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Noah Philp the latest example of Oilers erroneous decision to prioritize veterans over development

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Noah Philp is a 27-year-old who has only appeared in 30 career NHL games, and most of those games were far from memorable.

Losing him on waivers is far from the end of the world.

It is, however, an example of what I view as a relatively large organizational flaw that the Edmonton Oilers have shown over the last number of years: a failure to develop young players at the NHL level.

In Dylan Holloway’s last season with the Oilers, he played just 45 five-on-five minutes with Leon Draisaitl. He played north of 15 minutes just three times during the regular season and played under ten minutes a total of ten times.

Back in 2023-24, it took the Oilers until the Western Conference Final for them to figure out that Philip Broberg was a quality young defenceman. In the regular season, they played Vincent Desharnais over 1,200 minutes while Broberg got a measly 139.

Both the coaching staff and management have continually shown that they favour older, more experienced players, and it’s cost the Oilers on multiple........

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