Poor drafting and developing hampered the Edmonton Oilers for years. Between 2008 and 2011, the Oilers selected star forwards Jordan Eberle, Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins in the first round, but the organization failed to bring along a second wave of young talent to help push the team back into the playoffs.
The Oilers can’t allow this to happen again during the Connor McDavid era. And since GM Peter Chiarelli and Assistant GM Keith Gretzky took control, the Oilers have had significantly better results at the draft.