Day 5 OILERS Development Camp

Day 5 of on ice sessions at camp saw a lot of the same from the previous days with drills and exercises on agility. Today was not unlike other days where certain players stood out because of their on ice training and agility, while others stood out for other reasons..(like falling all over the ice?)


As camp continues, the players are starting to lose some of the rust and drills are really opening up and your starting to see lots of drills that include odd man rushes and defence paired up against offence. The players who I was able to observe more today were Klefbom, Simpson, Gernat and Marincin. Bigos, Rieder, Hamilton, Fedun, Roy and of course Nail Yakupov.


Here was the tweets I was able to send out LIVE from Millennium Place in Sherwood Park....

Day 5 Oilers development Camp:

Guys hit ice for #oilersdevelopmentcamp

#during backward skating #Yakupov pretends to body check another guy and crowd laughs. Girls are all excited #Oilers

Drill is skating forward then backward swinging stick under legs , crowd laughing hysterically at nail and others


#taylorfedun is excelling at these one leg skating drills on both legs. One of the best on ice #oilersdevelopmentcamp leg looking great


#russiansmileyfaces at MP over #Yakupov . Nail again struggles with skating agility but crowd does not care as he keeps #smiling #Oilers

#Yakupov catches puck and then skates down and takes long shot on goal. Trying to impress fans he hits post and gets a ohhh! #Oilers

#marincin with some accurate shots on net#oilersdevelopmentcamp #gernat looking good on his positioning in preparing for pass shots


@KkevrockK not glowing but a player like #Yakupov not about precision and is more about fierce and fiesty hard work#oilersdevelopmentcamp


#oilersdevelopmentcamp defensive drills for skating/passing/ shooting being done. Standouts... #taylorfedun #gernat #marincin

Watching d-men working through drills right now#oilersdevelopmentcamp #klefbom and #joeylaleggia teamed up#klefbom looking good on passes


#zharkov in these breakout drills shouts too corner. Hard wrist shot, quick too #oilersdevelopmentcamp

#oilersdevelopmentcamp lots of intensity being ramped up on drills, scrimmage Coming up?

#oilersdevelopmentcamp 5 forwards rushing in on 2 defencemen drills


#Roy looking solid in net standing square and calm.#oilersdevelopmentcamp

#klefbom pulls player with passing option away from goalie to get view of puck #smart play #oilersdevelopmentcamp

#Yakupov takes breakout pass on RW done ice and makes pretty pass to trailer for quality shot #oilersdevelopmentcamp

Incredible sticks by both #marincin and #gernat . Play strong in passing lanes #oilersdevelopmentcamp


3 on 2 full ice breakouts drills being done now#oilersdevelopmentcamp

Shooters standing around goalies taking shots. #Yakupov #nails top corner. #marincin shows his quick and accurate shot


#great breakout speed gets #Yakupov open for breakaway. #Roystones #Yakupov though #oilersdevelopmentcamp

Another great play by #Yakupov on a pass. His passing looks sweet.#oilersdevelopmentcamp

#oilersdevelopmentcamp day over #Yakupov wants #bunz to stick around to shoot.misses shot and in disgust falls on ice to cry.


Well, that was the last day of drills and exercises for the on ice sessions ....next up? 3 on 3 tourney, Monday 2012.


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Edmonton Oilers Free Agent Day Updates

Throughout the day I'll be posting any deals that the Oilers can make. Check back often as I update this page when news happens.

RYAN SMYTH signs a 2 year deal worth $2.25 million a year.

YANN DANIS signs a 1 year deal.

DARCY HORDICHUK signs a 1 year deal for $850,000.

Schultz Chooses Oil Country

 Leafs fans and Canucks fans are now spitting bile and venom at Justin Schultz, a kid that they, just a few moments ago, were hoping would join their respective teams. Instead of joining the self-proclaimed ‘Centre of the Universe’ or the West Coast, he chose Oil Country.

   The Edmonton Oilers pulled out all the stops to lure him to our fair city, even recruiting The Great One and Paul Coffey to phone him up personally to convince him to join their former team. Now, who can say ‘no’ to Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey?! That was an absolute brilliant play on behalf of those two, harkening back to that old familiar call by Rod Philips-

“Lowe passes it across to Coffey. Coffey, streaking across the line. Now up to Gretzky. Gretzky takes a shot-SCOOOORES”!!!!!

   Once again, it seems as if the 'old Boys on the Bus' came through for the Oilers in a BIG way and, we are now witnessing history repeat itself. Back in the early 80’s the Oilers were acquiring top-notch talent which propelled them to win 5 Stanley Cup Championships in a similar fashion, although differently. This city and Oilers fans across the nation are in jubilation today, and we now have our two guys in Yakupov & Schultz.

   Welcome to Oil Country, boys!!    

By Paul Neumann

OILERS Day 4 'Development Camp"

Lots of Buzz today around Justin Schultz but people still paying close attention to every move that Nail Yakupov makes. Players like Oscar Klefbom very noticeable today as well as the 'Twin Towers of Slovakia' , Martin Marincin and Martin Gernat. Marincin looked very good out there today in scrimmage in last 30 minutes of practice today.


Curtis Hamilton showed like he had more drive out there today stepping up his intensity more then previous days. Samu 'the Goalie' showed some nice displays while flashing the leather in the scrimmage time. 


Got some inside information today that I am tracking down but not certain on in regards to some trade talks. All I can really say, is where there is smoke their is usually fire. Highly likely if Oilers can trade for a player they are looking at, it will cost prospects in the system but not sure who that would be with any certainty. Not to mention, to say a specific name could just lead to rumours galore. In the end, should Oilers get trade they want,  1 or 2 decent prospects will be going the other way. Should a trade happen let's hope only prospects that are not of the high end calibre.


Here are some of the tweets I sent out during todays camp on the ice...

 ‏Day 4 OILERS Development Camp:

‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬ players taking to the ice. Running 6 mins behind. About 200 fans watching

‪#joeylaleggia‬ can sure stick handle well. Smooth skater makes it look easy ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

‪#Yakupov‬ again doing drill with stick handling skills an shoots into empty net and celebrates with stick in air!!! ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#dillionsimpson‬ grandma sitting by us. ‪#proud‬ woman he is really looking good in all his drills and executing well

Ever time ‪#Yakupov‬ is near the net, he can not help the urge to shoot puck in. ‪#goalscorer‬ ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#tobiasrieder‬ plays with puck like its on a string‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#klefbom‬ still amazes me how poised he looks playing with puck in drills. For 1st camp shows maturity in skills. ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

Working on some drills along boards ‪#Yakupov‬ playing with‪#kellenjones‬ pretending to elbow in head. ‪#likestohavefun‬

#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬ one on one drills ‪#Yakupov‬ squares off on‪#critchlow‬ well to take away shot

#tobiasrieder‬ gets beat then recovers to take shot away.‪#jujharkhaira‬ gets beat bad poor guy ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#Yakupov‬ shows some great positioning on these defensive drills. Of course competition is not PRO ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#samuperhonen‬ robs ‪#zharkov‬ with the leather on a sure goal on that drill. ‪#tobiasrieder‬ falls flat on face on another play ‪#oilers‬

‪#tobiasrieder‬ has ‪#bunz‬ beat but nails top post.‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

Good leg work by ‪#bunz‬ in these drills. ‪#brandonmagee‬ looks good again on his wrister ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

‪#dillionsimpson‬ continues to impress, this time with his sweet breakout passes ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#gernat‬ looks like such a effortless skater on ice. His passes are sublime. ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#tobiasrieder‬ with beauty setup but gets whiffed on. ‪#klefbom‬passes beauty soft passes like spreading butter

#tobiasrieder‬ has such poise in shooting puck, looks to be more then. Couple steps in growth improvement since last year. ‪#Oilers‬

#zharkov‬ impressing with passing ‪#Yakupov‬ falls into end boards, causes Ahh from crowd ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#gernat‬ and ‪#marincin‬ look good as tandem. ‪#OKCBarons‬ future back end? ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#Hamilton‬ with a good step beating out ‪#bigos‬

Scrimmage PP not Much happened ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬‪#tobiasrieder‬ a few misses

#marincin‬ has come Miles in his posture on ice and looks like a coach playing with boys ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#dillionsimpson‬ with effective shots in net. ‪#Yakupov‬ finally gets some touches and plays with puck like pro. ‪#oilersdevelopmentcamp‬

#marincin‬ showing some good puck handling through traffic.‪#dillionsimpson‬ with beauty wrist shot for goal

#zharkov‬ stays out to get some dekes on ‪#Roy‬ . Scores a‪#Beautyfake‬ as advertised in interviews haha!!

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