Trading has been bad under Holland but drafting and developing is killing the Oilers.
Since McDavid was drafted at 1, if you look at the rest of the 2015 draft til now.
2015:
C Jones
J Marino
E Bear
2016:
Puljujarvi
Desharnais
2017:
Yamamoto
Skimmer
2018:
Bouchard
McLeod
2019:
Broberg
2020:
Holloway
2021-2023
0 career games played from all 3 drafts.
This include anyone that is still on their roster or has 100+ career games.
For forwards Yamamto has the highest PPG with 118 points in 244 career games.
Skinner looks like a legit goalie, just not sure he is a top 15 or top 30 #1 goalie.
Bouchard has good career numbers, but most comes for the #1 PP last year. He was trending to be a 40-point dman at best until Barrie got traded.
The best draft they had in the late rounds was 2015, but they didn't keep any of those players.
They might as well trade draft picks as they just don't seem to find depth players past the 1st round or even with some of the 1st round picks.
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