If you are interested in College Free Agent signings, here is a tracker for you. TB, Detroit, Philly, Vancouver, and Ottawa have already jumped in. Top remaining accord to this site: 1. Danny DeKeyser — D — Western Michigan^* 2. Antoine Laganiere — RW — Yale* 3. Nate Schmidt — D — Minnesota^* 4. Drew LeBlanc — C — St. Cloud State* 5. Greg Carey — LW — St. Lawrence^ 6. Eric Hartzell — G — Quinnipiac* 7. Ryan Walters — LW — Nebraska Omaha^ 8. Rylan Schwartz — C — Colorado College* 9. Eriah Hayes — RW — Minnesota State* 10. Steven Whitney — RW — Boston College* * – Season still in progress ^ – Underclassman

Who should Scott Howson be looking at? Hockey's Future posts their top 10 college free agents. The vast majority of the players on the list fit the Oilers' needs. Hopefully the Oilers flush House, Plante and Vandevelde and go hard after 2-3 of these guys. The top 10: Greg Carey, LW - Junior, St. Lawrence University Dan DeKeyser, D - Junior, Western Michigan University Eric Hartzell, G - Senior, Quinnipiac University Eriah Hayes, RW - Senior, Minnesota State University-Mankato Antoine Laganiere, RW - Senior, Yale University Drew LeBlanc, C - R-Senior, St. Cloud State University Rylan Schwartz, C - Senior, Colorado College Andrej Sustr, D - Junior, University of Nebraska-Omaha Shayne Taker, D - Junior, University of Notre Dame Ryan Walters, LW - Junior, University of Nebraska-Omaha Other notables: Mike Boivin, D – Senior, Colorado College; Austin Czarnik, F – Sophomore, Miami University; Kyle Flanagan, F – Senior, St. Lawrence University; Giancarlo Iuorio, F – Senior, Niagara University; Pat Mullane, F – Senior, Boston College; Nate Schmidt, D – Junior, University of Minnesota; Trevor van Riemsdyk, D – Sophomore, University of New Hampshire

Travis Yost posts up his score adjusted fenwick standings and the Oilers have slipped to 29th in the league. Bonus: he also craps on Tambelini, especially for the Brown acquisition.

Worth a read

Linus Omark is currently playing in Switzerland's National League, the best game in town over there and currently home to other NHLers such as Tyler Seguin and Logan Couture. Omark is destroying the competition there, currently sitting second in scoring with 32 points in 22 games. This clip puts him just behind Tyler Seguin (28 in 17) and well ahead of Logan Couture (21 in 17).

In honour of the Rebel League's 40th Anniversary, and inspired in part by Ben's history post, I thought I'd repost my 2010 article on how the changes to professional hockey inspired by the WHA continue to reverberate to this day. Forgive the wacky formatting: website changes will do that.

So I have started up a little blogging project, on the subject of the KHL and Russian hockey in general, and I would like to invite you all to come over and take a look at it! (Site editors, if this is considered an abuse of Fanshot-ing, I apologize and please do delete this)

What would the Oilers give up to get Lou... and would it be a good idea?

The Linus Omark saga has apparently come to an end, or at least to a turning point. Mr. Omark has signed with EV Zug in the Swiss league, where he'll join ex-Oiler Jussi Markkanen.

The Predators folks have posted the transcript of a short interview with Mr. Jones, in which he talks about both Nashville and Edmonton.