The Edmonton Oilers 2010 NHL Draft Picks

THE PICKS

The Oilers select (F) Taylor Hall with the 1st overall pick.

The Oilers select (C) Tyler Pitlick with the 31st overall pick.

The Oilers (from Carolina for Riley Nash) selects (D)Martin Marincin with the 46th overall pick.

The Oilers select (LW) Curtis Hamilton with the 48th overall pick.

The Oilers select  (C) Ryan Martindale with the 61st overall pick.

The Oilers select (D) Jeremie Blain with the 91st overall pick.

The Oilers select (G) Tyler Bunz with the 121st overall pick.

The Oilers select (D) Brandon Davidson with the 162nd overall pick.

The Oilers select (LW) Drew Czerwonka with the 166th overall pick.

The Oilers select (F) Kristians Pels with the 181st overall pick.

The Oilers select (F) Kellen Jones with the 202nd overall pick.

TRADES

- The Oilers shipped Riley Nash to the Carolina Hurricanes for the (2nd round) 46th pick overall.

- Oilers trade 6th round pick in 2011 to Toronto for the 202nd overall pick in this year's draft.

Bob Stauffer talks with OKC Barons Owner, Bob Funk jr.

Day Two 2010 NHL Entry Draft LIVE TweetCast

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Since I can't find any coverage on the TV, I have set up a LIVE TweetCast so we can all follow along.  I have the feeling that the Oilers will make a splash today so at least this way, we get to see what happens.

UPDATE: FOUND LIVE FOOTAGE


Thanks for stopping by.

This LIVE TweetCast brought to you by OilFieldHockey.com and Oilers Jambalaya.

Taylor Hall / The Edmonton Oilers 1st Overall Draft Pick

Welcome to the Edmonton Oilers Taylor Hall. It's going to be a fun ride watching you grow.

Will the #4 ride again?

-Written by Smokin' Ray-

2010 NHL Entry Draft LIVE *TweetCast*

Welcome to the LIVE *TweetCast* brought to you by Oilers Jambalaya and OilFieldHockey.com.

Kick back your feet and watch the tweets of OilFieldHockey, OilersJambalaya, AHLBarons, NHL, NHL_Oilers, DanTencer, Oilers_Travels, DarrenDreger, JasonGregor & OKCBaronsHockey.

This should be a good time so don't miss out. We will find out if it's Taylor or Tyler. Finally.

If you are on Twitter, give us a shout. If not, join and then you can give us a shout.

Thanks for joining us here today! HISTORY IN THE MAKING

WOW! What A Day For The Fans Of The Oilers

Today -- which started out as boring and lame -- turned out to be really exciting for all the fans of Edmonton Oilers.

First it started out with a Bruins/Panthers trade which to me, means that the Oilers will be taking Taylor Hall. With acquiring Nathan Horton and parting ways with the #15 pick, any hope of getting that pick is out the window (that's what I was hoping for). Back to Hall. It's also quite clear now that the Bruins have picked up a good solid winger in Horton, they seem to be preparing for drafting a center. And that's not Taylor Hall. Maybe I am wrong here, but I get the feeling the Oilers will take Hall.

Then I'm told that Steve Tambellini is going to have a press conference at noon. I figured I'd look around to see what it's about and I came across an article by the Edmonton Journal that was saying basically that Tambo was just going to talk about heading to the draft today and what the Oilers have planned for the future. So like a moron I'm telling people it's no big deal. No huge news today.

BAM! Pat Quinn has stepped down as head coach of the Oilers and Tom Renney is now the coach of the Oilers. So much for no news.



My mind has been blown.

I really didn't mind Pat Quinn as coach and I figured he'd be back next season. Quinn just had some really bad things happen to this team this year and I didn't really blame him for the failure. I did however blame him for a few other things he did but I won't get into it again. Thanks for your great quotes Pat. I'm going to miss you.



Listening to Pat Quinn ( http://oilers.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=98&iid=23047 ) talk about the situation he made it clear that he was not happy about not returning as coach next season. He went on to say that he was looking forward to coaching two 19 year olds that he has coached before. Who's that you ask? Well one guy is Jordan Eberle. The other? My money is on Taylor Hall. There is no other kid in the Oilers system that Quinn has coached before other than those two. So if it's NOT Hall, who is it?

The next big shocker for me was opening the mail today. Our friend Scott from OilFieldHockey.com sent me a puck from the OKC Barons name reveal. How cool is that?

Thanks Scott for this, it's going to be great to add to the collection. Is this the first Barons merchandise in Alberta? Maybe... but I doubt it.

Here is a audio link for the new Oil Change documentary preview if you still need something more to do.

http://oilers.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=98&iid=23038

What a day...

-Written by Smokin' Ray-