{"id":131219,"date":"2026-01-13T04:46:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/131219\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T04:46:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:46:53","slug":"amazing-news-hockey-world-reacts-with-joy-to-oilers-signing-top-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/131219\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Amazing news!’: Hockey world reacts with joy to Oilers signing top prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Edmonton Oilers<\/a> have signed the AHL\u2019s second leading goal scorer Quinn Hutson, Edmonton\u2019s top prospect on the Bakersfield Condors, to a two year extension at $875,000.<\/p>\n

Puckpedia reports: \u201cThe Oilers signed 24 y\/o F Quinn Hutson to a 2 year $875K cap hit extension
Yr 1: $850K Salary, $400K Minors, $500K Guaranteed
Yr 2: $900K Salary
Will be RFA upon expiry with $945K QO.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some of the early online reaction, which, for the first time in some time, was entirely positive:<\/p>\n

Daily Faceoff commentator Tyler Yaremchuk @tyleryaremchuk
I like this. Get some cost certainty and if it doesn\u2019t work\u2026 you can bury it all. Also shows that the talk about the player being \u201cmad\u201d about how they\u2019re handling him was way off.<\/p>\n

Cult of Hockey contributor Ira \u201cOriginalPouzar\u201d Cooper @coopsie39
Him being upset and the org letting his die on the vine are wild narratives \u2013 you know given, less than two weeks ago the kid expressed how happy he was to have signed in Edmonton and that things are progressing faster than he could have imagined!<\/p>\n

Oilers fan Jeremy McKain @jeresells
Great signing. I like the the price point and timeline on it. Either he is is a top 9 player or a minor league tweener by then<\/p>\n

Oilers blogger Shaedon @Shae_Nuge93
Great signing. Play him next season please<\/p>\n

Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer @Bob_Stauffer
Quinn Hutson currently is 2nd in the AHL with 23 goals and 3rd in points with 38.
He also has 21 goals in his last 20 GP with the Condors He is tracking to be a full time
Edmonton Oilers<\/a> by the start of the 2026-27 season\u2026or sooner!<\/p>\n

Oilers fan Morgan Laidler \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 @MorganLaidler
What a steal!<\/p>\n

Nathan \u201cGrav\u201d Murdock @NathanGraviteh
Lane and Cole obviously rock, but I\u2019ve always admired Quinn Hutson\u2019s game and how he never stops working. 2nd in AHL goal scoring in his first pro season. Has all the makings of a quality depth NHL player.<\/p>\n

Oilers fan Loyal To The Oil (22-16-7) @OilLoyal
LOVE THIS!!! Congrats to Quinn Hutson!<\/p>\n

Oilers fan Justin @WildcatOil
This is the contract that Holland was instructed to get Holloway and Broberg signed to that he decided not to do. Not the price point, but the term and the timing of it. The ycould stand to play the kids more but at least we\u2019re not facing offer sheet issues this summer.<\/p>\n

Oilers fan Jonny Mendoza @21jonny_
Very much deserved. He\u2019s leading the AHL in goals as a rookie. Would like to see him on the Oilers full time by next season.<\/p>\n

Oilers fan Jesse @edmoilerz14
Amazing news!<\/p>\n

Oilers fan Trent Wilhauk @TheMrWilhauk
Well done Stan \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n

Oilers fan TylerDT- @qauckenbush17
Excited on this one. Very very good player here . Hutson\/ Howard on the wing next year with a defensive minded vet centre who has some hands , watch that cooook. Kids earned it. I\u2019d start giving him some actual NHL time though so he\u2019s not a full blown rookie though. Sit Janmark , get rid of mangiapanne.<\/p>\n

Stats analyst Mathew Panchyshyn @mathewjdp
A fantastic extension for a player who can do great things in Edm\u2019s mid 6\u2026I cannot emphasize enough how powerful of a signing this is. Edm now has Savoie, Howard, and Hutson on supremely cheap deals which allow them to attack huge assets for next season so these players can be signed to term and big cap savings like what you are seeing in Montreal and Carolina.<\/p>\n

Oilers fan Den Polland @oilersgm2
Great signing for the Oil! 2 years is big here but more importantly this clearly states there\u2019s been conversations about a future here. Great find by the Oil!<\/p>\n

My take<\/p>\n

1. This is indeed excellent news, hence the widespread applause around Oil Country. It\u2019s important because Hutson has stormed his way into pro hockey, scoring goals at an astonishing clip as a 24 year old rookie. It would be all the more astonishing if he were a few years younger, but even at his age that\u2019s exactly what you\u2019d hope to see out of a prospect signed out of the U.S. college system.<\/p>\n

2. Between Hutson, Matt Savoie, Ike Howard and Viljami Marjala the Oilers now have four smaller, high-skill forwards battling to make the Oilers. If two of them find a way to stick in the Oilers Top 9 and become 20 goal, 20 assist NHLers, the Oilers will have hit the jackpot here. Given how well all four are playing, it\u2019s no stretch to hope for that. Indeed, it would not be a shocker to see one of them become a 30 goal, 30 assist player.<\/p>\n

The Oilers also have three bigger AHL prospects in Roby Jarventie, Josh Samanski and Connor Clattenburg who might well help out in the NHL in the next two years.<\/p>\n

3. Hutson is evidently sharp, as his two year deal provides a passive incentive for the Oilers to give him a full shot at making the team. He\u2019s only earning the league minimum salary, so this allows the Oilers to play Hutson, but also sign more expensive players with their tight cap collars. And if Huston plays the next two years in Edmonton on a top two line with either Connor McDavid<\/a> or Leon Draisaitl, he\u2019s going to be in a for a huge new contract.<\/p>\n

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

Goalie shuffle coming for Oilers, but will it sandbag red hot prospect?<\/a><\/p>\n

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