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Edmonton's Top 25 Under 25: #19 VandeVelde, #18 Stortini, #17 Motin

Our Top 25 under 25 breaks into the teens today, with a a trio of guys that are ranked as high as they are by way of the South Korean judge.  For those of you late to the party, the five of us ra...

Chris VandeVelde interviews with The Copper & Blue

If there is any prospect in the Edmonton Oilers' system that fills a glaring need on the NHL club, it's Chris VandeVelde.  The centerman, currently playing at the University of North Dakota, is b...

Who is the Oilers third-best prospect?

Jordan Eberle and Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson ran away with the voting for the first and second spots, so we're  interested in what you think about the best of the rest.  Below t...

Who is the Oilers' Number One Prospect?

We're about ready to rework our top twenty-five prospect list [found on the front page on the left sidebar] and in doing so, the staff here at The Copper & Blue would like your take on who we shou...

Combined Top-25 Prospect Rankings: #6 - #10

Part four of the Copper & Blue prospect rankings looks at the bottom half of the top ten. We’ll consider a recent draft pick with a strong two-way game, a pair of flawed but promising defens...

Chris Vande Velde

One of the Oilers prospects who really emerged this season is North Dakota Fighting Sioux forward Chris Vande Velde. After scoring 9 points as a rookie, Vande Velde put in 32 as a sophomore. (It shoul...

Edmonton Oilers 4th Round Picks, Since 2001

2001 – None2002 – Ivan Koltsov, 106th , Jonas Almtorp, 111th, & Robin Kovar, 123rd overall5/30 players selected in this round have played NHL hockey, and the best of the lot has played it for the...

Vande Velde: Advanced Statistics

I'm not sure that I made it clear enough in my earlier posts, but I'm very big on Chris Vande Velde as a prospect. Right now he's a bit of a power forward, although Oilers development coach Bob Mancin...


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