Eight.

Eight is the number of goaltenders under contract in the Edmonton Oilers and Bakersfield Condors system, with 2024 second-round draft pick Eemil Vinni signing a one-year AHL contract with the Condors on Wednesday.

Tristan Jarry, Frederik Andersen, and Devon Levi are expected to tend the crease in Edmonton, while the journeyman Matt Tomkins will likely start the year with the Condors, leaving Connor Ungar, Samuel Jonsson, Nathaniel Day, and now Vinni to contend for the remaining spots. It begs the question of where all these players, and Vinni himself, fit in the organization.

The NHL crease is set, with the oft-discussed three-headed goaltending monster the Oilers will run next season, but then it gets messy. Tomkins, 32, got a two-year NHL contract, for some reason, which he’ll play the second year of this season. Ungar is coming off a great season, splitting time between the AHL and ECHL, and........

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