Comedy gold out of Edmonton

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had this one bookmarked until it was no longer able to be a jinx

So starting from 1988, I extracted from wiki the Oilers first round picks from then until 2023. If they don't have a top 4 pick (Eberle and Bouchard are the notable exceptions), it's just a collection of woof. There are some guys who have good careers (Hemsky and Cogliano are two that stick out), but my goodness, just terrible drafting over the past 35 years.

Spoiler

1988

1

19

Francois Leroux

1989

1

15

Jason Soules

1990

1

17

Scott Allison

1991

1

12

Tyler Wright

1992

1

13

Joe Hulbig

1993

1

16

Nick Stajduhar

1994

1

4

Jason Bonsignore

1995

1

6

Steve Kelly

1996

1

6

Boyd Devereaux

1997

1

14

Michel Riesen

1998

1

13

Michael Henrich

1999

1

13

Jani Rita

2000

1

17

Alexei Mikhnov

2001

1

13

Ales Hemsky

2002

1

15

Jesse Niinimäki

2003

1

22

Marc-Antoine Pouliot

2004

1

14

Devan Dubnyk

2005

1

25

Andrew Cogliano

2007

1

6

Sam Gagner

2008

1

22

Jordan Eberle

2009

1

10

Magnus Paajarvi

2010

1

1

Taylor Hall

2011

1

1

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

2012

1

1

Nail Yakupov

2013

1

7

Darnell Nurse

2014

1

3

Leon Draisaitl

2015

1

1

Connor McDavid

2016

1

4

Jesse Puljujarvi

2017

1

22

Kailer Yamamoto

2018

1

10

Evan Bouchard

2019

1

8

Philip Broberg

2020

1

14

Dylan Holloway

2021

1

22

Xavier Bourgault

2022

1

32

Reid Schaefer

List of Edmonton Oilers draft picks - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[forty_three]

had this one bookmarked until it was no longer able to be a jinx

Corey Perry was 2 years old.

 

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Corey Perry was 2 years old.

Hasn't changed his demeanor much from the terrible 2's, has he?

 

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Why are the Brtis so much better at coming up with creative songs/chants?

 

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The Avs have five shots on goal tonight and have put three past Skinner

 

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Make that 4 goals on 6 shots lol

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

The Avs have five shots on goal tonight and have put three past Skinner

Why on earth is Skinner playing lol

 

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Why on earth is Skinner playing lol

I was wondering the very same thing - Everybody else gets a rest tonight except poor Stuart.

 

[Slimpikins]

had this one bookmarked until it was no longer able to be a jinx

The Sacramento Kings, the epitome of mediocrity, have won three division titles since the last time Edmonton won one

LOL!!!

 

[puckhead]

Amazing

 

[mattola]

Amazing

pathetic...

 

[mattola]

Please be true

 

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Please be true

Well, Seravelli is saying it could happen. I think the breakdown would be as follows:

McDavid - 16 mill
Draisaitl - 14 mill
Bouchard - 10 mill

With Nurse at 9.25 mill already, that's almost 50 mill for four players. Not much left over for the rest of the team.

 

[mattola]

It must be so sad for Edmonton Oilers fans to wake up this morning after last night............... And realize that they still live in Edmonton

 

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It must be so sad for Edmonton Oilers fans to wake up this morning after last night............... And realize that they still live in Edmonton

I woke up this morning to a beautiful sun beaming, birds chirping, and a calm, serene setting. Almost as if a great imbalance in the universe had been corrected.

 

[forty_three]

The universe to Edmonton:

 

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Oilers Top Five Picks of the 2010s:

• 2010 - Taylor Hall (1st)
• 2011 - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1st)
• 2012 - Nail Yakupov (1st)
• 2014 - Leon Draisaitl (3rd)
• 2015 - Connor McDavid (1st)
• 2016 - Jesse Puljujarvi (4th)

One Pick Later:

• 2010 - Tyler Seguin : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2011 - Gabriel Landeskog : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2012 - Ryan Murray : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2014 - Sam Bennett : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2015 - Jack Eichel : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2016 - Olli Juolevi : LOL Benning ... (2 picks later) Matthew Tkachuk : Stanley Cup Champion

 

[BGDave]

Yeah, tanking for years is a good strategy.

 

[mattola]

Oilers Top Five Picks of the 2010s:

• 2010 - Taylor Hall (1st)
• 2011 - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (1st)
• 2012 - Nail Yakupov (1st)
• 2014 - Leon Draisaitl (3rd)
• 2015 - Connor McDavid (1st)
• 2016 - Jesse Puljujarvi (4th)

One Pick Later:

• 2010 - Tyler Seguin : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2011 - Gabriel Landeskog : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2012 - Ryan Murray : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2014 - Sam Bennett : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2015 - Jack Eichel : Stanley Cup Champion
• 2016 - Olli Juolevi : LOL Benning ... (2 picks later) Matthew Tkachuk : Stanley Cup Champion

#thankyoujim

 

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#thankyoujim

Hey, if Jim drafted Tkachuk instead of Juolevi, it's likely the Canucks don't have Quinn Hughes. So in a roundabout sort of way, Jim did a fine job