Editor’s Note: The boring part of the summer is upon us. Training camps are still about two months away, and arbitration season in winding down. With many teams close to calling it a summer, it’s a good time to check in on what the Sharks’ rivals have done in our newest series: Pacific Peeks. Today, we look at the team that eliminated San Jose last spring, the Edmonton Oilers.
The list of former first round picks that Edmonton Oilers General Manager Peter Chiarelli got longer this offseason. Winger Jordan Eberle was added to the likes of Phil Kessel, Joe Colborne, Tyler Seguin, Taylor Hall, and Nail Yakupov when he was traded to the New York Islanders last month.