10th Overall – Edmonton Oilers: Noah Dobson (D, Acadie-Bathurst Titan, QMJHL)
You’d think the Edmonton Oilers would be done picking in the top ten (Hall, Nugent-Hopkins, Yakupov, Draisaitl, Nurse, McDavid, Puljujarvi) but they aren’t. They will be picking in the top ten for the eighth time in nine years.
It’s incredible that they don’t currently have the best team in the NHL by about six miles, but what can you do? Last year they selected 22nd and got Kailer Yamamoto.
This year we are predicting that they will take Noah Dobson.
Let’s see. Right handed defenseman, good size, great offensively and defensively. What’s not to like?
Well, truthfully there isn’t much. Dobson is very good at what he does and he would be a very good addition to an Oilers team that’s known to struggle defensively. With 69 points in 67 games this year, he also has a comparable playing style to Zach Werenski. That alone should be enough to get Oilers fans excited.
Then, they’ll remember that their team didn’t fire Peter Chiarelli yet and go back to being very, very sad.