Former Oilers Josh Green, Drew Bannister Find New Homes

by Jonathan Willis on Aug 8, 2009 7:00 AM MDT in News

Josh Green

#12 / Center / Anaheim Ducks

Height: 6-4

Weight: 225

Born: Nov 16, 1977

Maybe I’m the only one who remembers these two. Josh Green was projected by many as a power forward, and was one of the young prospects who came back in the Roman Hamrlik trade (Eric Brewer was the centerpiece of the deal for Edmonton, and a second round pick that would turn into Brad Winchester was also included) while Drew Bannister was a well-regarded young prospect who won gold at the World Juniors as well as a Memorial Cup but never ended up showing much at the NHL level.

Josh Green is bound for MoDo of the Elitserien after a season to forget with the Iowa Chops of the AHL (although he found himself in five NHL playoff games with Anaheim). He’s played seven full (or mostly full) NHL seasons, and he’s never bettered his effort as a 22-year old sophomore, when he scored 12 goals and 26 points in just 49 games for the New York Islanders.

After scoring ten goals in limited duty during his first season with Edmonton, I recall The Hockey News talking about how his soft hands meant he could score 15-20 with more icetime. The next season, he recorded a total of two points (both assists) in 20 games before being sent to the Rangers for a conditional pick.

Coming the other direction is Drew Bannister. He signed a two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators on Friday after eight seasons in Europe. It’s pretty rare to see 35-year old defenseman make that decision, especially given that he was pretty much a confirmed minor-leaguer when he left. His time in Edmonton was limited to 35 games; he came in as a return on journeyman defenseman Jeff Norton and left to bring in journeyman defenseman Bobby Dollas.

Bannister’s official NHL biography has a great line that’s worth sharing:

The Ducks kept him just 27 games, and he was back to the Lightning where he was reunited with two of his [Memorial-cup winning] Greyhound teammates, goalies Kevin Hodson and Dan Cloutier, but the team never made the playoffs.

No kidding.

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When I think Josh Green I think of the one-timer goal he scored against Roman Turek when he was skating down the left wing and blasted it by his blocker side.

RT40 writes with An Oilers Refinery and is an avid hockey fan.

by raventalon40 on Aug 8, 2009 10:14 AM MDT reply actions

Median home size

It was good for the two former oilers that they have found a new home despite of the current drastic inflate of the median size home over the last few decades. Median home size has exploded – in the 50s, it was about 1250 square feet, and was over 2000 square feet by the 2000s. Typically, many of these homes required a lot more extra cash to build, and more low interest loan mortgages were made – triggering the subprime debacle. It still takes a big installment loan for a house, regardless of the median home size, but people are beginning to downgrade.

by KelseyN on Aug 14, 2009 2:29 AM MDT reply actions

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