Five Prospects To Target With The Oilers’ First Round Pick
By Jim Lynch
The NHL draft is an event the Edmonton Oilers are used to having one the draft lottery more than a few times in the past. This season though they will be picking a little bit later than normal.
Edmonton as of now has the 19th overall pick in the draft. Even though they were one of the first teams to exit the playoffs getting swept by the Winnipeg Jets, they still had a pretty good record which now means they will be picking 19th.
Here is the complete NHL draft order as of now via NHL.com
1. Buffalo Sabres
2. Seattle Kraken
3. Anaheim Ducks
4. New Jersey Devils
5. Columbus Blue Jackets
6. Detroit Red Wings
7. San Jose Sharks
8. Los Angeles Kings
9. Vancouver Canucks
10. Ottawa Senators
11. Chicago Blackhawks
12. Calgary Flames
13. Philadelphia Flyers
14. Dallas Stars
15. New York Rangers
16. St. Louis Blues
17. Winnipeg Jets
18. Nashville Predators
19. Edmonton Oilers
20. Boston Bruins
21. Minnesota Wild
22. Detroit Red Wings (from Washington Capitals)
23. Florida Panthers
24. Columbus Blue Jackets (from Toronto Maple Leafs)
25. Minnesota Wild (from Pittsburgh Penguins)
26. Carolina Hurricanes
27. Colorado Avalanche
28. Semifinal losing team with fewest points
29. Semifinal losing team with most points
30. Stanley Cup Final losing team
31. Stanley Cup winner
The remaining four picks will be established when the playoffs are complete. This will be the first draft to include the Seattle Kraken, and it will also be the fifth time Edmonton has drafted 19th overall, can you name the players Edmonton took with the 19th pick?
With the 19th overall pick in team history, Edmonton has taken four defencemen, here they are: Jeff Beukeboom in 1983, Francois Leroux in 1988, Matthieu Descoteaux in 1996, and Oscar Klefbom in 2011. Not a bad group of players by any means. So without further delay let’s dive in with who the Edmonton Oilers should consider drafting with the 19th overall pick assuming they are still on the board and the team has not traded the pick away.