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.
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.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
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.