Edmonton Oilers prospect roundup: midseason evaluation of the Oilers system

With Valentines Day three weeks away, its time to see if the Edmonton Oilers management is loving any of the seasons that their prospects are having. (See what I did there?) With each and every league being in the middle of their regular season, now is the perfect time for midseason meetings and prospect evaluations.

There is so much to get into this week- let’s dive right in!

Welcome to the TOR Edmonton Oilers prospect update. Each week, we’ll take a dive into how the Oilers’ prospects have done in their respective leagues. We have defined a prospect as a skater who has played fewer than 65 NHL games, and is younger than 25 years of age.

Edmonton Oilers prospect updates

AHL

• The Bakersfield Condors were 2–1–0 this past week, collecting a win over the Colorado Eagles, and trading a pair of games with the Chicago Wolves. They are a combined 5–4–1 over their past ten games.
• The Condors sit at eighth in the AHL’s Pacific Division.
• James Hamblin continues to impress since returning from injury at the end of December, he now leads Condors prospects with a 0.93 PPG (13 in 14 games played).
• It has been a busy time for the Condors with four transactions this past week. The club has added forward Alex Swetlikoff from their ECHL affiliate, the Fort Wayne Komets. The Oilers have also sent down both Josh Brown and Derek Ryan. Noah Philip got called up to Edmonton on the January 14.

ECHL

• Connor Ungar had another solid week, collecting one win and stopping 24 of 26 shots in his sole appearance versus the Maine Mariners this past week.

Europe

• Two more games equals two more wins for Swede Samuel Jonsson collecting victories over the Nybro Vikings IF on the 14th, and Kalmar HC on the 20th.
• Albin Sundin has been sent back down to the second tier of Swedish hockey, hockeyallsvenskan with AIK. He appeared in his first game back with AIK on the 17th, and played 24:54 in that appearance. He appeared in a second game on the 19th, and had the TOI of 19:14.

NCAA

• In a pair of losses to North Eastern University this past week, Luca Munzenberger, also picked up a pair of assists. Teammate Joel Maatta posted a season high five shots on goal in their first game against North Eastern.
• Paul Fischer continues to be a reliable top four defender for the University of Notre Dame, playing around 23 minutes a night as he ramps back up to form after World Juniors. He collected a goal in a pair of games against the University of Minnesota.
• Boston University teammates Matt Copponi, and Shane Lachance each found the scoresheet once this past week.

OHL

• 2023 sixth rounder Nathaniel Day appeared in one game this past week against the Kitchener Rangers stopping 32 of 35 shots. Connor Clattenburg remains suspended, after a crosscheck to the head got him a three-game ban. He is eligible to return to action on the 24th.
• The pair of Barrie Colts (Beau Akey and Dalyn Wakely) had a quieter week only putting up a point each across their teams three games.
• The pair of London Knights (William Nicholl and Sam O’Reilly) posted an assist each, with O’Reilly also finding the back of the net across two games.

Russia

• Denezhkin is on a hot streak posting a point in his last three games in the KHL, including a high 17:38 of TOI in his game on the 19th.

Forwards

Player	Position	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Carl Berglund	C/LW	30	2	7	9	0.30	2	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Maxim Beryozkin	RW	47	12	21	33	0.70	14	Yaroslavl Lokomitiv	KHL
Connor Clattenburg	LW	30	13	11	24	0.80	79	Flint Firebirds	OHL
Matt Copponi	C	21	4	12	16	0.76	8	Boston University	NCAA
Maxim Denezhkin	C	43	8	7	15	0.35	8	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL
Jayden Grubbe	C/RW	35	2	6	8	0.23	33	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Hamblin	C/LW	14	6	7	13	0.93	10	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Roby Järventie	LW/RW	2	0	2	2	1.00	0	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Shane Lachance	LW	21	7	14	21	1.00	18	Boston University	NCAA
Tomas Mazura	C	6	0	0	0	0	0	BK Mlada Boleslav	Czechia
Joel Määttä	C	23	4	12	16	0.70	10	University of Vermont	NCAA
William Nicholl	C/LW	40	12	24	36	0.90	16	London Knights	OHL
Sam O’Reilly	C	40	18	22	40	1.00	16	London Knights	OHL
Matvei Petrov	LW/RW	31	8	6	14	0.45	8	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Matthew Savoie	C/W	35	10	17	27	0.77	16	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Stefan	RW/LW	30	2	0	2	0.07	8	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Brady Stonehouse	RW/LW	23	6	6	12	0.52	18	Peterborough Petes	OHL
Dalyn Wakely	C	34	18	19	37	1.09	30	Barrie Colts	OHL
Cameron Wright	RW/C	33	8	6	14	0.42	52	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Jacob Perreault	RW	22	1	8	9	0.41	27	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Defence

Player	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Beau Akey	31	4	17	21	0.68	24	Barrie Colts	OHL
Bauer Berry	33	1	1	2	0.06	14	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL
Paul Fischer	22	2	10	12	0.55	10	University of Notre Dame	NCAA
Philip Kemp	35	5	3	8	0.23	28	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Luca Münzenberger	21	4	7	11	0.52	10	University of Vermont	NCAA
Albin Sundin	17	1	8	9	0.53	6	AIK	Allsvenskan
Maximus Wanner	21	1	1	2	0.10	28	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Nikita Yevseyev	32	1	1	2	0.06	2	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL
Robbie Attard	29	2	5	7	0.24	36	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Goaltenders

Player	GP	GAA	SV%	Record	SO	Team	League
Nathaniel Day	38	3.17	.885	16-15-4	2	Flint Firebirds	OHL
Samuel Jonsson	17	1.78	.925	15-1-0	5	BIK Karlskoga	HockeyAllsvenskan
Olivier Rodrigue	23	2.89	.909	12-8-3	1	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Connor Ungar	18	2.87	.900	12-6-0	1	Fort Wayne Comets	ECHL
Eemil Vinni	7	2.02	.910	4-3-0	0	HIFK U20	U20 SM-sarja

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