Quoting: cody_tugak
true, but drafting another defenceman would solidify the defense and d core, there's nothing phenomenal on our back end until Bouchard comes up i believe and even then he'll be our best and only puck mover by then, keep in mind that I'm hoping that we move bear for assets and AA to, idk, that just my opinion,
Yeah, I can't agree. The defense corps is already solid. On LD the Oilers have 5 NHL defensemen:
Nurse
Klefbom
Jones
Russell
Lagesson
+Samorukov will arrive in a year
+Broberg will arrive in 2 years
+They also have guys that can / will be able to fill in 3rd pairing / 7th man like Lennstrom and Niemelainen.
On RD they have 4 NHL players:
Bear
Larsson
Green
Benning
+Bouchard will arrive imminently
+Berglund is NHL ready
+Kemp will arrive in 2 years
+Kesselring in 3 (if he does)
Zero reason to draft a defenseman with the 1st round pick this fall. None.