The Oilers signed farmhand Justin Bailey (five points his last four games), who was on an AHL deal, to a two-way one-year NHL contract. They never have replaced him fully on the back-end as a top four, left-shot defender. but they may well sound him out for a player development role as he lives in Sweden. The Oilers haven’t discussed any possible post-NHL job opportunity for Oscar Klefbom when his long-term injury status runs out of this season. If there’s two automatics here in McDavid and Draisaitl at forward over Kadri, so be it. Just take the best players, never mind where they play. In Colorado, incandescent defenceman Cale Makar was the Avs’ pick, but you could make a strong case this year that winger Mikko Rantanen, carrying the team offensively through a myriad of injuries, was overlooked.īut the problem is picking players from every team, many guys having good but not great seasons. They didn’t opt for Jordan Kyrou who has 19 goals, if you need one player per team. Louis, hockey ops picked winger Vladimir Tarasenko, who has 10 goals and has a broken hand. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

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