entry draft ’11

I had a heckuva time figuring out the top player at the 2011 draft. Math helped but there was a pile…

In 2011, along with the usual slow boats and relatives, the Edmonton Oilers pursued genuine skill. Almost a decade later, three…

NHL executives rarely go public on disagreements, even years later. Fortunately, we are gifted with brain power, so when Todd McLellan…

Dillon Simpson was drafted in 2011 and made his NHL debut in 2016-17. ‘Draft and college’ can be an effective way…

While the successes of the second round (Martin Marincin, Tyler Pitlick, Anton Lander) play in the NHL as support players, 2013…

If the Oilers had drafted even close to average in the second round over the last decade, some of the management…

We can argue about the wisdom of individual moves, but there is no case I can see to counter the following…

For the Edmonton Oilers, the sixth round is where luck landed in 2010 and Brandon Davidson is the prize. Make no…

Fifth-round picks have a 14.9% chance of turning into NHL players (expressed as ‘playing 100 games’) and this is the real…

If you are the person who gets angry about your favorite NHL team missing in the fourth round, put down the…