Number That May Only Interest Me - 9

by Derek Zona on Mar 11, 2011 10:00 AM MST

I expect the Oilers to be very active at the draft and try and get into the top 10 selection...I think that we should now start to look at players ranked somewhere between 8th and 15th as that is going to be our second pick in the draft after the trade is completed.

The comments section included a discussion on the topic of using the picks to draft two players from the same position. So why is 9 interesting? From 1999-2010, a team has had multiple first round picks 50 times. Nine teams saw fit to take players from the same position.

1999 New York Islanders: had four first round picks and selected Branislav Mezei and Kristian Kudroc, both defensemen
2002 Washington Capitals had three first round picks and selected Alex Semin and Boyd Gordon, both right wings
2003 Philadelphia Flyers selected Jeff Carter and Mike Richards, both centers
2004 Washington Capitals had three first round pucks and selected Jeff Schultz and Mike Green, both defensemen
2005 Washington Capitals selected Sasha Pokulok and Joe Finley, both defenseman
2007 Edmonton Oilers had three first round picks and selected Sam Gagner and Riley Nash, both centers
2008 Los Angeles Kings selected Drew Doughty and Colten Teubert, both defensemen
2008 Phoenix Coyotes selected Mikkel Boedker and Viktor Tikhonov, both left wings
2009 Anaheim Ducks selected Peter Holland and Kyle Palmieri, both centers

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Are you insinuating the Oilers should draft two on defence?

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by chappy35 on Mar 11, 2011 10:14 AM MST reply actions

If the second D is Doug Hamilton then why not. But the chances of that happening are slim!

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by SumOil on Mar 11, 2011 10:45 AM MST up reply actions

I don’t care that much if we draft two but we sure should use our first to get one.

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by ryanbatty on Mar 11, 2011 10:47 AM MST up reply actions

I insinuate nothing. I just found it interesting.

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