Originally Posted by Trojan97
2006: None
2007: Gagner, Plante, Nash
2008: Eberle
2009: Paajarvi
2010: Hall
2011: Nuge, Klefbom
2012: Yakupov
It's not so much their first round picks as the rest of their drafts...
2006: Petry (2nd), Peckham (3rd), Pitton (5th), Wild (5th), Bumagin (6th) 274 games played by two guys (Petry/Peckham)
2007: Omark (4th), Kytnar (5th), Quist (6th) Combined 66 NHL games. 65 GP by Omark.
2008: Motin (4th), Cornet (5th), Hartikainen (6th), Bendfeld (7th). 41 NHL games played. 38 by Hartikainen.
2009: Lander (2nd), Hesketh (3rd), Abney (3rd), Bigos (4th), Rajala (4th), Roy (5th). 60 games played, all by Lander.
2010: Pitlick (2nd), Marincin (2nd), Hamilton (2nd), Martindale (3rd), Blain (4th), Bunz (5th), Davidson (6th), Czerwonka (6th), Pells (7th), Jones (7th). 0 games played.
2011: Musil (2nd), Perhonen (3rd), Ewanyk (3rd), Simpson (4th), Rieder (4th), Martin Gernat (5th), Tuohimaa (7th). 0 games played.
2012: Moroz (2nd), Khaira (3rd), Zharkov (3rd), Gustafsson (4th), Laleggia (5th), McCarron (6th). 0 GP.
From the past seven drafts Edmonton has...
-41 drafted players post first round.
-8 have played a game in the NHL.
-4 have played 60 or more NHL games at this point. The rest are guys who have played 1 or 2 games.
The Oilers drafts have been nothing short of disastrous outside of the first round. Drafting average bottom six forwards and third pairing Dmen is not the type of depth that will get you to the playoffs, let alone win a Cup. They would be smart to overhaul their scouting staff ASAP if they want to take advantage of their window. They are beyond awful outside of the obvious picks.
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