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Oilers trade up to draft Sam O’Reilly with last pick of 1st round
The Edmonton Oilers moved as much as choose ahead Sam O’Reilly from the OHL’s London Knights thirty second total to shut out Friday’s opening spherical of the 2024 NHL Draft.
The Philadelphia Flyers obtained a conditional 2025 first-rounder from Edmonton in return. If the choice is within the high 12, the decide will slide to 2026.
O’Reilly ranked third in each targets (20) and factors (56) by a rookie this previous season whereas showing in 68 contests.
The 18-year-old went on so as to add 5 tallies and 7 helpers in 16 playoff video games.
O’Reilly is listed at 6-foot-1 and 184 kilos.
NHL Central Scouting positioned O’Reilly twenty fourth amongst all North American skaters, leaping up from the fortieth spot within the midterm rankings.
“He is a two-way heart. He competes arduous and has physicality,” The Athletic’s Corey Pronman wrote in Could. “I’ve seen faster skaters, however he can escape strain and has ok quickness for the NHL stage. O’Reilly has high quality ability and imaginative and prescient and might create probabilities. He has an honest shot however I like him extra when he is making performs. He has the potential to be a bottom-six heart within the league.”
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