Vegas Golden Knights Mock Expansion Draft Roundtable
Edmonton Oilers
| Available | Age | 17/18 | Automatically Exempt |
| F Jordan Eberle | 26 | $6.0M | F Connor McDavid |
| F Milan Lucic (NMC) | 28 | $6.0M | F Jesse Puljujarvi |
| F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 23 | $6.0M | F Anton Slepyshev |
| F Benoit Pouliot | 30 | $4.0M | F Drake Caggiula |
| F Matt Hendricks | 35 | UFA | F Patrick Russell |
| F Mark Letestu | 31 | $1.8M | F Jere Sallinen |
| F Patrick Maroon | 28 | $1.5M | F Kyle Platzer |
| F Zack Kassian | 25 | RFA | F Greg Chase |
| F Anton Lander | 25 | UFA | F Zach Pochiro |
| F Leon Draisaitl | 20 | RFA | F Braden Christoffer |
| F Iiro Pakarinen | 25 | RFA | |
| F Tyler Pitlick | 24 | RFA | D Matthew Benning |
| F Taylor Beck | 25 | RFA | D Darnell Nurse |
| F Jujhar Khaira | 22 | RFA | D Ethan Bear |
| F Mitchell Moroz | 22 | RFA | D Caleb Jones |
| F Bogdan Yakimov | 22 | RFA | D Joey Laleggia |
| D Ben Betker | |||
| D Andrej Sekera (NMC) | 30 | $5.5M | |
| D Oscar Klefbom | 23 | $4.167M | G Nick Ellis |
| D Adam Larsson | 23 | $4.167M | G Eetu Laurikainen |
| D Mark Fayne | 29 | $3.625M | |
| D Kris Russell | 29 | UFA | |
| D Brandon Davidson | 25 | $1.425M | |
| D Eric Gryba | 28 | UFA | |
| D Andrew Ference (LTIR) | 37 | UFA | |
| D Mark Fraser | 30 | UFA | |
| D Griffin Reinhart | 22 | RFA | |
| D Dillon Simpson | 23 | RFA | |
| D David Musil | 23 | RFA | |
| D Jordan Oesterle | 24 | RFA | |
| G Cam Talbot (NMC) | 29 | $4.167M | |
| G Jonas Gustavsson | 32 | UFA | |
| G Laurent Brossoit | 23 | $750K |
| Ryan | Matt | Suraj |
| 7F – 3D – 1G | 4F – 4D – 1G | 7F – 3D – 1G |
| F Jordan Eberle | F Milan Lucic (NMC) | F Jordan Eberle |
| F Milan Lucic (NMC) | F Leon Draisaitl | F Milan Lucic (NMC) |
| F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | F Ryan Nugent-Hopkins |
| F Leon Draisaitl | F Jordan Eberle | F Leon Draisaitl |
| F Benoit Pouliot | D Andrej Sekera (NMC) | F Benoit Pouliot |
| F Patrick Maroon | D Kris Russell | F Patrick Maroon |
| F Zack Kassian | D Oscar Klefbom | F Zack Kassian |
| D Andrej Sekera (NMC) | D Adam Larsson | D Andrej Sekera (NMC) |
| D Oscar Klefbom | G Cam Talbot (NMC) | D Oscar Klefbom |
| D Adam Larsson | D Adam Larsson | |
| G Cam Talbot (NMC) | G Cam Talbot (NMC) |
Kris Russell is a very important defenseman for Edmonton, they have spent years trying to strengthen up the back end. And they finally did it by adding him, Andrej Sekera and Adam Larsson. In my opinion, the one-year deal he received was more like a test deal, and after a good season, expect Edmonton to hand him a much bigger deal at the end of the year. He’s been really solid on the back end helping Edmonton with a lot of issues they had last year, so getting rid of him would be a bad judgment call on their end. – Matt Duscharme
GM Peter Chiarelli has set himself up beautifully for the expansion draft. The Oilers are one of the few teams where a 7-3-1 scheme will protect just the right players, leaving few guys available that would be a devastating loss. The only real potential to have quality talent plucked is between the pipes with top prospect Laurent Brossoit – although the more Talbot performs, the easier that loss would be to deal with.
nine of 11 spots are spoken for even though only three actual NMC’s exist. Eberle, Lucic, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, and Pouliot are virtual locks up front. Sekera, Klefbom, and Larsson are the only defensemen that need protection, leaving just two forward spots up for grabs. If Edmonton wants to keep the current group together that is having so much success, it makes sense to protect both Zack Kassian and Patrick Maroon. – Ryan Ritchie