June 1 is the deadline for NHL teams to sign the unsigned prospects whose rights they hold. This year, the Edmonton Oilers have two players they still have to make decisions on: Czech Forward Petr Hauser, and Swedish Defender Albin Sundin.
Now that both the Edmonton Oilers and Bakersfield Condors are done with their seasons a little earlier than we had all hoped, it’s time to check in with the prospects overseas.
The Edmonton Oilers system had another busy week, with some movement in the system. As the Oilers continue to look for solutions for their depth scoring and goaltending, it is possible that management looks to the Bakersfield Condors.
It’s time for another weekly Edmonton Oilers European prospect update. Albin Sundin continues to show offensive flashes and now has his second goal of the campaign.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
It has been a little quiet from the European side of the Edmonton Oilers pipeline. Some of that is due to the current lack of high-quality players overseas, but some of it is also because the prospects have been struggling to make an impact.
While the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames rookies were going head-to-head this weekend, other leagues were playing regular-season games. Four European Oilers prospects suited up in one or more games, with two making their long-awaited season debuts.
A note about the criteria to be included in this countdown: The player must be 25 or younger when the season starts and he must have played less than 50 NHL games.