Edmonton Oilers ship Kailer Yamamoto, Klim Kostin to create cap space
Ken Holland gave two players away for free. Bill Guerin could be excused if he was caught yawning.
Teams got back to wheeling and dealing on the second day of the NHL draft after the quietest opening round on the trade front in 16 years – there were exactly zero moves conceived Wednesday night – but only a couple of GMs were able to make up for lost time. “It just gets tighter and tighter and tighter and tighter and tighter,” said Holland, Edmonton’s GM. “Teams that have cap space, they’re on the or they’re rebuilding. They have to decide if they want to spend money or not.”
“That was pretty boring,” Guerin, GM of the Minnesota Wild, said of the lack of trade activity. “Maybe teams just aren’t prepared to move on yet or to just get anything done.Columbus Blue Jackets GM Jarmo Kekalainen said there’s very little wiggle room around the league. The Calgary Flames were the first Canadian team to make a selection Thursday, taking defenceman Etienne Morin of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Moncton Wildcats at No. 48 as the draft pivoted to rounds two through seven on the heels of Wednesday’s 32 picks.
The Senators didn’t have a pick until the fourth round when they took defenceman Hoyt Stanley . Ottawa then secured defenceman Matthew Andonovski , centre Owen Beckner , goaltender Vladimir Nikitin and winger Nicholas Vantassell .The Vancouver Canucks chose defenceman Hunter Brzustewicz , defenceman Sawyer Mynio , centre Ty Mueller , winger Vilmer Alriksson , centre Matthew Perkins and defenceman Aiden Celebrini .
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