Oilers Prospect Update: Dropping Like Flies

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This week in your update is the beginning of the end of the season for the most part. Thankfully the ECHL affliate has some playoff hockey coming but all but two (Maksimov and Skinner) of the Oilers prospects have been eliminated from their CHL playoffs.

The Condors, like the Oilers are officially eliminated from the Calder Cup playoffs. They have three games remaining this week and then will pack it in for the summer.

In the ECHL the Wichita Thunder will be taking on the Colorado Eagles in the first round of the playoffs. That series kicks off on April 15th.

As the playoffs end for the CHL prospects pool, guys like Benson and Samorukov have been assigned to the AHL. Baggedmilk wrote about those transactions and the injury to Kailer Yamamoto.

Missed last week was Ostap Safin’s debut with the Bakersfield Condors. Credit to reader, JayTee for noticing.

PLAYOFF PERFORMANCE

L Tyler Benson 7gp, 3-8-11 for Vancouver (WHL) (1gp, 2-1-3 this week; assigned to the AHL)
LC Skyler Brind’Amour 7gp, 0-3-3 for Chilliwack (BCHL)
C Cameron Hebig 7gp, 6-2-8 for Regina (WHL) (1gp, 1-0-1 this week)
R Kirill Maksimov 7gp, 2-5-7 for Niagara (OHL) (2gp, 1-2-3 this week)
RHD Filip Berglund 9gp, 0-2-2 for Skellefteå AIK (SHL) (3gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Dmitri Samorukov 6gp, 0-2-2 for Guelph (OHL) (1gp, 0-0-0 this week; assigned to the AHL)
R Kailer Yamamoto 7gp, 1-3-4 for Spokane (WHL) (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)

LHD Markus Niemelainen 5gp, 0-0-0 for HPK (Sm-Liiga)
LC Bogdan Yakimov 5gp, 0-0-0 for Neftekhimik (KHL)
G Stuart Skinner 9gp, 2.58 .923 for Swift Current (WHL) (three)

BAKERSFIELD CONDORS (AHL)

R Ostap Safin 7gp, 1-0-0 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
L Tyler Benson 1gp, 0-0-0 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
RD Dmitri Samorukov 1gp, 0-0-0 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week; Assigned to the Condors)

RC Tyler Vesel 7gp, 0-2-2 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
C Colin Larkin 11gp 0-2-2 (1gp, 0-1-1 this week)
RD Logan Day 6gp, 2-0-2 (2gp, 1-0-1 this week)

LD Caleb Jones 54gp, 2-14-16 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Dillon Simpson 61p, 4-14-18 (did not play this week)
RD Ryan Mantha 41gp, 3-7-10 (did not play this week; Currently injured)
RD Ethan Bear 34gp, 6-10-16 (in the NHL)
LD Ryan Stanton 45gp, 2-6-8 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LD Ben Betker 41gp, 1-4-5 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
RD Eric Gryba 24gp, 0-0-0 (did not play this week)
LD Keegan Lowe 49gp, 2-12-14 (did not play this week; called up to the NHL)
R Ty Rattie 53gp, 21-22-43 (in the NHL)
L Ryan Hamilton 41gp, 6-15-21 (Did not play this week; Broke leg, done for the year)
L Joey Laleggia 64gp, 13-26-39 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)

RC Josh Currie 64gp, 20-24-44 (2gp, 1-0-1 this week)

R Patrick Russell 64gp, 12-13-25 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
LC Grayson Downing 48gp, 4-19-23 (did not play this week)
LC Brad Malone 55gp, 13-18-31 (2gp 0-0-0 this week)
R Dave Gust 49gp, 11-9-20 (did not play this week)
LC Joe Gambardella 46gp, 12-5-17 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
L Braden Christoffer 59gp, 6-8-14 (2gp 0-0-0 this week)
R Jesse Puljujarvi 10gp, 1-4-5 (in the NHL)
RC Kyle Platzer 42gp, 7-7-14 (2gp, 1-0-1 this week)
R Zack O’Brien 39gp, 5-15-20 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
F Mitch Callahan 45gp, 2-7-9 (did not play this week; suspended for 20 games)
RC Chad Butcher 7gp, 1-1-2 (in the ECHL)
R Brian Ferlin 7gp, 1-0-1 (did not play this week)
L Evan Polei 26gp, 4-5-9 (2gp, 0-1-1 this week)
R Anton Slepyshev 1gp, 0-0-0 (in the NHL)
R Iiro Pakarinen 18gp, 9-4-13 (in the NHL)
LR Pontus Aberg 4gp, 4-2-6 with Milwaukee (in the NHL)
G Nick Ellis 20gp, 3.23 .897 (did not play this week)
G Laurent Brossoit 26gp, 2.76 .911 (two games)
G Shane Starrett 3gp, 3.71 .895 (did not play this week)
G Ed Pasquale 16gp, 2.60 .910 (Traded to Tampa Bay)
R Greg Chase 1gp, 0-0-0 (Traded to Springfield)
LD Ziyat Paigin 7gp, 0-0-0 (no longer in organization)
RD Mark Fayne 6gp, 0-1-1 (Assigned to Springfield)

WICHITA THUNDER (ECHL)

- - G Shane Starrett 38gp, 3.01 .912 (three game, 37 save win, pulled in one, and 7-4 loss)
  - G Dylan Wells 1gp, 16.39 .571 (one game, ho boy)
  - G Nick Ellis 2gp, 2.75 .925 (called up to the AHL)
  - RC Kyle Platzer 20gp, 8-14-22 (in the AHL)
  - F Lane Bauer 63gp, 9-28-37 (2gp, 0-0-0 this week)
  - R Zack O’Brien 12gp, 5-7-12 (in the AHL)
  - LC Travis Ewanyk 60gp, 13-16-29 (1gp, 0-0-0 this week)
  - RC Chad Butcher 53gp, 9-24-33 (4gp 1-1-2 this week)
  - L Evan Polei 32gp, 8-9-17 (in the AHL)
  - R Greg Chase 17gp, 7-10-17 (Traded to Florida)

EUROPE

- - LC Bogdan Yakimov 56gp, 8-3-11 for Neftekhimik (KHL) (eliminated from playoffs in QFs by Traktor Chelyabinsk)
  - RHD Filip Berglund 44gp, 3-10-13 for Skellefteå AIK (SHL)
  - LHD Markus Niemelainen 43gp, 1-2-3 for HPK (Sm-Liiga) (eliminated from playoff contention; 12th place finish)
  - LHD William Lagesson 49gp, 1-12-13 for Djurgardens (SHL)

CHL

- - R Ostap Safin 61gp, 26-32-58 for Saint-John (QMJHL) (eliminated from playoff contention; 18th place finish; Signed his ELC)
  - C Cameron Hebig 66gp, 41-49-90 for Regina from Saskatoon (WHL) (Playoffs)
  - R Kirill Maksimov 62gp, 34-46-80 for Niagara (OHL) (Playoffs)
  - L Tyler Benson 58gp, 27-42-69 for Vancouver (WHL) (Playoffs) – alumni of our Sponsor alert!
  - LD Dmitri Samorukov 62gp, 11-23-34 for Guelph (OHL) (Playoffs)
  - R Kailer Yamamoto 40gp, 21-43-64 for Spokane (WHL) (Playoffs)
  - G Stuart Skinner 56gp, 2.68 .914 for Swift Current (WHL) (Playoffs)
  - G Dylan Wells 56gp, 3.57 .898 for Peterborough (OHL) (Playoffs)

COLLEGE AND BEYOND

- - C Cooper Marody 38gp 16-34-50 (signed ELC this week)
  - C Colin Larkin 27gp 24-22-46 for UMass-Boston DIII (in the AHL)
  - RD Logan Day 26gp, 15-23-38 for Endicott College DIII (in the AHL)
  - RC JD Dudek 36gp 7-12-19 for Boston College (eliminated from playoff contention)
  - RC Tyler Vesel 36gp, 11-21-32 for Nebraska-Omaha (NCAA) (in the AHL)
  - L Graham McPhee 36gp, 12-12-24 for Boston College (NCAA) (eliminated from playoff contention)
  - L Aidan Muir 27gp, 4-8-12 for Western Michigan (NCAA) (eliminated from playoff contention)
  - RC Aapeli Rasanen 32gp, 4-12-16 for Boston College (NCAA) (eliminated from playoff contention)
  - RHD Vincent Desharnais 36gp, 0-11-11 for Providence (NCAA) (Playoffs; eliminated from playoff in game against Notre Dame)
  - RD Philip Kemp 26gp, 3-5-8 for Yale (NCAA) (eliminated from playoff contention)
  - RD John Marino 33gp, 2-14-16 for Harvard (NCAA) (eliminated from playoff contention in semi-finals)
  - LD Matt Cairns 10gp, 1-0-1 for Cornell (NCAA) (eliminated from playoff contention in the semi-finals)
  - LC Skyler Brind’Amour 52gp, 10-14-24 for Chilliwack (BCHL) (eliminated from playoffs in QF by Prince George)

Source: Elite Prospects / HockeyDB

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Source: EliteProspects, Verified Twitter Account, 4/01/2018 – 12:00 am MST

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