Playoffs in most junior and European professional leagues are well underway. There are also plenty of new faces for the Bakersfield Condors, and the Fort Wayne Komets.
The Edmonton Oilers decided to sign forward James Stefan from the Portland Winterhawks after he had a strong 2023-24 campaign in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Portland Winterhawks and immediately assigned him to the American Hockey League (AHL) to play with the Bakersfield Condors.
The Edmonton Oilers organization has made a roster move to send James Stefan from the AHL to the ECHL after a very disappointing beginning to the season.
The NHL began awarding the Conn Smythe Trophy to the most valuable player of the postseason beginning in the 1965 season. How many of the past winners can you name in six minutes?
A note about the criteria of 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.
It seems the NHL is in a good place. Ratings are up, talent levels are high, and the league added two teams to get up to 32 in the not-too-distant past.
As we have talked long about in this feature, the Edmonton Oilers would need to get creative and jump into the junior and collegiate ranks for free agent signings.
With the Edmonton Oilers focused on winning the Stanley Cup each year that Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are here, the one thing that gets sacrificed is draft picks.
The Edmonton Oilers are well on their way to the postseason and are making a late push in hopes of finishing first in the Pacific Division this season.