2025 Edmonton Oilers prospect rankings: Final list reveal

The top two this year were unanimous. Savoie finished at the top of everyone’s ballot while Howard was second across the board. This is unsurprising given how much further ahead they are than the rest of the team’s prospects.

For all but one of our writers, picks three to six were some combination of Jonsson, Beryozkin, Akey, and Jarventie, with just two writers putting Hutson into the six spot over Jarventie. Of this group, the inclusion and high ranking of Jonsson is most interesting. The goalie had an outstanding year and has not earned nearly enough praise for his play. While he earned more third-place votes than Beryozkin, his one low vote pushed him down the averages.

The bottom of the ballot is always the most fun, with little in the way of consensus. The top seven players earned votes from all of our writers, while picks eight through ten earned six votes. Mac did not rank Nicholl, who finished eighth, while Troy had neither Samanski nor Fischer on his ranking. Both Mac and Troy had Dalyn Wakely on their ballots, who finished just outside the rankings this year with three votes.

The two honourable mentions each earned four votes: Tommy Lafreniere and Aidan Park. Other players earning votes that did not make it included Damien Carfagna, who earned a tenth-place vote, and Viljami Marjala, David Lewandowski, and Daniel Salonen, who each earned an honourable mention.

From last year’s rankings, the most surprising non-inclusion was Eemil Vinni, who fell from sixth last year to being completely unranked this year. An injury-plagued season contributed to that significantly, with the goalie playing just nine games all year and spending seven of those in Finnish U20. Matvei Petrov and Matt Copponi join Vinni in this group, but they finished 10th and as an honourable mention last year, so a much less stark drop.

At the end of the day, how a player did last season is one thing, but how they do this year is what really matters. Our writers took that into account, looking at how they produced and their ability to reproduce results in higher leagues in their voting. Hopefully, this is the start of a big year for Oilers prospects.

How all of The Oil Rig’s writers voted

Here is how our writers scored everyone:

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!