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From obscurity to fan favourite, sharp Edmonton Oilers centre to challenge for NHL job.
From obscurity to fan favourite, sharp Edmonton Oilers centre to challenge for NHL job
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2024 Edmonton Oilers prospects
#5 C Noah Philp
By Ira Cooper, Cult of Hockey special correspondent
At the end of the 2021-22 season, I had never heard of Noah Philip. If I were asked who my favorite prospect was at the end of the 2022-23 season, without hesitation I would have named Noah Philp.
The progression that Noah Philp showed during the course of that season was phenomenal. He started the season as a 4th line winger and sometimes as a healthy scratch. He finished the season as one of Coach Colin Chaulk’s most relied-on forwards, a player he trusted on the PK, for important defensive zone face-offs and in all high-leverage situations, even deploying him as the 1C at times.