Mike Testwuide responded to my text saying things were really hectic, which sounds like a good sign to me.

Bill Sweatt (Chicago), Kris Fredheim (Vancouver) are draft picks so their talks have surely begun. Vancouver has been quite busy, signing Minnesota’s Jordan Schroeder and siginign and sending Anchorage winger Kevin Clark off to the AHL’s Manitoba Moose earlier today. Anchorage’s Trevor Hunt signed an amateur tryout with the Stockton Thunder, an Edmonton affiliate.

Addison DeBoer and Brian McMillin may also get some hard looks. Matt Overman’s shoulder will likely keep him from drawing much attention along with Dan Quilico (one career point).

The Edmonton Journal on Mike Testwuide …

 The Edmonton Oilers are looking at several U.S. college free agents, hoping to sign some. They’re likely going for big forwards. Here are three names to consider: Forward Brayden Irwin, who’s been at two Buffalo Sabres development camps (U of Vermont), Mike Testwuide (RW, Colorado College) and Cam MacIntyre (winger, Princeton). They’re all at least six-foot-three and 220 pounds. There are several hotshot forwards lighting it up — Stephane Da Costa and Chris Barton at Merrimack College, and Bobby Butler at U of New Hampshire — but they’re all on the smallish side, and the Oilers have enough pygmy forwards.

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