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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
What Oilers draft outside of the 1st round over the past decade actually went on to become an NHLer? Just going through the wikilist, these are the only ones I've even heard of:
Tyler Pitlick (2010) - 2nd round
Martin Marincin (2010) - 2nd round
Brandon Davidson (2010) - 6th round
Toby Rieder (2011) - 4th round
Jujhar Khaira (2012) - 3rd round
Erik Gustafsson (2012) - 4th round
Caleb Jones (2015) - 4th round
Ethan Bear (2015) - 5th round
Man, what a putrid list.
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Also, before he made it to the NHL, they traded Rieder for a guy who never played an NHL game and they chose to not sign Gustafsson after the draft and he went to Chicago as a UFA.
So, the best two players on that list were let go by the Oilers before they even played their first NHL games.
There's also John Marino, who they drafted in the 6th round in 2015. He's looking pretty good in Pittsburgh after forcing a trade from the Oilers in 2019.