Oilers’ diminished feeder system is short on “can’t miss” polish, long on diamonds in the rough

2023 Edmonton Oilers prospects Series wrap The overriding theme of this summer’s Edmonton Oilers’ prospect rankings here at the  Cult of Hockey was significant enough that we covered it in some detail in the introductory post a month ago. That being the shallowness of the pool in both raw numbers of prospects and in high-end hopefuls. Our own definition of “prospect” is any player in the system who would currently qualify as an NHL rookie, be they signed to an NHL-class contract or on the reserve list of unsigned draft pick.