PTO: [EDM] Jasper Weatherby, Mike Hoffman and Travis Dermott sign PTOs with the Oilers; 6 others invited to camp

[Three On Zero]

Is there always such a crazy amount of professional try outs? Seems like a crazy amount this year

They are just being reported different on this site, over half these players are under contract in the AHL but are attending camp. Not sure why HF is lumping them all together

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

They are just being reported different on this site, over half these players are under contract in the AHL but are attending camp. Not sure why HF is lumping them all together

Okay thanks that makes sense

 

[Three On Zero]

Okay thanks that makes sense

Makes it confusing if you’re not familiar with AHL players, have to do more sifting to see who’s PTO and who’s just up for camp

 

[Pip]

I couldn’t tell you. I just know that this isn’t the guy that’s going to get the Oilers over the hump. The extra offence was already acquired in Arvidsson and Skinner.

He’s a warm body for camp because a player got hurt at prospects camp, in what world is a PTO ever supposed to put a team over the top

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

He’s a warm body for camp because a player got hurt at prospects camp, in what world is a PTO ever supposed to put a team over the top

Guessing Oilerville.

 

[Sensinitis]

You mean he did what he could to play his way out of san jose. His the other 6 or so years been?

Pay attention to GP, he's been injury riddled since his first-second season in SJ.

Snap your fingers and he's in his mid 30s now.

 

[The Nuge]

Talk about a poor argument, take the best 2 players off of any NHL team and they'll struggle.

Especially because it’s also ignoring that you could spend 20 million upgrading the rest of the team if those contracts didn’t exist.

 

[Zerotonine]

Pay attention to GP, he's been injury riddled since his first-second season in SJ.

Snap your fingers and he's in his mid 30s now.

Karlsson was one of my favorite players in the league. Guy was absolute stud in Ottawa. Yeah he has had a couple injuries that didn't help

 

[DingDongCharlie]

So are 90% of the Oilers roster, but as long as McDrai lives on, expect Hoffman to score 90pts this year

good deal!

So it only takes 2 NHL players to nuke the kings yearly? I mean with Blake at the helm it’s not surprising

 

[MMC]

Oilers sign forward Jasper Weatherby to professional tryout – Sportsnet.ca

 

[Jumptheshark]

Is there always such a crazy amount of professional try outs? Seems like a crazy amount this year

just getting reported more now

 

[SupremeTeam16]

With Kane having surgery and likely to be out until or near the playoffs, I wonder if that changes things for Hoffman chances of scoring a deal if he shows well in training camp. I doubt it and I’d personally rather them give young guys like Savoie, Lavoie, Jarventie a look but it wouldn’t surprise me if they wanted another option in the system who’s shown in the past that he can put the puck in the net.

 

[Sensinitis]

Karlsson was one of my favorite players in the league. Guy was absolute stud in Ottawa. Yeah he has had a couple injuries that didn't help

Same here as you probably guessed already.

He reminds me a lot of Peter Forsberg in the sense that you wish you can see an alternate timeline in which he was luckier with injuries.

In that timeline, Matt Cooke is probably a bouncer at some club in Ontario...