It has happened! After being sent down to the Bakersfield Condors at the beginning of November, Kailer Yamamoto has finally been recalled.
This happy news comes with some sad news, as Alex Chiasson has just been placed on the Injury Reserve and Valentin Zykov got placed on waivers this morning. We all knew Kailer was going to get recalled at some point this season but is now the right time? Obviously, we need him to address our injury concerns, but is it too early in terms of his development? When he first got sent down, I expected to see both Puljujarvi and Yamamoto in the AHL until January. Puljujarvi obviously got the call-up fairly quickly, but this is around the timing when I expected Yamamoto to come back to us.
Has four points (3g, 1a) in last three games. "He was very dangerous for us the last few games," said @Condors head coach Jay Woodcroft https://t.co/SBicjwiZ9i
— Mike Griffith (@MikeGriffith54) December 28, 2018
Kailer Yamamoto currently has four goals and four assists in 11 eleven games with the Condors. His coaching staff has praised him during his time with the team and It should be safe to say he’s gained some confidence in the AHL. Is Yamamoto going to be the answer we need to end our losing drought? Likely not, but I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do. With Chiasson out, I’m guessing Yamamoto will replace him in the top six, however we’ll have to wait and see.
What do you guys think of the Yamamoto call-up. Is it too soon? Let me know in the comments.
Kailer Yamamoto’s Career Stats
| Season | Team | Lge | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-18 | Spokane Chiefs | WHL | 40 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2018-19 | Edmonton Oilers* | NHL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | |||||
| 2018-19 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | |||||
| NHL Totals | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Here we go again, Kailer Yamamoto.
Losing Chaisson has to hurt with the lack of depth.
I love how when the Flames are up and the Oil are down, Lame’s add their 2 cents. But, when the Oil spank the Lames it’s crickets. Looking forward to another beat down by the Lightning in the Finals? Just the Flamer’s lack of depth.
I’m a Flames fan who lives in Edmonton, so I follow the Oilers as much or more than the Flames.
Regarding lack of depth, almost every team except the Lightning has it to a degree. It’s just with the Oilers it’s more severe. With an average supporting cast they would be cup contenders with the top end talent they have.
Thanks 4 the update.
I don’t mind it…right now. I’ll probably sing a different tune when I see him play on Monday (can’t tomorrow because of work). At face value, he can’t be any worse than what we already have with out “depth” guys.
This makes zero sense. Bring back Marody and put him on a skill line. Yano needs to stay in the AHL and kick some butt not come up here and be a recipient.
Sitting at the game Alh.. scott darling is the backup and stortini gets 2 for fighting… Time fly…
Yamamoto’s recall is a sign of desperation. No organizational depth leads to rushing a player that may hurt a player’s development. I am seriously getting tired of this movie. No depth and up against the cap. Pass the malox.
This +100. Poor management and ownership.
The losing streak will continue to grow. #PlantheDraftPartyNow
Anyone see what the Stars owner said? He absolutely ripped into his guys getting paid the big bucks and not producing up to their cheque’s.
What I would do for an owner that actually gives a s*** about his team…. one can dream
It’s frustrating as we see the season slip away. But one thing I can’t knock the about the Oil this year is lack of effort. We haven’t had a 5 nothing embarrassment vs the worst team in the league like last year. It’s more a lack of ability than effort.
Totally agree. The players seem to be giving everything they have … but thanks to more than a few failed pete bets … “everything they have” just isn’t going to cut it.
My hunch is that this might happen when things really start falling apart for The remainder of the season and when the Oil fall to lottery level.
Unless Katz’s pocket take a hit nothing will happen. He ia in it for the money. He doesnt give a rat’s a$$ about winning. He has the golden boy mcdavid to fill the seats so its all hunky dory.
Love Yamo heart. Sad team. But the kid can skate. Need new GM and 2 years of turn around time
The city lost patience years ago. Nobody will wait for another rebuild. Including this guy.
I disagree. It matters on some level. He wouldn’t be in love with the glory years Oilers if winning didn’t matter. He can’t make the right and hard decisions to get things back on track.
If you think Daryl Katz lives off the Oilers profits, you’re stunned. We’re not talking about Eugene Melnyk here. Daryl Katz has BILLIONS, with. B for all you simple crayon eaters out there. Oilers profits are a blip compared to what’s already in his pocket. GD allowance money for Harrison and Chloe. Where are the Oilers original Stanley Cup banners? Why they’re hanging on the walls of his house, not some cheesy overpriced art, but the teams Cup banners. Yeah, sounds like a guy who doesn’t care about winning, doesn’t it? Or knocking down the mansion next door to build a replica of the Oilers rink. Yup, also sounds like a guy who doesn’t care about the team and just about the few million bucks that it makes. If you want to troll the decisions made, so be it. But don’t be so simple about it.
It wasn’t the owner, it was the Prez. And if you think Katz doesn’t care, you’re franked. Where would the Oilers be without Daryl Katz? Still in Edmonton? Sure as $hit wouldn’t be playing in a new arena. Would the previous regime of more owners than players be able to afford Connor McDavid or would we have had to trade him away like so many great players that have left over money? Oiler fans need to stop sniffing glue, without our owner we could we watching the Vegas or Seattle Oilers. Grass isn’t always greener Franktards.
I agree so much. Katz spends to the cap. He’s a good owner. Hired Bob Nicholson, which looks good on paper. Chiarelli is the problem. Not Katz.
Bobbi Nicks and Chia were not good hires. Naive. Bobbi had no NHL experience and Chia ran the Bruins into sewer. Suckered on his past success but ignore why he was fired. Did same thing to Oil he did to mess up Bruins in the end.
You guys are geniuses. Hats off to you katz supporters. On one side you say he cares about winning and on other side you say he hired dumb a$$ like PC who ended up screwing bruins. I mean pick a side. Who in their right mind would hire a GM who have made a mess elsewhere?
Bring up the Bear!
Desperation.
Even with a lineup that is 100% healthy they would have trouble getting into the playoffs. Right now it really looks like another lost season. 1/13 years in the playoffs. Disgusting.
And that one year came on the back of a career year from the goaltender. Management failed to recognize this and as a result took all the wrong lessons and managed to downgrade the team yet again.
Chirelli’s inability to build a team strikes again. When the inevitable injury bug bites the utter lack of depth leads the organization to do yet more stupid things.
What team with $21 million invested in two players has depth and a better built roster?
Pretty certain Zykov could do the same thing Yamamoto can do for the forseeable future… until Yamamoto improves his confidence, his game and develops properly…
I agree. Again the guy never even got a Fair shake.
Talking Zykov not Yanmo
What do you guys think of the Yamamoto call-up. Is it too soon?
“If you have to ask the question, you already know the answer.”
I like Yamo but if the team is depending on him for offence this season then the year is in trouble. It already is.
Too soon or not too soon for Yamamoto? What does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? For one, I am losing interest in these little trifling questions. Who cares if they bring up or send down the whole Bakersfield roster (or Oilers roster, for that matter), it’s not going to change anything much one way or the other. We have much bigger questions to answer – such as an incompetent GM and the inability of the organization to create a half-decent roster around the world’s best player.
Too soon.
Does anyone think Keith Gretzky should get a shot at GM?
CLEAN HOUSE! He is part of the current regime of uselessness.
Keith Gretzky is the only reason the Oilers have prospects coming up. He hasn’t been the one pulling the trigger on bad trades or bad signings. The Bruins are loaded with high end Gretzky draft picks. Oilers fans are a bunch of red neck sheep pounding hillbillies. No wonder nobody wants to play in Edmonton, it isn’t the city or the climate, it is the wave after wave of stupid chicken little fans that you have to deal with when you play here. Way to make us the Roughriders of the NHL. Before this 4 game skid you people were all drinking the Hitchcock Kool-aid, and this week it’s all doom and gloom again. You people are all wetarded. Grow up
Four points in the last three games? Sounds like enough development to me.
This team has been rebuilding for 12 years, lucked out and got the best player of this generation… still suck and need wingers to save the season… good luck kid!
My honest advice to Yamamoto would be to play terrible! Pretend like you forgot how to skate! With any luck the oilers will trade you to any of the other 30 teams in the league and you’ll finally be apart of a professional franchise!
This team has always been an injury or two away from irrelevance, and the losing streak is proof of this. The roster has no depth. That’s on Chiarelli. Fire him.
What team with $21 million invested in two players isn’t an injury or two away from being in the basement?
The Pens did alright without Crosby for a stretch a few years back…
Bail water. Bandaid Yamo with McD, or whoever.
Maybe improve after the trade deadline sell off, and the pressure’s off.
Same story, over and over.
There needs to be a trade moratorium placed on PC until he gets fired at the end of the season.
I’m sure Katz is a multi millionaire because he doesn’t care about winning …right ?
People that are ultra successful hate losing, they obsess about being the best , wake up and stop with the stupid comments people.
FYI Chia joined Boston won a cup and built the team up for what the next 10 years with draft pics and finding elite players.
Ever heard of Rask, Chara, Marchant, Pasternak ? He core of that team is still with them and now they are starting to add youth to that core.
News flash, Daryl Katz, coaching or management is not the problem in Edmonton, the fans are. How many coaches, players and GM’s have the fans ran out of town? Only thing consistent is the losers with overalls and pitch forks who think they know hockey, and would’ve made it to the show if not for… (insert excuse here) you know who thinks they can do a better job than highly educated men with Stanley Cup rings? Simple, stupid uneducated morons that don’t have a clue and heckle players off the ice. Welcome to Edmonton. Fans here don’t deserve anything but what they’re getting, you make it a toxic $hitty place to play. Who could change the culture of our team, when the fans are so toxic. I hope McDavid wants out, we don’t deserve him.