FUTURE WATCH: Oilers prospects producing in Europe

EDMONTON, AB - The Oilers have more players and prospects loaned to teams overseas than any other NHL club, and many of them are off to strong starts with their respective squads.
Ryan McLeod is playing for EV Zug in Switzerland's National League and has a pair of assists in three regular season games thus far. The forward, drafted 40th overall in 2018, also scored a goal and two assists in a Swiss Cup tournament game.
Fellow forward prospect Tyler Benson, drafted 32nd overall in 2016, is competing for the GCK Lions in Switzerland's second division, the Swiss League, and is averaging a point per game thus far with a goal and three assists in four appearances.
Next door in Austria, Oilers goalie prospect Olivier Rodrigue picked up his first professional victory on Sunday in his debut with the Graz99ers of the Austrian Hockey League. The 62nd-overall pick in 2018 made 34 saves in a 6-2 win against EC VSV.

Heading north to Sweden, Edmonton's eighth-overall pick in 2019 Philip Broberg has one goal and three assists in seven games with Skelleftea of the SHL, while 91st-overall selection in 2016 Filip Berglund has one assist in six games with Linkoping.
Defence prospect Evan Bouchard (10th overall in 2018) and forward prospect Raphael Lavoie (38th overall in 2019) are playing the second division HockeyAllsvenskan. Bouchard has two goals in five games with Sodertalje, while Lavoie has two goals and an assist in four games with Vasby.
Jesse Puljujarvi's success in Finland's Liiga this season has been well documented, as he's scored five goals and two assists in four games with Karpat, but Oilers defence prospect Markus Niemelainen (63rd overall in 2016) is also competing on the top circuit with one assist in five games with Assat.
Finishing up in Russia, defence prospect Dmitri Samorukov (84th overall in 2017) has two goals and four assists in 14 games with CSKA Moscow in the KHL, while forward prospect Kirill Maksimov (146th overall in 2017) has four goals and two assists in five games with their second-division VHL club.
With Lokomotiv, goalie prospect Ilya Konovalov (85th overall in 2019) has a 2.18 GAA and .930 save percentage in seven KHL appearances, while forward prospect Maxim Denezhkin has two assists in five games in the second division.