C
ome September, Philp arrived early at coaching camp to skate with different Oilers prospects and instantly noticed the fruits of his summer time labour. Edmonton’s administration group and training employees did, too.
“I used to be advised that I had turned a couple of heads in camp and that they have been actually impressed with how I got here again and the way I approached coming again,” Philp remembers.
His camp stint prolonged all the way in which to the ultimate few cuts, his task to AHL Bakersfield coming the day earlier than the Oilers submitted their opening night time roster. In sending the promising ahead to the Condors, the place he’d spent the 2022-23 season previous to stepping away, Edmonton tasked him with additional fine-tuning his abilities by means of in-game reps.
“They only mentioned, ‘We actually like what you carry to the desk and we would like you to go and play as a lot as you’ll be able to and get extra reps in,’” Philp says. “What I completely agree with them on is that these little tiny puck abilities and that kind of factor is what I really feel like I misplaced most from that point off.”
