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 Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #673334]
Sat, 25 June 2016 10:03 Go to next message
NetBOG  is currently offline NetBOG
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FINAL RANK: 10 MIDTERM RANK: 5
POSITION: Goalie CATCHES: Left
HEIGHT: 6' 2" WEIGHT: 185
BORN: January 3, 1998
BORN IN: St. Catherines, ON, CAN
DRAFTED: 2016: EDM (5th Round / 123rd Overall)

SEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP GAA MIN SO SV%
2015-2016 PETERBOROUGH OHL 27 4.59 1516 0 0.871
2015-2016 CAN U18 (IVAN HLINKA MEMORIAL 2015) ITLTOUR 3 1.30 185 1
2014-2015 PETERBOROUGH OHL 27 3.96 1471 0 0.893
2014-2015 CANADA RED (2014 WORLD UNDER-17 HOCKEY CHALLENGE) NATOUR 3 3.78 175 1 0.838



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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #673336 is a reply to message #673334 ]
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Jakey  is currently offline Jakey
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This is a very interesting pick. He was actually ahead of the Edmonton goalie Hart for the Hlinka U17 tourney which is a huge tourney & heavily scouted event. He's had a horrific year in Peterbough this year and really slid in the draft rankings. Word has it his confidence is still ok, but his mechanics needs some tweaking. If it is just mechanics that can be fixed over time. The Petes were a very young team this year, so maybe they had some team Defense problems. Either way I like this pick as it is a guy with cache' that has fallen down. We can maybe have something here in 5 years? Takes a long time for goalies lol.


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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #673343 is a reply to message #673336 ]
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Yikes. This guy looks like another Keven Bouchard.




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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #673356 is a reply to message #673334 ]
Sat, 25 June 2016 11:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mightyreasoner  is currently offline mightyreasoner
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Ugly, ugly OHL numbers. But some people think there is a player here still. Apparently the Matt Murray comparison was made, someone else who had awful numbers, but had a good toolset, had confidence, but needed to fine-tune the mechanics of his game. The thought-process is that with solid coaching and development there is a chance there could be a player here. Not sure I buy the theory, but I guess is sometimes works.

I know the strategy is to pick one goalie for draft. I think it's a longshot he ever makes the NHL, but I guess we'll see.



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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #691124 is a reply to message #673334 ]
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Wells had a very good year, and is having a great playoffs for the Peterborough Petes. He adds to it by scoring an empty-net goal to complete the sweep ...

https://www.nhl.com/news/oilers-goalie-prospect-scores-from- behind-his-goal-line/c-288771444?tid=281396148




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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #694763 is a reply to message #691124 ]
Wed, 17 May 2017 15:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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...Wells has signed his entry level NHL conract...

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers-sign-goal tender-dylan-wells-entry-level-contract/

...hope he can adapt to the pro game well....the Oilers seem to have even less goaltending depth through the organization than they do on defense....I expect Wells to be in the AHL in the coming season, pending who is left after the expansion draft and this summer's free agent signings




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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #694765 is a reply to message #673334 ]
Wed, 17 May 2017 16:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Do the Oilers have an ECHL affiliate next season? Is it still Norfolk? I would guess he is there.

Nick Ellis will carry the load in Bakersfield. I'd guess Shane Starrett likely is backing him up, though it could be a more experience vet.



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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #694766 is a reply to message #694765 ]
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mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 15:19

Do the Oilers have an ECHL affiliate next season? Is it still Norfolk? I would guess he is there.

Nick Ellis will carry the load in Bakersfield. I'd guess Shane Starrett likely is backing him up, though it could be a more experience vet.



Totally off topic here but the weirdest thing is that I used to work under a person in upper management by the name of Nick Ellis, and I just recently hired a guy named Dylan Wells. I'm not even making this up.



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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #694767 is a reply to message #694766 ]
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jds308 wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 16:29

Totally off topic here but the weirdest thing is that I used to work under a person in upper management by the name of Nick Ellis, and I just recently hired a guy named Dylan Wells. I'm not even making this up.


You forgot to mention the guy that works in your mailroom, Zach Nagelvoort.



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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #694769 is a reply to message #694767 ]
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WhoreableGuy wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 15:34

jds308 wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 16:29

Totally off topic here but the weirdest thing is that I used to work under a person in upper management by the name of Nick Ellis, and I just recently hired a guy named Dylan Wells. I'm not even making this up.


You forgot to mention the guy that works in your mailroom, Zach Nagelvoort.


I think he may have been in accounts payables, but I could be wrong...



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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #694776 is a reply to message #694769 ]
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jds308 wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 17:44

WhoreableGuy wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 15:34

jds308 wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 16:29

Totally off topic here but the weirdest thing is that I used to work under a person in upper management by the name of Nick Ellis, and I just recently hired a guy named Dylan Wells. I'm not even making this up.


You forgot to mention the guy that works in your mailroom, Zach Nagelvoort.


I think he may have been in accounts payables, but I could be wrong...

AP. No greater hive of villainy exists... except for HR, but that's not a subject that should be openly discussed.



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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #694791 is a reply to message #694776 ]
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CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 18 May 2017 08:24

jds308 wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 17:44

WhoreableGuy wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 15:34

jds308 wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 16:29

Totally off topic here but the weirdest thing is that I used to work under a person in upper management by the name of Nick Ellis, and I just recently hired a guy named Dylan Wells. I'm not even making this up.


You forgot to mention the guy that works in your mailroom, Zach Nagelvoort.


I think he may have been in accounts payables, but I could be wrong...

AP. No greater hive of villainy exists... except for HR, but that's not a subject that should be openly discussed.


Or accounting... We had a guy that I nick named Beansie. Because the accounts were responsible for counting the "beans"? Bean counters....? Get it?

Anyway, there was another guy that I nicknamed Wieners..... Him and Beansie used to take lunch together. Wieners and Beans? Get it? Yeah, they didn't like me all that much...



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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #694768 is a reply to message #694765 ]
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mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 17 May 2017 16:19

Do the Oilers have an ECHL affiliate next season? Is it still Norfolk? I would guess he is there.

Nick Ellis will carry the load in Bakersfield. I'd guess Shane Starrett likely is backing him up, though it could be a more experience vet.



https://www.nhl.com/predators/news/predators-sign-affiliatio n-agreement-with-echls-norfolk-admirals/c-289278524

....the Oilers sold their interest in the Admirals last year...sounds like it wasn't a very good relationship between the Admirals and Oilers this past season...

http://pilotonline.com/sports/hockey/norfolk-admirals/they-v e-just-got-to-win-as-admirals-keep-losing/article_5bb9a0d0-5 829-5de2-bcd4-ed4dab471aa9.html

...probably would make sense to have the ECHL affiliate closer to Bakersfield...the previous Nashville ECHL affiliate was in Cincinnatti, but I believe the arena in Concinnatti is being repurposed to no longer support hockey




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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #824128 is a reply to message #673334 ]
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Adam  is currently offline Adam
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I was looking at goalies just now and realized that Dylan Wells got in his first NHL game this year for Chicago, playing a period in relief in a 4-0 loss. He allowed one goal on 13 shots, good for a 0.923 SV%.

It's absolutely mind-boggling that he was playing in the NHL this year. His last season with the Oilers was 2019-20, when he played 7 games for the Condors with 3.77 GAA and .878 Sv%, and 10 games with the ECHL Thunder where he got bombed for 4.98 GAA and .871 Sv%. He then has a year off from playing entirely (he may have been injured?), before somehow landing a minor league deal in the Chicago sytem.

He picked up where he left off for the Blackhawks' feeder system with 3 games for the Chicago Wolves in the AHL (3.01, .893) and 43 games with the ECHL Norfolk Admirals (3.59, 0.895). He started this year too on a minor-league deal, but by November the 'Hawks had seen enough and gave him another two-way deal and called him up. Three days later, there he was, manning the nets for the 'Hawks against the Jets.

Good for Dylan! Nice to get a cup of coffee, although I suspect there won't be another. He was a throw-in to the Max Domi deal late in the year, and his three games with the AHL Texas Stars went...poorly. 5.35 GAA and .839 Sv%. He's a free agent now, so I suspect he's not going to land another major league deal.



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 Re: Oilers select 5th rd (#123) - Dylan Wells [message #824216 is a reply to message #824128 ]
Fri, 09 June 2023 09:54 Go to previous message
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He looked good in the 2 games he playing the ECHL this year in Boise. To be fair, Boise just had the best season of any ECHL team ever and made every goalie that played for them look good this year.



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