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Oilers & Drafting Goalies [message #833813]	Mon, 13 May 2024 16:02

Adam
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Here is who the Oilers have picked for goaltenders, sorted in to GM Eras.

Holland Era
2023 - Nathaniel Day - 6th rd - starter in OHL this year with sub .900 sv%
2022 - Samuel Jonsson - 5th rd - barely played in Sweden this year (3 gp)
2021 - none - team traded down rather than picking Jesper Wallstedt who was top-ranked goalie but 2nd picked (after Oil King Sebastian Cossa). It could be that the Oilers preferred Cossa and once he went, decided they were done with goalies.
2020 - none
2019 - Ilya Konovalov - 3rd rd - came to North America, played 17 games, and then team terminated his contract and let him return to Russia where he's continued to post good numbers

Chiarelli Era
2018 - Olivier Rodrigue - 2nd rd - last player in the 2nd rd, and only 2nd goalie picked that year. Good AHL numbers so far, although scouting reports talk about his size being only 6'1, so a small goalie in this age.
2017 - Stuart Skinner - 3rd rd - well, you know where he's at.
2016 - Dylan Wells - 5th rd - played one game due to injury at the NHL level.
2015 - Miroslav Svoboda - 7th rd - played one season in ECHL only

MacTavish Era
2014 - Zach Nagelvoort - 4th rd
2014 - Keven Bouchard - 7th rd
2013 - none

Tambellini Era
2012 - none
2011 - Samu Perhonen - 3rd rd - played 8 games in the USHL in Draft +3 season. Only games in North America.
2011 - Frans Tuohimaa - 7th rd - played 4 AHL games, 33 ECHL games for the team.
2010 - Tyler Bunz - 5th rd - one NHL game.
2009 - Olivier Roy - 5th rd - several years in the system, no games in the NHL.
2008 - none

The team has pretty much stuck to a philosophy of spending about one pick a year on a goalie. Interestingly, in the Chiarelli era, it seemed to move up - and our current goalie and best prospect both come from that era. Under Holland, we have picked less goalies than in any other era - despite also never having a very good goalie or even a reliable but unremarkable tandem.

Konovalov is likely the best that Holland picked, and the highest picked too - but something weird happened there. The Wallstedt pick looks like the biggest miss, and his handling by the Wild (despite the fact they have some good goalies ahead of him) really stands out next to how the Oilers have developed their netminders. He's three years younger than Rodrigue and has about the same number of AHL starts with similar numbers. He has 3 more NHL games on his resume too.

The Oilers have continually picked up career backups and played them as the starter more years than not in the minors with only Stuart Skinner ever really getting the full push as the AHL starter at a relatively early age. He had one year as the starter in the ECHL and then was immediately the first choice goalie in the AHL after that. It is probably somewhat telling of the Oilers level of belief in Rodrigue that he A) hasn't ever got that push and B) hasn't been called up to even hang with the black aces this season - it's been a long, long time since he was drafted so time is ticking on him.

I suspect that Holland has believed that he can get a Chris Osgood, who can just be good enough while unremarkable and that that'll save him cap room for other positions, but man...I wish we'd at least tried for a back-up plan other than hoping one of our longshots comes through.

Given our current scenario, it's just glaring that we went all in on Campbell/Skinner the last couple years after years of being all-in on Smith/Koskinen with no real effort to build for the future other than the time spent on Skinner.

[Updated on: Mon, 13 May 2024 16:06]

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Oilers & Drafting Goalies	By: Adam on Mon, 13 May 2024 16:02
Re: Oilers & Drafting Goalies	By: Oscargasm on Mon, 13 May 2024 17:09
Re: Oilers & Drafting Goalies	By: Adam on Mon, 13 May 2024 17:22
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