Edmonton Oilers Fantasy Hockey Advice - Prospects
by Derek Zona on Sep 3, 2011 11:15 AM MDT
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In our ongoing effort to provide more fantasy hockey coverage, we spoke with Jay Meyer of Fantasy Hockey Scouts about the upcoming year and how the Oilers might influence your pool. Jay offered his advice on the first Oiler taken in your pool (Ales Hemsky) and gave us his pick for the most overrated player in the Western Conference (Miikka Kiprusoff).
Yesterday, I returned the favor for Jay's Bloggers Breakouts 2011 - Edmonton Oilers edition. We talked about the goalie situation, Nugent-Hopkins, and my predictions for breakout and darkhose players in 2011-12.
Jay asked me who I felt the best fantasy prospect in the Oilers' system is, meaning a player not currently in the NHL with the team. I struggled with this one, but in the end I went with the tried and true:
Teemu Hartikainen is probably the best bet. He has a chance to become the most productive sixth-round pick since the 2001 draft when Ryane Clowe, Jussi Jokinen and Brooks Laich were taken. However, if you're in a deep keeper league that counts short-handed production and you're picking really late, Curtis Hamilton might be of interest. He's a defense-first guy with the ability to score and is known for his penalty killing ability and short-handed goals.
It's a difficult question. There are a number of others guys to like -- Tyler Pitlick, Anton Lander, Martin Marincin, and Ryan Martindale. I believe Hartikainen is the closest to the NHL and has a skillset that will keep him in the league for awhile. But I want to hear from the readers - did I go wrong with Hartikainen? Who is your pick for the best fantasy hockey prospect in the system?
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Well RNH has to be the fantasy favourite. Hartikainen is probably the next in line, but I don’t believe the offense will show up right away. Lander looks to be close to making it and he’ll grind out some offense. Hamilton is an interesting prospect, because I believe that he could provide second line offense one day if every falls right, but he’ll spend the whole season with the Barons this year.
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I don’t really consider RNH a true “prospect”, at least in terms of the question.
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What will happen with Edmonton’s prospects during this camp – is a “very long look”. For them to make it the Oilers roster it would mean absolutely blowing some of the core players out. Then there is the issue of too many players with similar roles under teh contract. To advance Hartikainen and Lander would mean questions what to do with guys like Eager, Hordichuk, Brule (well, his case is something else!) not to speak of Smyth and Belanger. The best case – Hartikainen and Lander will be the call-ups.
I like RNH, but do not see him playing most of the season with the Oilers. Nine games with a goal and three assists would be my estimate.
For guys with no NHL games played, I like:
1. RNH
2. Hartikainen
3. Marincin
4. Klefbom
5. Lander
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Hartikainen played 12 games last year.
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Fine… then I meant to say top 5 who are Calder eligible.
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