As the Edmonton Oilers turn their sights towards the offseason, this upcoming draft is a pivotal one for the organization. t last year’s draft, Peter Chiarelli traded away numerous draft picks bringing in starting goalie Cam Talbot, and defensive prospect Griffin Reinhart. This year however the Edmonton Oilers would be wise to stock up on picks and start to build up, what is currently a depleted depth chart.
Most of the attention, understandably so, is on the first round of the draft. However for Edmonton, it has always been the later rounds that have proved troublesome. As it stands now the Oilers have nine picks in the 2016 draft, as seen below:
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