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Iiro Pakarinen - Oilers Draft Watch
Stu MacGregor took over as the Oilers' Head Scout in October of 2007. He's been at the helm for two drafts and some say that those have been among the brightest drafts in the post-Stanley Cup era. Fans of Finnish hockey have loved the MacGregor Era as Stu has spent late round picks on kids from...
Oilers Draft Success: 2006-2009
I've written recently about measuring draft success by counting the "career players" that come out of each draft and each round or group of rounds. When I looked at the Oilers' draft picks from 2005-2009, I found that they were about three career players short of league average, and two of those...
Teemu Hartikainen...Coming To America
I spoke briefly with Prince Akeem yesterday about signing his contract and a few other things. The guys at HF Boards had some questions for Hartikainen based on some of the scouting reports that they've read and wondered if they could get some answers. (I tried to get a copyright-free picture of...
Mo' Money, Mo' Skills
The Teemu Haritkainen show here at the Copper and Blue continues. Yesterday, Derek mentioned that Hartikainen should be considered "a steal" at 163rd overall and told us a little bit about some of his accomplishments, including being named rookie of the year in the SM-Liiga for 2009 and...
Hartikainen Makes History His First Day
As a faithful Copper & Blue reader, doubtless you're aware of the Oilers signing of Finnish wünderkind Teemu Hartikainen to an entry-level pact. It's a lot of money for a former sixth-round pick, but worth it if only for the innumerable shirtless photographs Derek will lavish on us until...
Oilers Sign Teemu Hartikainen
The Oilers have finally signed Teemu Hartikainen. We'll never know if they would have dilly-dallied around with their supposed June 15th date long enough to lose him, but at least the work I put in on this didn't go in vain. [As an aside, I do think it's fantastic that eleven hours after I...
KalPa Eliminated, Hartikainen's Season Over
Teemu Hartikainen's second season has come to an end at the hands of HPK. The second-seeded club from Kuopio could never find their game against the aggressive defense of HPK and lost the series in six games. Hartikainen's regular season was a success, especially when viewed in light of his...
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