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Oilers only do that if they're going all in. They've already traded their 3rd or 4th that year (Kulikov- depends if Oilers win a round this year). To potentially not pick until the 4th round you have to be sure you have a real shot and I don't think they're there. I don't think the value is off, just not the right time.
More likely... Oilers buy out Neal and push the cap problem further down the road (hopefully in 3 years the cap is no longer flat), ride out 1 last year of Koskinen, and bury Turris for $600k.