The Weekend It Was (Oilers Rumors)

Darren Dreger confirmed my info today by saying it was indeed the Canucks that was asking for the 1st rounder, 2nd rounder and a top prospect from Edmonton in exchange for goaltender Corey Schneider rather than it being an Oiler offer. Good to know one of my private sources was correct by saying the Oilers wouldn't pay that steep price and it wasn't MacTavish's idea.

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The Sabres finally traded Andrej Sekera this weekend. The Oilers have had interest in trading for him in the past. After spending a year or more trying to get him, Sekera is officially off the market.

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Paul Holmgren reportedly said the Flyers and the Oilers were never really close on a deal.

The original deal was Coburn for the two 2nd rounders the Oilers had with Paajarvi added to sweeten the pot after the Flyers said no. Hopefully they can work out a deal to acquire Coburn, but that last deal with Paajarvi would have been an overpayment in my opinion.

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Cal Clutterbuck was also traded this weekend. Oilers tried hard to land him, but the Wild felt the Islanders offer was better. The Oilers had offered Pitlick and a mid pick. Rumor has it, MacTavish swapped out Paajarvi for Pitlick and that still wasn't good enough for the Wild.

Hopefully MacTavish can find some other players with his skill set.

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The Edmonton Oilers selected...

7th overall - Darnell Nurse
56th overall - Marc-Olivier Roy
83rd overall - Bogdan Yakimov
88th overall - Anton Slepyshev
94th overall - Jackson Houck
96th overall - Kyle Platzer
113th overall - Aidan Muir
128th overall - Evan Campbell
158th overall - Ben Betker
188th overall - Gregory Chase

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