Edmonton Oilers Top 10 Prospects Rankings October 2013

1. Darnell Nurse, D - 2013 1st Round Pick Sault Ste. Marie OHL
2. Martin Marincin, D - 2010 2nd Round Pick Oklahoma City OHL
3. David Musil, D - 2011 2nd Round Pick Oklahoma City OHL
4. Oscar Klefbom, D - 2011 1st Round Pick Oklahoma City OHL
5. Mitchell Moroz, RW - 2012 2nd Round Pick Edmonton WHL
6. Marc-Olivier Roy, F - 2013 2nd Round Pick Blainville-Boisbriand QMJHL
7. Bodgan Yakimov, C - 2013 3rd Round Pick Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL (Russia)
8. Kyle Platzer, RW - 2013 4th Round Pick London OHL
9. Jujhar Kaira, C - 2012 3rd Round Pick Everett WHL
10. Danil Zharkov, LW - 2012 3rd Round Pick Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL

Edmonton Oilers Actual Opening Night Lineup

Lineup

Lines

Ryan Smyth, Ales Hemsky, Taylor Hall
David Perron, Mark Arcobello, Jordan Eberle
Jesse Joenssu, Boyd Gordon, Nail Yakupov
Luke Gazdic, Will Acton, Mike Brown

Defensive Pairings

Ladislav Smid, Jeff Petry
Andrew Ference, Justin Schultz
Nick Schultz, Anton Belov

Starting Goaltender: Devon Dubnyk  Backup: Jason LaBarbera

Scratched: D Denis Grebeshkov, LW Ben Eager

2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle Nurse vs. Ristolainen and 5 other Defensemen

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Edmonton Oilers make the right selection on Defenseman Darnell Nurse? Edmonton basically had the pick of several of the top prospects on defense besides 4th overall selection Seth Jones. Rasmus Ristolainen who they passed on may have been the most polished and ready defenseman on the board while Nurse has athleticism and upside.
This is possibly going to be an exciting class of defensemen to follow although it could take for many to get to the NHL. Seven defenseman were drafted from Edmonton's 7th overall pick through San Jose's 18th overall pick.

More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these three players here for fun to start.
7th Overall Pick Defenseman Darnell Nurse Edmonton Oilers

8th Overall Pick Defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen Buffalo Sabres
11th Overall Pick Defenseman Samuel Morin Philadelphia Flyers
13th Overall Pick Defenseman Josh Morrissey Winnipeg Jets
15th Overall Pick Defenseman Ryan Pulock New York Islanders
16th Overall Pick Defenseman Nikita Zadorov Buffalo Sabres
18th Overall Pick Defenseman Mirco Muller San Jose Sharks

Edmonton Oilers Assign 4 Players Reducing Their Camp Roster Size

Mitchell Moroz was assigned to his junior team Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) and three Oilers were assigned to Oklahoma City in the AHl: Brandon Davidson, Kale Kessy, and Cameron Abney.

2013 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Defenseman Darnell Nurse -
Nurse will likely play for Sault Ste. Marie in the OHL in 2013-2014.

Darnell Nurse

2nd Round Pick Forward Marc-Olivier Roy -
Roy will play for Blainville-Boisbriand in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.

Marc-Olivier Roy      

3rd Round Pick Center Bogdan Yakimov -
Yakimov will play for Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in the KHL in Russia in 2013-2014.

Bogdan Yakimov       

3rd Round Pick Left Wing Anton Slepyshev -
Anton will play for Salavat Yulaev Ufa in the KHL in Russia in 2013-2014.

Anton Slepyshev       

4th Round Pick Right Wing Jackson Houck -
Houck will play for Vancouver in the WHL in 2013-2014.

Jackson Houck        

4th Round Pick Right Wing Kyle Platzer -
Platzer will play for London in the OHL in 2013-2014.    

Kyle Platzer    

4th Round Pick Left Wing Aidan Muir -
Muir will play for Indiana in the USHL in 2013-2014.

Aidan Muir     

5th Round Pick Left Wing Evan Campbell -
Campbell will play for the University of Massachussetts-Lowell in 2013-2014.

Evan Campbell
       

6th Round Pick Defenseman Ben Betker -
Betker will play for Everett in the WHL in 2013-2014.

Ben Betker      

7th Round Pick Center Greg Chase -
- Chase will play for Calgary in the WHL in 2013-2014.

Greg Chase     

2012 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Right Wing Nail Yakupov -
Nail is on the Oilers so he is no longer considered a prospect.

2nd Round Pick Right Wing Mitchell Moroz -
Moroz is expected to play for Edmonton in the WHL in 2013-2014.

Mitchell Moroz

3rd Round Pick Center Jujhar Khaira -
Khaira will play for Everett in the WHL in 2013-2014.

3rd Round Pick Left Wing Daniil Zharkov -
Zharkov will play for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the KHL in 2013-2014.

Daniil Zharkov


4th Round Pick Defenseman Erik Gustafsson -
Erik will play for Frolunda in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) in 2013-2014.

Erik Gustafsson

5th Round Pick Defenseman Joey LaLeggia -
Joey enters his junior season at the University of Denver in 2013-2014.

Joey LaLeggia

6th Round Pick Forward John McCarron -McCarron enters his junior season at Cornell University in 2013-2014.

John McCarron

2011 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -
Ryan is on the Oilers so he is no longer considered a prospect.

1st Round Pick Defenseman Oscar Klefbom -
Klefblom is expected to play for Oklahoma City in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Oscar Klefbom
    

2nd Round Pick Defenseman David Musil -
Musil is expected to play for Oklahoma City in the AHL in 2013-2014.

David Musil

3rd Round Pick Goaltender Samu Perhonen -
Perhonen was not offered a contract by the deadline on June 1, 2013 so he is no longer property of Edmonton.

3rd Round Pick Left Wing Travis Ewanyk -
Ewaynyk is expected to play for Oklahoma City in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Travis Ewanyk

4th Round Pick Defenseman Dillon Simpson -
Simpson will play his senior season at the University of North Dakota in 2013-2014.

Dillon Simpson

4th Round Pick Right Wing Tobias Rieder -
Reider was traded to Phoenix for forward Kale Kessy on March 29, 2013.

5th Round Pick Defenseman Martin Gernat -
Gernat is expected to play for Oklahoma City in the AHL in 2013-2014.

7th Round Pick Goaltender Frans Tuohimaa Tuohimaa will play for HPK in sm-liiga Finland's pro league in 2013-2014. The Oilers signed him to a two year entry level contract in 2013.

Frans Tuohimaa