Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports the Edmonton Oilers have acquired the 31st overall pick from the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers will receive the Oilers’ first-round pick in 2025 or 2026 based on conditions attached to the pick per Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff.
After losing the Stanley Cup Final only a few days ago, Edmonton was able to trade into the first round after all. The organization selected Sam O’Reilly out of the top-tier London Knights program in the Ontario Hockey League. O’Reilly carries keen awareness all over the ice and is a defensive-minded center through and through.
In 68 games for London this season, O’Reilly scored 20 goals and 56 points while collecting a rating of +32. After the regular season, O’Reilly tallied another five goals and 12 points in 16 postseason contests as the Knights made it to the Memorial Cup Finals after going 16-2 in the OHL playoffs. Long-term, due to his style of play, O’Reilly projects to be a solid bottom-six option in Edmonton.
It was likely an easy gamble for the Flyers, as Philadelphia must hope the Oilers don’t win the Stanley Cup Final over the next two seasons to reap positive value out of this deal. Even before the start of the 2024-25 NHL season, the Flyers potentially already have three picks in the first round of the 2025 NHL Draft if certain conditions are met.
Huge pick for EDM a true RW. I like this no name GM
Flyers having the Edmonton 1st the year McDavid bolts for Toronto is brilliant. A move like that doesn’t happen in the post-CapFriendly era.
Wrong year. Thatd be 2027
Nope my bad. It is 2026
My (not serious) comment works under the assumption that he demands a trade in his final year.
Instead of 50 percent of their cap going towards 4 forwards theyre going to have 80 percent of it going towards 4 forwards
This trade is gonna age like milk. I am not confident that Edmonton is going to maintain the success of recent years… All it takes is an injury or two for this team to miss the playoffs.
And let’s not forget this team was floundering at the bottom of the league for the first quarter of the season.
This is a level of selling the farm that teams do a few years before they start a rebuild.
Top 12 protected 2025, unprotected 2026