2-2 this week)
? Neftekhimik’s Bogdan Yakimov shows the photographer his game face. (Image Source) https://t.co/ouN9cHjFlr
— Patrick C (@ChunkletsHockey) February 16, 2016
EUROPE
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D Ziyat Paigin 45GP, 9-19-28 (KHL) (2GP, 1-0-1 this week)
- C Bogdan Yakimov 11GP, 3-1-4 (KHL) (2GP, 2-0-2 this week)
- G Miroslav Svobota 21GP, 3.05 .924 (Cze-2) (1 strong game this week)
BEST PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK
- Ethan Bear is having a tremendous Draft+1 season, and that continued this week.
- Jordan Oesterle had a big night Saturday, and was recalled to the NHL Sunday. That is a good week.
- Josh Winquist returned from injury and posted a two-point game.
- Rob Klinkhammer is having an impact month in the AHL.
- Bogdan Yakimov is finding the range in the KHL.
Photos of Kessy, Oesterle and Winquist via Mark Williams.
LT,
I admire your ability to push forward with good content in the face of yet another miserable season. I hope someday (soon) your weekend update for the end of February will be something like “Oilers in search of a 3rd pairing D to beef up their blue line for another run at Stanley”.
No problem, I enjoy doing this. Glad you pop in to see the progress/regress. 🙂
Lowetide you should link some of your favorite articles from your site once in a while. I hardly go over there to check it out so I wouldn’t mind if you highlighted the ones you liked the most once in a while.
Well, I respect ON readers enough not to spam the site lol. Pop over when you can and if I do something that might fit, I will link. Promise :-).
Hahah I’m sure nation readers wouldn’t mind some extra reading material at the bottom of your posts. Gregor does it with his past articles. Would make for some decent reading on the slow days.
1st page I open every day.
And usually stays on ’til the wee hours.
Thought you ought to know…
http://oilerhockey.com/index.php
Whats the deal with Klinkhammer who is averaging a point a game in the minors not getting called up. Fast, heavy on the body, point, shouldn’t he be showcased, there is move value there than with #28.
Klinkhammer is a rare breed, kinda like my jean size 36 to tight, size 38 to big.
Very clever, too good for ahl not good enough for the nhl.
Maybe they want to move #28 and bring up Klinkhammer after Korpikoski is gone. I’d rather keep Klinkhammer long term than Korpikoski.
Oilers last draft looks impressive. I hope Chia will give Green a few more bullets this time around. Especially in the higher rounds.
Some nice d prospects in the whl. Unfortunate we had terrible drafting for about the last 15 years other than gimmes. Time to unload some of the sh!t puppets Chia Pete. That goal yest cause by ebs was unbelievable. Lazy, dumb, selfish. Pull the strings on the entitled sh!t puppets Chia Pete.
Hi, everyone!
Flames are losing 5-1. Beat it sh!t weasel
Hi again!
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Hey little guy, it’s a school night. Time for bed. You can celebrate the Flames successes in the morning.
Wonder if the sh!t puppets went to the bar after the game yest. Real sick of the entitled babies. I’m an oiler fan but I hope they lose every game until the end of the season to force change. Let the sweaters litter the ice like a sh!the storm
Think you’ve had too many ultrathin zig zags and your brain is cluttered. Flames suck as do the Oilers. The entire province is one big sh!t storm right now. Make no mistake, the sh!t hawks are circling
The flames have no hope of a cup anytime in the next 10 years. None. The oil have McDavid. Man I would have been so pissed if flames won that lotto!
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Oilers are AHL team. Every year people get excited over non NHL players. Nurse looks worse now than he did when he started in the NHL. Oilers are a joke.
Quite sad a real star like McDavid is going to under achieve because he plays for the Oilers.
“Maybe next year ” This is Lowetide’s theme give your head a shake this is a rotten organization with mostly bad players.
People get excited who can we draft what players are coming up from the AHL What trades can Oilers make. Bad organization has never proven otherwise.
This post is a weekly update. Edmonton does in fact have a real problem with depth and quality in the procurement department. This is a post to update, but I agree with your overall point.
Most of the Oilers are overrated, most teams play Oilers and know it’s an easy game they bring their B game. Players get more points than they should because the other team is not giving 100%. All the advanced stats won’t help. Only stat that is important is wins.
At last nights game and must agree with LT on Nurse . I feel he should finish the season in Bakersfield playing 25 minutes a night and getting taught the right way to play . If not this kid will be ruined . Saw him watching to much and his positional play when defending was Bad . Tons of potential but needs to learn the big boys game .
Cut their losses with him.
No offense, no shot , no passing skill, not much of anything.
Trade him asap while their is still perceived value.
Oile!rs could have Roustalanen and bungked, more MacTavish.
I think he will be fine. Drai from last year to this year is night and day. Nurse is still a string bean and he will be very good once he fills out. I would trade him if the deal is right but I think he will be alright. A lot of the rest of them I agree with you on
I’m sorry.
How do my comments get deleted and ultrathindouchebags not
Right now, the Oilers are where hope and optimism come to die.
30th….again
The Oilers mascot should be a groundhog.
LT: You da REAL MVP!
Verdad2 . He does have a shot and can make a pass but what I keep seeing is inexperience. I will say again he just needs time in the AhL, his making mistakes that can be fixed. The kid needs time that coaches can fix . Nurse is an asset that is young and time will fix his problems like many other D I could name but that time has to be in Bakersfield
I find it quite sad that the top 4 point producers in Bakersfield are players who will never be full time NHLers.
and it’s going to get worse with the Oilers feeling the need to trade more picks in the upcoming draft in order to try get better now!
Allan, I hope that you do not grow weary of writing this article…….because in my mind it highlights our talent stock better than anything out there!
By your descriptions I can get a sense of what we have drafted and how well those players are progressing…….ZP and EB come to mind as players that can compliment this team down the road.
Of the defenceman we have in the minors, who gives you the most hope?