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Posted on July 22, 2013 at 07:15 PM.

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Draft Recap

2012 NHL Entry Draft Edmonton Oilers
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
19	ERC Ingolstadt - DEL	Byfuglien, Kirk	G	6'0"	184
49	Regina Pats - WHL	Weal, Jordan	C	5'9"	165
79	K�rp�t - SM Liiga	Donskoi, Joonas	RW	6'0"	165
109	Oshawa Generals - OHL	McDowell, Jimmy	D	6'0"	175
114	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds - OHL	Cousins, Nick	C	5'8"	155
139	Niagara IceDogs - OHL	Fritsch, Andrew	RW	6'0"	180
169	USNTDP U20 - USA	May, Francis	LW	6'0"	185
199	AIK J20 - SuperElit	Nordstr�m, Joakim	C	6'1"	174

Trades

6.23.12

Edmonton acquires LW-Lauri Korpikoski & LW-Brett Maclean from PHX in exchange for LW-Dustin Penner & C-Nick Spaling

Edmonton acquires LW-Eric Nystrom & 4th-2012-PHX from PHX in exchange for RW-Ales Hemsky (UFA)

Contract Negotiations

Tyler Ennis - 2 years @ $7.000m (3.500m AAV)

Logan Couture - 2 years @ $6.000m (3.000m AAV)

Devan Dubnyk - 4 years @ $7.100m (1.775m AAV)

Ladislav Smid - 2 years @ $2.100m (1.050m AAV)

Stephen Silas - 3 years @ $2.700m (0.900m AAV) ELC

Reid McNeill - 3 years @ $2.550m (0.850m AAV) ELC

Mikhail Kuleshov - 3 years @ $2.400m (0.800m AAV) ELC

Theo Peckham - 1 year @ $0.745m

Johan Motin - 2 years @ $1.080m (0.540m AAV)

Brandon Foote - 3 years @ $2.250m (0.750m AAV) ELC

Mavric Parks - 3 years @ $2.055m (0.685m AAV) ELC

Brandon Foote - 3 years @ $1.950m (0.650m AAV) ELC

Denotes 2-Way Contract

Released

C - Dominic Moore
G - Jeff Deslauriers
D - Anton Babchuk
D - Mike Weber
G - Viktor Fasth
D - Alex Plante
C - Milan Kytnar

Free Agent Signings

D - Fedor Tyutin - 2 years @ $7.400m (3.700m AAV)

LW - Ryan Smyth - 1 year @ $1.600m

Projected Lines

Edmonton Oilers Depth Chart - 2012-13
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	Hall	Ennis	Smyth	Torres
C	Nugent-Hopkins	Eberle	Horcoff	Nystrom
RW	Semin	Couture	Maclean	Jones
D #1	Gorges	Pietrangelo	Smid
D #2	Tyutin	Sbisa	Hamhuis
G	Dubnyk	Khabibulin

This years top six appears deadly on paper, with a very strong bottom six as well. The top two lines are very interchangeable, with Eberle, Ennis, Nugent-Hopkins, and Couture all being able to play center, there are very many different ways they can be plugged into the lineup on any night. Ennis and Eberle had great chemistry to end last season, but Taylor Hall will be given every chance at being this teams number one left wing.

Alex Semin has been moved to the right side to start this season, as this teams left wing depth is remarkable. It helps that Semin is a right handed shot, and he has also stated that he is comfortable on either side. He really stepped up his off season workout regimen this year, and appears hungrier than ever to get off to a solid start this season. He has a much deserved chip on his shoulder after last years lackluster performance. He remains one of the highest paid players on the team, and will be relied upon heavily this season, especially after the departures of both Ales Hemsky and Dustin Penner.

Defense this year looks markedly better than last seasons core. The addition of Fedor Tyutin will give another solid #2 defenseman to the team. Although Edmonton has a strong D core, they still lack a true #1 defenseman, they have a lot of #2-4 type players, which will hopefully help to lighten the load on the younger Pietrangelo and Sbisa. It appears as though the entire defensive core is more than capable of playing 20+ minutes a night, it will be interesting to see how the coach balances everything out, and who, if anyone, emerges as a leader.