What's the word in Edmonton on injuries? I believe the Condors are short 4-5 players who would be here given a heathy oilers team. Several were never sent down due to training camp injuries, plus Beck and Simpson are in Edm.
Some very interesting stuff....
We signed two PTO's
Kellen Lain...LW
Bryce Aneloski....D
Lain is an ex-Canuck and scored his first NHL goal against the Oilers
Oilersnation says that Russell may be playing tomorrow night
Fleming did an interview yesterday and he stated that players may be sent down sooner than expected.
Beck was a healthy scratch in the last game and Simpson has been in the press box.
Reinhart is in Edmonton getting his back evaluated. To me this sounds like a very long term issue before he comes back.
Ellis in net looks superior to LB. LB is a butterfly goal tender whereas Ellis aligns himself to the net. Now in the game against Texas he made two phenomenal saves using acrobatics. Personally I think that he will give LB a run for the #1 job here. It also shows that Chiarelli going to the NCAA route versus depending on draft picks is a good thing.
Last year MacT would only call up from Norfolk and essentially were his draft picks which really sucked. This year Chiarelli is using the entire ECHL to call up forma nd so far in Newbury we have a solid winner. He deserves an AHL contract. We shall see about the other two.