The Condors are 20-15-2-1 after a four-game win streak that carried into this week. Gambardella (fresh back from his stint in the NHL), Marody, Currie, and Benson are all better than PPG game players this week.
Skinner and Wells swapped spots in the AHL and ECHL and other news for the prospects this week:
Oilers prospects snubbed by Craig Button – Craig compiled his list of post-Christmas top prospects, Evan Bouchard was noticibly missing. I did ask him on twitter why this was:
I’m happy to explain but don’t feel compelled. It’s my view of who I see as best 50 NHL affiliated prospects at this time. Evan has to play at a higher pace & tempo. That’s developmental but essential to success in NHL. He’s not there at this time. Still a very good prospect IMO.
— Craig Button (@CraigJButton) January 16, 2019
Oilers claim Colby Cave off waivers – Cave has played with the Bruins AHL affliate so his numbers there have been added
BAKERSFIELD CONDORS (AHL)
- C Joseph Gambardella 31gp, 15-11-26 (3gp, 3-2-5 this week) SENT DOWN TO THE AHL
HIGHLIGHT: @DJgamz5 meant to do that. #Condorstown pic.twitter.com/uMG5l5rNEf
— Bakersfield Condors (@Condors) January 20, 2019
- R Jesse Puljujarvi 4gp, 2-2-4 (in the NHL this week)
- R Kailer Yamamoto 11gp, 4-4-8 (did not play this week)
- C Tyler Vesel 32gp, 2-8-10 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- L Evan Polei 27gp, 3-5-8 (3gp, 0-1-1 this week)
- L Nolan Vesey 6gp, 0-1-1 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- R Mitch Callahan 31gp, 7-3-10 (3gp, 1-2-3 this week)
- L Tyler Benson 38gp, 5-24-29 (3gp, 1-4-5 this week)
- L Brad Malone 37gp, 7-16-23 (3gp, 0-1-1 this week)
- R Josh Currie 38gp, 16-8-24 (3gp, 5-1-6 this week)
HIGHLIGHT: Josh Currie is on ??? #Condorstown pic.twitter.com/lfjydH9K8W
— Bakersfield Condors (@Condors) January 20, 2019
- C Cooper Marody 28gp, 9-21-30 (3gp, 2-5-7 this week)
Cooper Marody… Overtime winner…
?#LetsGoOilers #Condorstown pic.twitter.com/wwUlmq4hPP
— Matt Mosewich (@EDMFutureWatch) January 19, 2019
- C Cameron Hebig 38gp, 10-12-22 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- L Braden Christoffer 30gp, 4-2-6 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- R David Gust 30gp, 10-5-15 (2gp, 1-0-1 this week)
- R John McFarland 9gp, 0-4-4 (did not play this week)
- C Luke Esposito 32gp, 2-4-6 (did not play this week)
HIGHLIGHT: Esposito quickly adds on to make it 2-0 Condors. #Condorstown pic.twitter.com/1CbSq2GB6K
— Bakersfield Condors (@Condors) January 20, 2019
- R Patrick Russell 29gp, 7-12-19 (1gp, 0-2-2 this week)
- C Colby Cave 15gp, 6-12-18 for Providence Bruins (AHL) (in the NHL this week) PICKED UP OFF WAIVERS
- LD Kevin Gravel 5gp, 0-1-1 (In the NHL this week)
- LD Caleb Jones 21gp, 2-10-12 (in the NHL this week)
- LD Keegan Lowe 37gp, 0-9-9 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
- LD Ryan Stanton 36gp, 3-8-11 (1gp, 0-2-2 this week)
- RD Logan Day 35gp, 5-15-20 (2gp, 0-3-3 this week)
- RD Ethan Bear 33gp, 0-15-15 (3gp, 0-2-2 this week)
- LD William Lagesson 37gp, 3-8-11 (3gp, 0-1-1 this week)
- LD Jeremy Beaudry 1gp, 0-0-0 (released from PTO)
- RD Ryan Mantha 0gp, 0-0-0 (did not play this week)
- LD Jake Kulevich 21gp, 2-3-5 (3gp, 1-0-1 this week)
- G Al Montoya 11gp, 3.09 .879 (did not play this week)
- G Stuart Skinner 3gp, 2.75, .881 (1 game, 6-2 W with 17 saves) CALLED UP TO THE AHL
- G Shane Starrett 18gp, 2.63 .906 (2 games, 5-4 W with 16 and 4-2 W with 16 saves)
- G Dylan Wells 9gp, 3.01 .902 (did not play this week)
WICHITA THUNDER (ECHL)
- C Colin Larkin 20gp, 1-7-8 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
- R Ryan Van Stralen 31gp, 1-7-8 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
- R John McFarland 10gp, 0-4-4 (did not play this week)
- L Nolan Vesey 24gp, 3-4-7 (3gp, 1-0-1 this week) CALLED UP TO THE AHL
- LD Jared Wilson 23gp, 1-8-9 (did not play this week)
- LD Marc-Olivier Crevier-Morin 27gp, 1-4-5 (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- LD Jake Kulevich 2gp, 0-1-1 (in the AHL this week)
- G Stuart Skinner 30gp, 3.20 .906 (1 game, 4-3 W)
- G Dylan Wells 13gp, 2.84 .913 (2 games, 6-5 OTW with 25 saves and 4-0 W with 26 saves) SENT DOWN TO THE ECHL
- G Shane Starrett 1gp, 1.99 .963 (in the AHL this week)
EUROPE
- C Bogdan Yakimov 7gp, 1-4-5 for Severstal Cherepovets and 32gp, 1-3-4 for Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and Avangard Omsk (KHL) (2gp, 0-2-2 this week)
- L Patrick Siikanen 40gp, 16-21-37 for Blues U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga) (2gp, 1-0-1 this week)
- LR Anton Slepyshev 45gp, 11-5-16 for KSKA Moskva (KHL) (3gp, 3-1-4 this week)
- LD Markus Niemelainen 32gp, 0-3-3 for HPK (Liiga) (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- RD Filip Berglund 34gp, 2-7-9 for Skelleftea AIK (SHL) (4gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- RD Joel Persson 34gp, 4-17-21 for Vaxjo Lakers HC (SHL) (2gp, 0-2-2 this week)
- D Robin Norell 33gp, 1-4-5 for Djurgardens IF (SHL) (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
CHL
- C Ryan McLeod 6gp, 2-5-7 for Saginaw Spirit and 32gp, 12-26-38 Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) (1gp, 0-1-1 this week)
- C Ostap Safin 10gp, 2-7-9 for Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) (did not play this week) Injured
- L Kirill Maksimov 40gp, 28-31-59 for Niagara Ice Dogs (OHL) (3gp, 1-3-4 this week)
Kirill's thrilling on the power play!#NIAGvsGUE #BornReady #LetsGoOilers pic.twitter.com/AnC6XsaGtQ
— Niagara IceDogs (@OHLIceDogs) January 20, 2019
- LD Dmitri Samorukov 36gp, 3-19-22 for Guelph Storm (OHL) (3gp, 0-2-2 this week)
- RD Evan Bouchard 19gp, 6-19-25 for London Knights (OHL) (3gp, 1-3-4 this week)
- G Olivier Rodrigue 35gp, 2.44 .902 for Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) (2 games, 6-1 W with 37 saves and 7-1 W with 17 saves)
COLLEGE AND BEYOND
- L Graham McPhee 21gp, 1-4-5 for Boston College (NCAA) (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- C Joey Dudek 21gp, 3-0-3 for Boston College (NCAA) (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- C Aapeli Rasanen 19gp, 2-2-4 for Boston College (NCAA) (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- C Skyler Brind’Amour 38gp, 10-21-31 for Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) (2gp, 0-3-3 this week)
- LD Matthew Cairns 15gp, 1-2-3 for Cornell (NCAA) (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- RD John Marino 17gp, 1-2-3 for Harvard (NCAA) (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- RD Michael Kesselring 5gp, 1-2-3 for Fargo Force (USHL) and 33gp, 2-10-12 for Des Moines Buccaneers (3gp, 1-1-2 this week)
- RD Vincent Desharnais 24gp, 1-6-7 for Providence (NCAA) (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
- RD Philip Kemp 15gp, 2-3-5 for Yale (NCAA) (2gp, 1-1-2 this week)
- G Hayden Hawkey 23gp, 2.09 .905 for Providence (NCAA) (2 games, 4-1 L with 15 saves and 5-1 W with 13 saves)
Source: EliteProspects, Verified Twitter Account, 01/04/2019 – 12:00 am MST
MIN can beat CBJ without dumba, AZ can beat TOR without ranta..
Can we beat either team even with klef..hell no..
Firing PC is the next sensible thing..but wait..oilers and sensible are antonyms
???????
Button is a joke. He is jealous that Bouchard has mastered the defensive position and could easily play in the NHL (something Button couldn’t do in his wildest dreams). It chaps his ass that it will occur in Edmonton and so he has to put on a big drama tweet, like he’s on his monthly TSN in Toronto period. Nobody takes Button seriously, the guy is a Toronto hack and everybody knows it.
Button lives in Calgary…..
Cooper Marody is on some sort of heater for the Condors – 7P in his last 3G.
Currie is scoring goals seemingly at will right now – I don’t think he’s an actual NHL option.
Benson completes that line and is producing almost as much as Marody right now.
The Condors’ PP is absolutely lethal right now.
Stuart Skinner with the win last night.
Condors have won four straight.
Look forward to their game tomorrow night – no Oilers game to interfere so I can watch in full subject to bed time.
Marody needs to do everything he can to continue to work to improve his skating – he’s got the IQ, skill and work ethic to be an NHL player but his boots are, well, not good.
Skating is the one thing that may hold him back from an NHL career (and probably, at the vest least, forces him to the wing).
Just venting my frustration here..?????????
The Skinner/Wells swap was interesting to me because Wells was doing fairly well. It means to me that the organization values the two pretty closely and want both to get some AHL games and experience.
A massive change from year’s past where a rookie pro goalie wouldn’t get AHL games except maybe in garbage time.
Nice win by Skinner last night (although the Condors really dominated).
Hello OP, just wondering if you have watched either much this season. Seems like both have been playing well at times this year. I’m thinking Starrett might have a shot at the back up job in the NHL next year, seems like he’s had a really good season so far. So would that mean Skinner Wells combo in Bakersfield next year?
Thanks
I’ve watched quite a bit of the Condors’ (the AHL TV is like $60 for the entire year). Haven’t seen much of Skinner as he’s only played a few AHL games – he was solid last night, a bad break away from a shut out but, frankly, the Condors dominated and it wasn’t a tough night for him.
I’ve seen a bit more of Wells – he started off hot when he got some games and was amazing in his shutout game. Had come down to earth a big but still fairing well for a rookie pro goalie in the AHL.
Starrett is clearly the AHL starter now. I don’t think the org would feel comfortable with him going in to camp as the back-up so they will have some true comp for him but he’ll likely have a shot.
So, yes, we could see the Skinner/Wells combo but remember, Hayden Hawkey will likely sign and turn pro.