Edmonton Oil Kings/Junior Hockey thread

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Welcome back!

In a nutshell, where abouts were you for those 16 weeks?

Thx! Was all over Europe, from Portugal to Czechia and all points in between it seems lol. Have a son and daughter in law living in Belgium whose expecting our first grandchild early next year so we made up for 2 years of Covid prison by spending some quality time there! Came back just in time for hockey season!

Hope you had a good summer!

 

[Stoneman89]

Thx! Was all over Europe, from Portugal to Czechia and all points in between it seems lol. Have a son and daughter in law living in Belgium whose expecting our first grandchild early next year so we made up for 2 years of Covid prison by spending some quality time there! Came back just in time for hockey season!

Hope you had a good summer!

That's awesome! Have been to Europe a couple times, and would love to take my wife(who has never been)to to visit some of the countries I was at, and then some. Hopefully in the next year or so. Congrats on the upcoming munchkin!

 

[Oilhawks]

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

If anyone wants 2 Loge ledge tickets for tonight’s game (free) let me know via PM with your email and I’ll transfer them over! 2 of the best seats in the house!

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

If anyone wants 2 Loge ledge tickets for tonight’s game or any other (free) let me know via PM with your email and I’ll transfer them over! 2 of the best seats in the house!

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

If anyone wants 2 Loge ledge tickets for tonight’s game or any other (free) let me know via PM with your email and I’ll transfer them over! 2 of the best seats in the house!

Oct 28 and 30 gone. Again these are free Loge Ledge tix first come first served!

 

[joestevens29]

Western Hockey League

Headquartered in Calgary, Albert, the Western Hockey League (WHL) consists of 22 Member Clubs located throughout Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

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A potential trade. Contingent on Prokop being sent back to junior. Doesn't seem to be doing a whole lot in the ECHL right now.

 

[Beerfish]

Well this what I was afraid of.

Tonight is the teddy bear toss and the oil kings are so utterly terrible looks like they may not score.

 

[Slats432]

Went to the game yesterday afternoon. The Oil Kings are tough to watch but they competed hard. 6-35-3 is pretty rough though.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

WHOA. Seattle is LOADED

 

[bellagiobob]

WHOA. Seattle is LOADED

I have to admit that I didn’t even know his rights had been acquired from the OK’s. Not that often you trade for a first rounder that is four draft years away.

 

[bellagiobob]

It’s insane the number of draft picks they have traded away for the next four drafts. Pity the city that gets the club after this run is done, it’s gonna be a lot of lean years.

 

[Garbo Man]

At the Oil Kings game today. They're getting smoked on the shot clock. After the first period it's 2-1 Blazers and the shots are 23-5 for the Blazers too

 

[oilers'72]

At the Oil Kings game today. They're getting smoked on the shot clock. After the first period it's 2-1 Blazers and the shots are 23-5 for the Blazers too

The team will be selecting first in the WHL draft and 1st in the CHL import draft. Spokane is the next lowest team and they're 9 points up. Niagara's the lowest team in the OHL with 30 points and Acadie-Bathurst is last in the Q with 38 points.

 

[Garbo Man]

The team will be selecting first in the WHL draft and 1st in the CHL import draft. Spokane is the next lowest team and they're 9 points up. Niagara's the lowest team in the OHL with 30 points and Acadie-Bathurst is last in the Q with 38 points.

Oof....yea that's bad. I don't go to a lot of Oil Kings games but we got free tickets and the Kiddo and his cousin wanted to go so here we are. Score is 3-2 so they're still in it I guess but they're on pace for 12 shots this game

 

[oilers'72]

Oof....yea that's bad. I don't go to a lot of Oil Kings games but we got free tickets and the Kiddo and his cousin wanted to go so here we are. Score is 3-2 so they're still in it I guess but they're on pace for 12 shots this game

I'm just looking at the firsts. Better to finish last and have 2 good picks to build for the future. But, that's the nature of junior hockey. Boom for a while, then bust for a while.

 

[BarDownBobo]

The team will be selecting first in the WHL draft and 1st in the CHL import draft. Spokane is the next lowest team and they're 9 points up. Niagara's the lowest team in the OHL with 30 points and Acadie-Bathurst is last in the Q with 38 points.

Not the WHL draft, they traded this years first for Guhle last year.

 

[oilers'72]

Not the WHL draft, they traded this years first for Guhle last year.

Forgot about that. PA has that pick.

 

[oilers'72]

Forgot about that. PA has that pick.

I didn't realize that there's a draft lottery for all teams that miss the playoffs.

WHL Prospects

prospects.whl.ca

 

[Mez]

So I got free tickets to take my kids....just looked at the Oil kings stats. Holy smokes they are bad lmao....8 wins all season!?

 

[Slats432]

There is a reason the tickets were free. They are 74 Capitals bad.

 

[Garbo Man]

So I got free tickets to take my kids....just looked at the Oil kings stats. Holy smokes they are bad lmao....8 wins all season!?

Last game i went to the they lost i think 7-2 or something and got outshot something like 48-12 or something and the shots were something like 22-3 after the 1st period

 

[Beerfish]

The price you pay for going all in in this league. They recouped some picks with trade offs this year and will probably do the same next year. The good news is some young players got a lot of good experience. A guy Gavin Hodnett looked pretty good this year.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[oilers'72]

Western Hockey League

Headquartered in Calgary, Albert, the Western Hockey League (WHL) consists of 22 Member Clubs located throughout Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

whl.ca

Kirt Hill should've made that trade conditional on whether the Oil Kings spot would've finished in the last 5. This kind of stings having PA pick 1st and 2nd.