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Curtis Hamilton - #16 in The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
When the Oilers selected Curtis Hamilton 48th overall the biggest questions surrounding him were injury-related. Touted as a potential first round selection earlier in the year, Hamilton's stock had fallen as a result of injuries that limited him to just 26 games during his draft season. After...
David Musil - #14 in the Copper & Blue’s Top 25 Under 25
When it comes to evaluating prospects, the defensive defensemen is one of the hardest types to judge from any distance. Goaltenders of course are in a whole other world, with the prized, franchise-goalie in waiting routinely shelved in favour of the 26-year old with an unpronounceable name who was...
Dillon Simpson - #17 in The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
The underlying storyline to the entire history of the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL has been "The Boys on the Bus". The men featured in that documentary dominated the ice for the first decade of Oilers history. After their playing careers were over, thee of them ended up behind the bench. Two of...
Tyler Bunz - #18 in The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
If nobody else is going to say it, I will. I hate goalies. I've always hated goalies. I played goal in road hockey, but even that was just semi-organized self-loathing. My very first article on The Copper & Blue was actually about goalies and why they piss me off. Goalies are the nemeses of...
Olivier Roy - #19 in The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
Olivier Roy is probably more famous so far for his meltdowns than he is for his actual ability to play goal. He got shelled in the 2011 Tournament of small sample sizes and he was obliterated in his pair of playoff starts in the QMJHL later on that spring. As a player, you can sort of escape from a...
Tobias Rieder - #20 in The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
Through the first five days of this edition of The Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25 every player profiled has been a defenseman. That pattern ends with the appearance of our first forward, Tobias Rieder at number 20 and proves that this team has more than just "a bunch of middling defensive...
Brandon Davidson: #21 in the Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
Davidson in a puck battle It's easy to like Brandon Davidson's story. Not surprisingly he was passed over in his first draft, given he'd played with the Lethbridge Y's Men Titans in the Alberta Midget Hockey League. Not that there haven't been a lot of mighty fine hockey players pass...
Kyle Bigos - #23 in Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
Though it took three years, Kyle Bigos finally broke into our Top 25. The big man with the big shot moved up eleven spots in our rankings, the third-largest jump behind Martin Gernat and our #19 player. Bigos' Merrimack Warriors are 13-5-5 (9-4-3 in Hockey East) and are ranked #10 in the NCAA...
Theo Peckham - #15 in Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
When Theo Peckham was called up in October of 2009, I saw Peckham's potential as a fifth or sixth defensemen, and identified Rick Berry as a pretty good comparable. So far, that comparison is tracking well enough, although Peckham is clearly ahead by some measures. For example, like Berry, Peckham...
Jérémie Blain - #24 in Copper & Blue's Top 25 Under 25
Jérémie Blain has been a mainstay in the mediocre middle of our Top 25 for a while, but that mediocrity has generally been on an upward trajectory. Right after being drafted, we slotted him in at #27, but he quickly rose to #25 and then up to #19 this summer. With the winter edition...
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