{"id":600781,"date":"2026-04-13T08:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/600781\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T08:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:12:23","slug":"with-another-power-forward-injured-edmonton-oilers-call-up-hot-shot-rookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/600781\/","title":{"rendered":"With another power forward injured, Edmonton Oilers call up hot shot rookie"},"content":{"rendered":"

This in from the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> news they have recalled Ike Howard from the Bakersfield Condors: \u201cThe Oilers have recalled forward Isaac Howard from the Condors. The first-year pro has scored 22 goals & 25 assists in 45 games with Bakersfield this season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The call-up comes as rising power forward Max Jones was injured in the first period of Edmonton\u2019s loss to Los Angeles on Saturday and didn\u2019t return to the game.<\/p>\n

\"IK4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

IK4<\/p>\n

Reports analyst Ryan Holt of the Condors: \u201cCondors get thinner up front. Howard has been a point per game over the last 8 weeks and is top 5 in goals and scoring for rookies despite playing 20+ fewer games than the rest. He\u2019s had a fantastic rookie campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Sportsnet\u2019s Jack Michaels: \u201cWith Jones leaving Saturday\u2019s game and Hyman\u2019s status for tomorrow uncertain, Howard (6-6-12 in his last 10 AHL games) or Owen Michaels could be options vs. Colorado.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Cult of Hockey contributor Ira Cooper: \u201cVERY happy the org is doing the right thing and not just slotting Owen Michaels in to the lineup. Each of Howard, Jarventie, Hutson and Hamblin have earned another NHL game or two and a few days of an NHL pay check \u2013 Michaels is only on the roster due to AHL ineligibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bakersfield scoring<\/p>\n

My take<\/p>\n

1. Ike Howard, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, Roby Jarventie and Josh Samanski all crushed it this year in the American Hockey League, each of them meeting or exceeding expectations. It\u2019s a great signal for the Oilers, with Samanski already stepping up to help Edmonton win, and doing so in a key role as a centre.<\/p>\n

2. I\u2019ve liked what I\u2019ve seen of Howard, but to stick in Edmonton, he\u2019s going to have to play OK defence, which he\u2019s done to date in his brief stints here, but also get more into the guts of the game, making more hard plays to help create Grade A and five-alarm shots.<\/p>\n

Yes, there\u2019s a job here for him if he can score 20 goals a year with limited power play time, essentially what Jack Roslovic has done for the Oilers this year, but to become one of the core players on the Oilers, he\u2019s going to have to play a harder edged, more physical game in front of the net and the corners.<\/p>\n

Can he do that? He\u2019s not a tall guy but he\u2019s sturdy, strong and competitive. Matt Savoie is doing it, and he\u2019s smaller than Howard. This should be an achievable goal for Howard.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Any lengthy injury to forward Max Jones is a blow to the Oilers. He\u2019s played his way on to this team with solid and smart defence and aggressive, skilled attacking. If he can come back at this same level, it will be tough to keep him out of playoff games.<\/p>\n

4. The push from so many young forwards means that the Oilers won\u2019t have to sign expensive free agent forwards in July, something that has blown up in their faces in recent years with failed signings like Andrew Mangiapane, Jeff Skinner and, to a lesser extent, Viktor Arvidsson. This will save Edmonton cap space.<\/p>\n

The Oilers may still want to re-sign their own unrestricted free agents, forwards like Roslovic, Jason Dickinson, Kasperi Kapenen, and Jones, but even there, the players won\u2019t have the strongest of leverage over the team.<\/p>\n

Edmonton now has five or six strong replacement options bubbling up from its minor pro system. To that number, Edmonton will likely be able to include newcomer centre Owen Michaels and perhaps Russian winger Maxim Berezkin, if he signs here.<\/p>\n

\"80<\/a><\/p>\n

80 games<\/p>\n

At the Cult of Hockey<\/p>\n

LEAVINS: \u2018Just getting in\u2019 could float or sink the Edmonton Oilers\u2019 Stanley Cup chances: 9 Things<\/a><\/p>\n

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