Edmonton Oilers prospect roundup: The best five playoff teams boasting Oilers prospects

Well it’s playoff time for most leagues outside of the NHL/AHL umbrella. There is plenty of things to watch for as Edmonton Oilers fans: for the North American fans the OHL playoffs, which kick off this week; or the European fans the KHL and Allsvenskan playoffs also feature notable Oilers prospects.

Playoff time means there’s lots to dive into. Lets take a look.

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.

The five best playoff organizations featuring Oilers prospects

1. London Knights, (OHL), 55–11–2

The Knights boast the likes of two of the Oilers best prospects in the forms of 2024 first-rounder, Sam O’Reilly, and possible 2024 seventh round steal, William Nicholl. Look for their high pace offence to light up the OHL this playoffs season, as the OHL powerhouse looks to challenge for a Memorial Cup this year.

First-round opponent: eighth seeded Owen Sound Attack. Game 1 takes place Friday, March 28

2. Barrie Colts, (OHL), 42–22–4

The Colts also tout two prospects from the Oilers pipeline. These prospects would be none other than 2023 second rounder, Beau Akey, and 2024 sixth rounder Dalyn Wakely. Look for Barrie to play a high compete physical game. They are poised to be a tough out in the OHL’s Eastern Conference.

First-round opponent: seventh seeded, Niagara IceDogs. Game 1 takes place Thursday March 27

3. Flint Firebirds, (OHL), 29–34–5

Much like the first two teams on this list Flint has two Oilers prospects which makes them worth checking up on. These prospects are Firebirds starter, Nathaniel Day, and star forward Connor Clattenburg who look to upset the third seeded Kitchener Rangers. If the Firebirds go deep this could drastically improve both prospects stock.

First-round opponent: third seeded, Kitchener Rangers. Game 1 takes place Friday, March 28

4. BIK Karlskoga, (Hockey Allsvenskan), 32–6–4–10 (win-OT win, OT/SO loss, loss)

The most recent Allsvenskan goaltender of the year and Oilers prospect, Samuel Jonsson, has carried the second tier Swedish team to the quarterfinals in the Allsvenskan playoffs. Not much else to say.

Quarterfinals opponent: IK Oskarshamn. Game 6 is Wednesday March 26

5. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, (first in the KHL), 39–6–4–1

Oilers 2001 born prospect, Maxim Beryozkin looks to prove himself this playoff run, and with the strong season that his club has had they should make it deep.

Quarterfinals opponent: Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Edmonton Oilers prospect updates

AHL

• The Bakersfield Condors currently sit 26–25–9 good for eighth in the AHL’s Pacific Division. they are two points outside of a playoff spot.
• The Condors haven’t won a game since last Tuesday going 1–3–0. Matthew Savoie leads all Oilers prospects in points on the Condors with 17 goals, 26 assists, good for 43 points in 54 games this season.
• No major transactions this week for the Condors or the Komets, but look for the playoff rosters of the Oilers and the Komets to take priority in the coming weeks.

ECHL

• The Fort Wayne Komets sit 37–20–6, good for second in the ECHL’s Central division, and fourth in their conference.
• This past week the Oilers ECHL affiliate went 1–2–0 in a trio of games against the Iowa Heartlanders.
• They currently occupy a playoff spot, and look to be pushing for a Kelly Cup Championship this year.
• Oilers prospect, Connor Ungar, appeared in one game this past week. He stopped 28 of 31 shots posting a .903 save percentage.

Europe

• Jonsson has appeared in one playoff game posting a .909 save percentage, and a 2.00 GAA.
• Tomas Mazura has appeared in nine playoff games, posting two assists.
• Petr Hauser’s has appeared in five playoff games for his Czechia league club, finding the back of the net once.

NCAA

• Bauer Berry posted two assists recently, one in a game on the 14th, and one on the 21st. He boasts a +17 rating on the season, and is largely relied upon for his physicality at the USHL level.

OHL

• Dalyn Wakely stayed busy in the last week of the OHL season posting three points in the final game against the Niagara IceDogs, in a commanding 8–1 win.
• Brady Stonehouse completed his Major Junior career this past week, posting 28 points across 48 games this season split between the Ottawa 67’s and the Peterborough Petes. Congrats to the over-ager.
• Clattenburg finished the season with 108 penalty minutes across 46 games, while posting 35 points.
• Sam O’Reilly finished his OHL season in style, on a nine game point streak where he compiled 18 points posting a 2.00 PPG across that span. Teammate William Nicholl had an strong final game against Erie where he found the scoresheet on four occassions in that March 23 game.

Russia

• Beryozkin ended his KHL season in style on a two game point streak, collecting a goal and then an assist.

Forwards

Player	Position	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Maxim Beryozkin	RW	66	15	27	42	0.64	18	Yaroslavl Lokomitiv	KHL
Connor Clattenburg	LW	46	16	19	35	0.76	108	Flint Firebirds	OHL
Matt Copponi	C	36	4	16	20	0.56	12	Boston University	NCAA
Maxim Denezhkin	C	57	9	7	16	0.28	18	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL
Jayden Grubbe	C/RW	55	2	10	12	0.22	44	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Hamblin	C/LW	39	13	20	33	0.85	20	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Roby Järventie	LW/RW	2	0	2	2	1.00	0	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Tomas Mazura	C	20	4	8	12	0.60	2	BK Mlada Boleslav	Czechia
Joel Määttä	C	35	9	18	27	0.77	16	University of Vermont	NCAA
William Nicholl	C/LW	66	21	36	57	0.86	33	London Knights	OHL
Sam O’Reilly	C	62	28	43	71	1.15	40	London Knights	OHL
Matvei Petrov	LW/RW	43	8	7	15	0.35	8	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Matthew Savoie	C/W	54	17	26	43	0.80	20	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
James Stefan	RW/LW	44	3	0	3	0.07	8	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Brady Stonehouse	RW/LW	48	14	14	28	0.58	41	Peterborough Petes	OHL
Dalyn Wakely	C	55	23	35	58	1.05	54	Barrie Colts	OHL
Cameron Wright	RW/C	58	12	11	23	0.40	70	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Jacob Perreault	RW	42	2	11	13	0.31	41	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Petr Hauser	RW	26	1	3	4	0.15	6	HC Vitkovice	Czechia
Noah Philp	C/RW	46	13	11	24	0.52	25	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Defence

Player	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	PIM	Team	League
Beau Akey	52	6	26	32	0.62	30	Barrie Colts	OHL
Bauer Berry	51	1	6	7	0.14	28	Muskegon Lumberjacks	USHL
Paul Fischer	36	2	19	21	0.58	16	University of Notre Dame	NCAA
Philip Kemp	53	7	5	12	0.23	39	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Luca Münzenberger	31	5	7	12	0.39	18	University of Vermont	NCAA
Albin Sundin	25	0	0	0	0	6	AIK	Allsvenskan
Nikita Yevseyev	38	1	1	2	0.05	4	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL
Robbie Attard	54	5	8	13	0.24	62	Bakersfield Condors	AHL

Goaltenders

Player	GP	GAA	SV%	Record	SO	Team	League
Nathaniel Day	59	3.07	.894	26-25-5	2	Flint Firebirds	OHL
Samuel Jonsson	24	1.88	.922	17-6-0	6	BIK Karlskoga	HockeyAllsvenskan
Olivier Rodrigue	39	3.05	.899	18–15-7	1	Bakersfield Condors	AHL
Connor Ungar	29	2.77	.901	17-10-2	2	Fort Wayne Comets	ECHL
Eemil Vinni	7	2.02	.910	4-3-0	0	HIFK U20	U20 SM-sarja