December Desjardins' NHLE for Oilers Prospects
by Derek Zona on Dec 16, 2009 9:05 PM MST
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PrintAlexei Mikhnov makes a huge leap in the NHLE chart, so either he's been on fire for seven games, or there was a reporting error on his KHL stats when we last looked in at the prospect list. NHLE is NHL Equivalency, as developed by Gabriel Desjardins of the Behindthenet.ca and the his site: Behind The Net Hockey.
Eberle's domination of the WHL continues, and Linus Omark has been playing really well for the last few weeks, as reported by our own JohanBarrander.
Alex Plante is struggling at the AHL level and these point levels include some power play time, which he's not making the most of. Cody Wild shows up here again and the mystery continues - the numbers have been solid to good and certainly in front of Taylor Chorney, yet he remains mired in the depth chart.
What can we say about Vyacheslav Trukhno at this point? It looks grim.
Remember, Gabe's methodology:
One way to evaluate the difficulty of one league relative to another is examine the relative performance of players who have played in both leagues. Players rarely play significant time in two leagues in the same year, but they often play in one league in one year and in another the next. As long as a player’s skill level is approximately constant over this two year period, the ratio of his performance in each league can be used to estimate the relative difficulty of the two leagues.
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Omark looks like an NHL’er in two different leagues now, but he’s not coming over without a one-way deal. Going to be a tricky spot for the Oil.
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I think McDonald is one player who will surprise at the NHL level, since he is versatile enough to play different roles.
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At the NHL level, I think he can only play one level — grinder.
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Hard to get too excited about Alexei Mikhnov, who is now 27 years old. Drafted in 2000. Do teams retain NHL rights on guys like him, like, forever? Not that an NHLE of a 12-goal season has me interested. Apply such numbers to an 18- or 19-year old like MPS or Eberle, and you can also factor in the near-certainty that the player himself is still improving.
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So you’d turn down a big forward that could put up 45 points?
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Omark Question
Let’s imagine a hypothetical scenario. The Oilers get an offer for Robert Nilsson; let’s say Nilsson and a fourth round pick for a sixth round pick. Meanwhile, Linus Omark is willing to sign for one year, 650K, as long as it’s an NHL-only deal.
Would you do none, one or both of those moves?
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by Jonathan Willis on Dec 17, 2009 8:55 AM MST reply actions
Nilsson and a fourth for a sixth? As in, he’s worth less than nothing?
I don’t think Omark is coming for less than 7 figures myself.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Dec 17, 2009 8:59 AM MST up reply actions
I don’t think I can move Nilsson right now even for something of value that isn’t a clear win. This Nilsson is playing like everyone thought he could when he got the contract.
I’d bring Omark in immediately for that number.
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One Way deal?
Where does this rumor of a one-way deal come from? Isn’t Omark restricted by the CBA to a two-way deal just like every other player on an entry level deal? See Section 9.4 of the CBA.
Right, good call. It wasn’t a rumour, just a possible scenario, although now I see it’s an impossible scenario.
Stupid CBA.
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by Jonathan Willis on Dec 17, 2009 11:33 AM MST up reply actions
You’d think that clause would be a disincentive for European stars contemplating a career change.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Dec 17, 2009 11:38 AM MST up reply actions
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