Interesting Trivia:
The 2008 53rd OA pick used by the Islanders to draft Hamonic was originally the Ducks; traded to the Oilers in the trade that sent Pronger to the Ducks.
Oilers then traded the pick to the Islanders for AHLer Allan Rourke and 2008 73rd OA. The Oilers needed the 73rd OA pick so they could sign Dustin Penner to an offer sheet.
The Islanders had previously acquired 73rd OA from the Oilers in a deal that sent that pick and Marc Andre Bergeron to the Islanders for Denis Grebeshkov.
Just an epic history of Oiler failure attached to the pick that drafted Hamonic.
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