Edmonton traded their 2017 82nd overall pick (from St. Louis), as well as their 2017 126th pick to trade up to the 78th pick, where they drafted hometown goaltender Stuart Skinner. Now, looking back, he may have been an absolute steal; TSN’s Dustin Nielson even mentioned that he wasn’t expecting Skinner to still be available.
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The 6-foot-3, 200-pound netminder has played three years with the WHL’s Lethbridge Hurricanes and is already a franchise record-holder for most regular season games ever played, as well as most saves made. This past season, he boasted a .