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Edmonton's Top 25 Under 25 - #15 Chris Vande Velde
Chris Vande Velde is exactly the sort of player the Edmonton Oilers desperately need. He's a big (6'2, 204), grinding, two-way centreman with faceoff skills who projects into that 3C role the Oilers have been unable to fill with the likes of Andrew Cogliano, Marc Pouliot, or Ryan Potulny. A...
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 ranked forty-five players in the organization under the age of 25. You can see the entire series here....
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 big (6' 2", 207 pounds), he's strong physically and strong on his skates, he's willing to work in the...
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 the jump are the stats for each candidate using the outstanding work of Gabriel Desjardins and his NHL...
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 should be noted that 7 of those 9 points came in the final 9 games of the season. Thus, Vande Velde...
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 Mancini says that he could still use more grit and better awareness in the offensive zone. Vande Velde's...
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