Archive for category: procurement

Patience

How did it work out so badly? We tend to separate prospects into ‘success’…

12 Jun 2020 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in procurement ⋅ 75 Comments ⋅ Tags: brodziak, jacques, mcdonald (colin), minor league studies, pouliot, procurement, puljujarvi, samorukov, stortini

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Ethan Bear's rookie season puts him in rare company among Oilers draft picks 1979-2019.
Photo by Mark Williams.

Ethan Bear made the opening night lineup and spent the regular season carving…

04 Jun 2020 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in draft, procurement ⋅ 196 Comments ⋅ Tags: draft, draft evaluation

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Tobias Rieder's refusal to sign with the Oilers led to a trade in the months before he would have re-entered the draft.

There are pockets of procurement that provide opportunities for NHL teams. It…

02 Jun 2020 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in procurement ⋅ 69 Comments ⋅ Tags: free agency, procurement

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Graham McPhee is the last draft pick on Emonton's signing list for 2020's offseason.

It’s always interesting to see a new general manager suss through the…

31 May 2020 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in holland, procurement ⋅ 78 Comments ⋅ Tags: 50-man list, holland, mcphee, procurement, rasanen, tippett

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I’ve been putting this off in hopes of finding out how the Oilers amateur…

22 May 2020 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in draft, green (bob), procurement, wright (tyler) ⋅ 145 Comments ⋅ Tags: draft, green (bob), procurement, wright

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The Edmonton Oilers have been active in signing college free agents this decade…

18 Mar 2020 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in procurement, prospects in general ⋅ 99 Comments ⋅ Tags: college free agents, free agency, procurement, prospects in general

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Do you ever wonder how many prospects should graduate to the NHL each season?…

25 Aug 2019 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in procurement ⋅ 66 Comments ⋅ Tags: draft evaluation, procurement

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NHL teams don’t like to miss with early draft picks. Kevin Prendergast…

25 May 2019 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in entry draft '19, procurement, prospects in general ⋅ 223 Comments ⋅ Tags: entry draft '19, free agency, procurement, prospects in general

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I will be honest with you, it is not certain to me who should be named as the…

17 Jan 2017 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in green (bob), oilers 17-18, procurement ⋅ 131 Comments ⋅ Tags: free agency, green (bob), gretzky (keith), oilers 17-18, procurement

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The Edmonton Oilers continued their spring signing season today, adding an NCAA…

07 Apr 2016 ⋅ by Lowetide ⋅ in chiarelli, procurement ⋅ 61 Comments ⋅ Tags: 50-man list, Benik, chiarelli, college free agents, ellis, sallinen, waltz

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