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Did the Edmonton Oilers waste a pick when they drafted Evan Campbell on Sunday?
With the 128th pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, the Oilers opted to select forward Evan Campbell, an overager playing in the BCHL. It’s something the team has done a few times in recent years. While...
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Is there a winner at the bottom of the Oilers’ prospect depth chart?
2013 Edmonton Oilers Prospects: Cameron Abney, Kellen Jones, Antti Tyrvainen Once again, we’re set to kick off our summer prospect series here at the Cult of Hockey. We’ll be going through the top 30...
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Two for the price of one, as OKC Barons sign twins Kellen & Connor Jones
Two more talented forwards joined the previously-depleted ranks of OKC Barons with the club’s announcement that the Jones twins, Kellen and Connor, have signed contracts. Both signed an amateur tryout...
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The 2010 Draft, expected to provide the core of the Edmonton Oilers rebuild,...
Oilers Drafts Revisited: 2010 As part of our buildup to the 2014 NHL Draft, we’ve been revisiting Edmonton’s work at the draft table over the Kevin Lowe era, using the criteria established by TSN’s...
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In Jones twins, Mitch Holmberg & Josh Winquist, Oilers stack minor league...
2014 Edmonton Oilers Prospects: Kellen Jones, Connor Jones, Joshua Winquist, Mitch Holmberg (unranked) Before we get into our annual summer countdown of the Edmonton Oilers top prospects here at the...
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Another bump in the road for Edmonton Oilers prospect / “reach pick” Liam...
Way back at the other end of Cult of Hockey’s summer series about Edmonton Oilers prospects, colleague Jonathan Willis wrote a post about longshot prospects Aidan Muir, Evan Campbell, and Liam Coughlin...
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Complete notes from Edmonton Oilers rookie game No. 1: Mitch Moroz and...
The Oilers had a scare in their first game of the year, seeing Leon Draisaitl – a rookie who is going to be counted on – miss a significant chunk of the game to what appeared to be a leg injury (coach...
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Complete notes from Edmonton Oilers rookie game No. 2: Bogdan Yakimov leads...
If Game 1 in this tournament was all about Mitch Moroz and Vladimir Tkachev, Game 2 was about Bogdan Yakimov. The big Russian pivot was the Oilers’ best player for the vast majority of the game, and...
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Complete notes from Edmonton Oilers’ rookie game No. 3: Draisaitl the best...
Part of the process of zeroing in on everyone in an Oilers’ jersey is a necessary lightening of awareness of the individuals behind specific plays by the opposition, in the case the Winnipeg Jets young...
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Kellen and Connor Jones dominant as Oilers farm team wins sixth longest...
The Jones boys, Connor and Kellen, are too old and too small to be considered top NHL prospects, but they put in a dominant performance in the sixth longest playoff game in American Hockey League...
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