The first annual The Oil Rig Prospect Rankings are now completed, and all the prospect profiles are now out in the world. Now here is the opportunity to peek behind the curtain at how the rankings went and everyone voted. Let’s take a look:
How the Oilers 2024 Prospect Rankings shook out
This year, five of our writers were given a full set of every single Edmonton Oilers prospect and asked to rank their top 10 and also allocate two honourable mentions. The results were then totaled up, with tiebreakers being decided by prospect who was on more total ballots then by prospects who had the highest single ranking.
Here is the full ranking:
| Ranking | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Savoie |
| 2 | Beau Akey |
| 3 | Sam O’Reilly |
| 4 | Roby Jarventie |
| 5 | Raphael Lavoie |
| 6 | Eemil Vinni |
| 7 | Maximus Wanner |
| 8 | James Stefan |
| 9 | Olivier Rodrigue |
| 10 | Matvei Petrov |
| Honourable Mentions | Dalyn Wakely & Matt Copponi |
The Oilers’ prospect pool is not a strong one, but there was remarkably zero consistency among how our writers voted. Four of our five writers ranked Matthew Savoie as their first, with the one dissenter feeling that Beau Akey deserved the spot.
The Barrie Colts defenceman ended up finishing second, mostly because he received that lone first place vote, and barely beat out 2024 first-round pick Sam O’Reilly, who took third this year. Roby Jarventie and Raphael Lavoie rounded out the top five, mostly due to them being featured on every ballot. The only other consensus pick was Eemil Vinni, who earned two fifth place votes, two honourable mentions, and locked down the sixth spot.
Seven prospects earned votes, but did not make it into the final ranking. Most notably Noah Philp earned two ninth place votes, while Maxim Beryozkin and James Hamblin each earned an eighth place and an honourable mention.
This year’s ranking was dominated by forwards, with eight of the 12 players. Interestingly, two of the spots went to goalies with Vinni and Olivier Rodrigue both finding their way into the ranking. Only two blueliners were on the top 10, but that is likely because the Oilers’ top blueline prospects, Evan Bouchard and Philip Broberg, are no longer prospects
How all of The Oil Rig’s writers voted
Here is how our five writers scored everyone:
| Tyler R | Sean L | Greg B | Eddy J | Khalid K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savoie | Savoie | Savoie | Savoie | Akey |
| 2 | Akey | O’Reilly | Wanner | O’Reilly | Savoie |
| 3 | O’Reilly | Akey | Rodrigue | Akey | Jarventie |
| 4 | Copponi | Rodrigue | O’Reilly | Wanner | Lavoie |
| 5 | Jarventie | Jarventie | Yevseyev | Vinni | O’Reilly |
| 6 | Petrov | Lavoie | Akey | Jarventie | Petrov |
| 7 | Ungar | Stefan | Jarventie | Rodrigue | Wanner |
| 8 | Stefan | Hamblin | Lavoie | Lavoie | Vinni |
| 9 | Lavoie | Philp | Beryozkin | Philp | Stefan |
| 10 | Wakely | Vinni | Copponi | Stefan | Copponi |
| HM1 | Vinni | Wakely | Vinni | Copponi | Wakely |
| HM2 | Beryozkin | Nicholl | Lachance | Wakely | Hamblin |
Do you agree with our writers? Disagree with some of the selections? Baffled why one prospect was rated higher by one writer over another? Let us know below in the comments!
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