2017–18 Edmonton Oilers season

2017–18 Edmonton Oilers
2017–18 Edmonton Oilers
Division	TBD Pacific
Conference	TBD Western
2017–18 record	19–23–3
Home record	9–12–1
Road record	10–11–2
Goals for	123
Goals against	145
Team information
General manager	Peter Chiarelli
Coach	Todd McLellan
Captain	Connor McDavid
Alternate captains	Adam Larsson; Milan Lucic; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Arena	Rogers Place
Average attendance	18,347 (100%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Bakersfield Condors (AHL); Wichita Thunder (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (16)
Assists	Connor McDavid (35)
Points	Connor McDavid (50)
Penalty minutes	Milan Lucic (57)
Plus/minus	Darnell Nurse (+11)
Wins	Cam Talbot (15)
Goals against average	Al Montoya (0.65)
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The 2017–18 Edmonton Oilers season is the 39th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979,^[1] and 46th season including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA).

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Vegas Golden Knights	82	51	24	7	47	272	228	+44	109
2	x – Anaheim Ducks	82	44	25	13	40	235	216	+19	101
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	45	27	10	40	252	229	+23	100
4	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	45	29	8	43	239	203	+36	98
5	Calgary Flames	82	37	35	10	35	218	248	−30	84
6	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	40	6	31	234	263	−29	78
7	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	40	11	31	218	264	−46	73
8	Arizona Coyotes	82	29	41	12	27	208	256	−48	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Template:2017–18 NHL Western Conference standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The Oilers released their pre-season schedule on June 8, 2017.^[2] The Oilers' rookies and prospects participated in the annual Young Stars Classic tournament before the start of pre-season games.^[3]

Pre-season game log

Young Stars Classic: 3–0–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 8	Edmonton	4–2	Calgary		Wells	—	1–0–0	Recap
2^[a]	September 9	Winnipeg	0–3	Edmonton		Skinner	—	2–0–0	Recap
3^[a]	September 11	Edmonton	5–4	Vancouver	OT	Starrett	—	3–0–0	Recap
^[a] Young Stars Classic tournament at South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, British Columbia

2017 pre-season game log: 6–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 18	Calgary	2–5	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	1–0–0	Recap
2^[A]	September 18	Edmonton	5–4	Calgary		Ellis	—	2–0–0	Recap
3	September 20	Edmonton	4–1	Winnipeg		Brossoit	15,294	3–0–0	Recap
4	September 22	Vancouver	3–5	Edmonton		Brossoit	18,347	4–0–0	Recap
5	September 23	Winnipeg	2–6	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	5–0–0	Recap
6	September 25	Carolina	6–2	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	5–1–0	Recap
7^[a]	September 27	Edmonton	4–0	Carolina		Brossoit	—	6–1–0	Recap
8	September 30	Edmonton	2–3	Vancouver		Talbot	16,637	6–2–0	Recap
Notes: ^A Indicates split-squad. ^a Game was played at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.^[4]

2017–18 game log

October: 3–6–1 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 1–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 4	Calgary	0–3	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 7	Edmonton	2–3	Vancouver		Talbot	18,865	1–1–0	2	Recap
3	October 9	Winnipeg	5–2	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	1–2–0	2	Recap
4	October 14	Ottawa	6–1	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	1–3–0	2	Recap
5	October 17	Carolina	5–3	Edmonton		Brossoit	18,347	1–4–0	2	Recap
6	October 19	Edmonton	2–1	Chicago	OT	Talbot	21,444	2–4–0	4	Recap
7	October 21	Edmonton	1–2	Philadelphia		Talbot	19,510	2–5–0	4	Recap
8	October 24	Edmonton	1–2	Pittsburgh	OT	Talbot	18,625	2–5–1	5	Recap
9	October 26	Dallas	4–5	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	3–5–1	7	Recap
10	October 28	Washington	5–2	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	3–6–1	7	Recap

November: 7–8–1 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 4–4–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
11	November 1	Pittsburgh	3–2	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	3–7–1	7	Recap
12	November 3	New Jersey	3–6	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	4–7–1	9	Recap
13	November 5	Detroit	4–0	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	4–8–1	9	Recap
14	November 7	Edmonton	2–1	NY Islanders	OT	Talbot	12,281	5–8–1	11	Recap
15	November 9	Edmonton	3–2	New Jersey	OT	Talbot	16,514	6–8–1	13	Recap
16	November 11	Edmonton	2–4	NY Rangers		Talbot	18,006	6–9–1	13	Recap
17	November 12	Edmonton	1–2	Washington	SO	Brossoit	18,506	6–9–2	14	Recap
18	November 14	Vegas	2–8	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	7–9–2	16	Recap
19	November 16	St. Louis	4–1	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	7–10–2	16	Recap
20	November 18	Edmonton	3–6	Dallas		Talbot	18,312	7–11–2	16	Recap
21	November 21	Edmonton	3–8	St. Louis		Brossoit	18,819	7–12–2	16	Recap
22	November 22	Edmonton	6–2	Detroit		Talbot	19,515	8–12–2	18	Recap
23	November 24	Edmonton	1–3	Buffalo		Brossoit	19,070	8–13–2	18	Recap
24	November 26	Edmonton	4–2	Boston		Talbot	17,565	9–13–2	20	Recap
25	November 28	Arizona	2–3	Edmonton	OT	Talbot	18,347	10–13–2	22	Recap
26	November 30	Toronto	6–4	Edmonton		Brossoit	18,347	10–14–2	22	Recap

December: 7–5–1 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 4–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 2	Edmonton	7–5	Calgary		Brossoit	19,289	11–14–2	24	Recap
28	December 6	Philadelphia	4–2	Edmonton		Brossoit	18,347	11–15–2	24	Recap
29	December 9	Edmonton	6–2	Montreal		Brossoit	21,302	12–15–2	26	Recap
30	December 10	Edmonton	0–1	Toronto		Brossoit	19,486	12–16–2	26	Recap
31	December 12	Edmonton	7–2	Columbus		Brossoit	14,767	13–16–2	28	Recap
32	December 14	Nashville	4–0	Edmonton		Brossoit	18,347	13–17–2	28	Recap
33	December 16	Edmonton	3–2	Minnesota		Talbot	19,034	14–17–2	30	Recap
34	December 18	San Jose	3–5	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	15–17–2	32	Recap
35	December 21	St. Louis	2–3	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	16–17–2	34	Recap
36	December 23	Montreal	1–4	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	17–17–2	36	Recap
37	December 27	Edmonton	3–4	Winnipeg		Talbot	15,321	17–18–2	36	Recap
38	December 29	Chicago	4–3	Edmonton	OT	Talbot	18,347	17–18–3	37	Recap
39	December 31	Winnipeg	5–0	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	17–19–3	37	Recap

January: 2–4–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 2	Los Angeles	5–0	Edmonton		Talbot	18,347	17–20–3	37	Recap
41	January 4	Anaheim	1–2	Edmonton	SO	Talbot	18,347	18–20–3	39	Recap
42	January 6	Edmonton	1–5	Dallas		Talbot	18,532	18–21–3	39	Recap
43	January 7	Edmonton	1–4	Chicago		Talbot	21,901	18–22–3	39	Recap
44	January 9	Edmonton	1–2	Nashville		Talbot	17,188	18–23–3	39	Recap
45	January 12	Edmonton	4–2	Arizona		Montoya	14,077	19–23–3	41	Recap
46	January 13	Edmonton	–	Vegas
47	January 20	Vancouver	–	Edmonton
48	January 23	Buffalo	–	Edmonton
49	January 25	Calgary	–	Edmonton

February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 1	Colorado	–	Edmonton
51	February 5	Tampa Bay	–	Edmonton
52	February 7	Edmonton	–	Los Angeles
53	February 9	Edmonton	–	Anaheim
54	February 10	Edmonton	–	San Jose
55	February 12	Florida	–	Edmonton
56	February 15	Edmonton	–	Vegas
57	February 17	Edmonton	–	Arizona
58	February 18	Edmonton	–	Colorado
59	February 20	Boston	–	Edmonton
60	February 22	Colorado	–	Edmonton
61	February 24	Edmonton	–	Los Angeles
62	February 25	Edmonton	–	Anaheim
63	February 27	Edmonton	–	San Jose

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
64	March 1	Nashville	–	Edmonton
65	March 3	NY Rangers	–	Edmonton
66	March 5	Arizona	–	Edmonton
67	March 8	NY Islanders	–	Edmonton
68	March 10	Minnesota	–	Edmonton
69	March 13	Edmonton	–	Calgary
70	March 14	San Jose	–	Edmonton
71	March 17	Edmonton	–	Florida
72	March 18	Edmonton	–	Tampa Bay
73	March 20	Edmonton	–	Carolina
74	March 22	Edmonton	–	Ottawa
75	March 24	Los Angeles	–	Edmonton
76	March 26	Anaheim	–	Edmonton
77	March 27	Columbus	–	Edmonton
78	March 29	Edmonton	–	Vancouver
79	March 31	Edmonton	–	Calgary

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
80	April 2	Edmonton	–	Minnesota
81	April 5	Vegas	–	Edmonton
82	April 7	Vancouver	–	Edmonton

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Updated December, 13th 2017

Skaters

Regular Season^[5]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Connor McDavid	31	12	27	39	6	8
Brad Malone	7	0	0	0	0	6
Leon Draisaitl	27	8	14	22	3	10
Milan Lucic	31	7	15	22	5	49
Patrick Maroon	31	8	9	17	-5	34
Matt Benning	28	4	4	8	2	29
Drake Caggiula	21	4	3	7	-8	2
Eric Gryba	21	0	2	2	4	31
Jussi Jokinen	14	0	1	1	-3	2
Zack Kassian	31	3	7	10	4	38
Jujhar Khaira	18	5	4	9	2	9
Oscar Klefbom	30	3	5	8	-12	10
Adam Larsson	25	3	1	4	-2	14
Mark Letestu	31	7	8	15	-8	8
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	31	12	10	22	-4	16
Darnell Nurse	31	2	10	12	8	32
Kris Russell	31	2	11	13	2	4
Ryan Strome	31	4	9	13	1	13
Kailer Yamamoto	9	0	3	3	-2	2
Iiro Pakarinen	18	0	1	1	-1	4
Yohann Auvitu	17	2	3	5	7	8
Anton Slepyshev	14	1	2	3	0	0
Michael Cammalleri	12	1	5	6	-4	2
Jesse Puljujarvi	14	5	2	7	8	0
Nathan Walker	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Brandon Davidson	3	0	0	0	3	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[6]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Cam Talbot	30	30	1727:12	14	13	2	87	3.02	893	806	.902	1	0	0	0
Laurent Brossoit	13	10	707:38	3	7	1	38	3.45	334	296	.886	0	0	0	0

Roster

Updated July 15, 2024^[7]^[8]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
82	Beau Akey	D	R	19	2023	Waterloo, Ontario
–	Viktor Arvidsson	RW	R	31	2024	Skelleftea, Sweden
47	Carl Berglund	C	L	24	2023	Hammaro, Sweden
2	Evan Bouchard	D	R	24	2018	Oakville, Ontario
86	Philip Broberg (RFA)	D	L	23	2019	Orebro, Sweden
28	Connor Brown	RW	R	30	2023	Etobicoke, Ontario
–	Josh Brown	D	R	30	2024	London, Ontario
8	Drake Caggiula	C	L	30	2023	Pickering, Ontario
–	Connor Carrick	D	R	30	2024	Orland Park, Illinois
5	Cody Ceci	D	R	30	2021	Ottawa, Ontario
–	Collin Delia	G	L	30	2024	Rancho Cucamonga, California
85	Cam Dineen	D	L	26	2023	Toms River, New Jersey
29	Leon Draisaitl (A)	C	L	28	2014	Cologne, Germany
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	L	34	2023	Borlange, Sweden
6	Ben Gleason	D	L	26	2023	Ortonville, Michigan
42	Jayden Grubbe	C	R	21	2023	Calgary, Alberta
57	James Hamblin	LW	L	25	2022	Edmonton, Alberta
19	Adam Henrique	C	L	34	2024	Brantford, Ontario
81	Noel Hoefenmayer	D	L	25	2023	North York, Ontario
55	Dylan Holloway (RFA)	LW	L	22	2020	Calgary, Alberta
18	Zach Hyman	LW	R	32	2021	Toronto, Ontario
13	Mattias Janmark	LW	L	31	2022	Danderyd, Sweden
–	Roby Jarventie	LW	L	21	2024	Tampere, Finland
91	Evander Kane	LW	L	32	2022	Vancouver, British Columbia
76	Philip Kemp	D	R	25	2017	Greenwich, Connecticut
27	Brett Kulak	D	L	30	2022	Stony Plain, Alberta
62	Raphael Lavoie	C	R	23	2019	Chambly, Quebec
97	Connor McDavid (C)	C	L	27	2015	Richmond Hill, Ontario
93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (A)	C	L	31	2011	Burnaby, British Columbia
25	Darnell Nurse (A)	D	L	29	2013	Hamilton, Ontario
26	Lane Pederson	C	R	26	2023	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
90	Corey Perry	RW	R	39	2024	Peterborough, Ontario
43	Matvey Petrov	RW	R	21	2021	Gus-Khrustalny, Russia
–	Noah Philp	C	R	25	2024	Canmore, Alberta
30	Calvin Pickard	G	L	32	2022	Moncton, New Brunswick
35	Olivier Rodrigue	G	L	24	2018	Chicoutimi, Quebec
10	Derek Ryan	C	R	37	2021	Spokane, Washington
–	Matthew Savoie	C	R	20	2024	St. Albert, Alberta
–	Jeff Skinner	LW	L	32	2024	Markham, Ontario
74	Stuart Skinner	G	L	25	2017	Edmonton, Alberta
51	Troy Stecher	D	R	30	2024	Richmond, British Columbia
–	James Stefan	RW	R	20	2024	Laguna Beach, California
41	Brady Stonehouse	RW	R	19	2023	Blenheim, Ontario
–	Connor Ungar	G	L	22	2024	Calgary, Alberta
88	Maximus Wanner	D	R	21	2021	Estevan, Saskatchewan

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Connor McDavid	2nd NHL hat-trick 1st NHL natural hat-trick	October 4, 2017
Kailer Yamamoto	1st NHL game	October 4, 2017
Kailer Yamamoto	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	October 14, 2017
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	400th NHL game	October 17, 2017
Iiro Pakarinen	100th NHL game	October 21, 2017
Darnell Nurse	100th NHL PIM	October 24, 2017
Jussi Jokinen	900th NHL game	October 28, 2017
Oscar Klefbom	200th NHL game	November 1, 2017
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	100th NHL goal	November 1, 2017
Cam Talbot	100th NHL win	November 3, 2017
Leon Draisaitl	200th NHL game	November 5, 2017
Zack Kassian	100th NHL point	November 9, 2017
Cam Talbot	200th NHL game	November 9, 2017
Patrick Maroon	400th NHL PIM	November 18, 2017
Mark Letestu	500th NHL game	November 22, 2017
Kris Russell	200th NHL point	November 30, 2017
Leon Draisaitl	100th NHL assist	December 9, 2017
Mark Letestu	200th NHL point	December 9, 2017
Laurent Brossoit	1st NHL assist	December 12, 2017
Matt Benning	100th NHL game	January 6, 2017
Ryan Strome	300th NHL game	January 6, 2017

Transactions

The Oilers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)	To New York Islanders Jordan Eberle	To Edmonton Oilers Ryan Strome	^[9]
June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24)	To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2017 – Cameron Crotty 5th-round pick in 2017 – Michael Karow	To Edmonton Oilers 3rd-round-pick in 2017 – Stuart Skinner	^[10]
November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14)	To Los Angeles Kings Jussi Jokinen	To Edmonton Oilers Michael Cammalleri	^[11]
December 19, 2017 (2017-12-19)	To Florida Panthers Gregory Chase	To Edmonton Oilers Future considerations	^[12]
January 4, 2018 (2018-01-04)	To Montreal Canadiens Conditional 4th-round draft pick in 2018	To Edmonton Oilers Al Montoya	^[13]

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Mitch Callahan	Detroit Red Wings	2-year, $1.4 million	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Grayson Downing	Arizona Coyotes	1-year, $650,000	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Brian Ferlin	Boston Bruins	1-year, $700,000	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Keegan Lowe	Montreal Canadiens	1-year, $650,000	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Edward Pasquale	Detroit Red Wings	1-year, $700,000	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Ty Rattie	St. Louis Blues	1-year, $700,000	^[14]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Ryan Stanton	Columbus Blue Jackets	2-year, $1.4 million	^[14]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03)	Brad Malone	St. Louis Blues	2-year, $1.3 million	^[15]
July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)	Jussi Jokinen	Florida Panthers	1-year, $1.1 million	^[16]
July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10)	Yohann Auvitu	New Jersey Devils	1-year, $700,000	^[17]
December 28, 2017 (2017-12-28)	Cameron Hebig	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[18]

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 12, 2017 (2017-06-12)	Eetu Laurikainen	JYP (Liiga)	2-year	^[19]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Jordan Oesterle	Chicago Blackhawks	2-year, $1.3 million	^[20]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Tyler Pitlick	Dallas Stars	3-year, $3 million	^[21]
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01)	Benoit Pouliot	Buffalo Sabres	1-year, $1.15 million	^[21]
July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)	David Desharnais	New York Rangers	1-year, $1 million	^[22]
July 31, 2017 (2017-07-31)	David Musil	Oceláři Třinec (ELH)	1-year	^[23]
July 31, 2017 (2017-07-31)	Justin Fontaine	Dinamo Minsk (KHL)	1-year	^[24]
August 27, 2017 (2017-08-27)	Matt Hendricks	Winnipeg Jets	1-year, $700,000	^[25]
August 31, 2017 (2017-08-31)	Zach Pochiro	Allen Americans (ECHL)	1-year, $700,000	^[26]
September 7, 2017 (2017-09-07)	Henrik Samuelsson	Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)	1-year	^[27]

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
Nathan Walker	Washington Capitals	December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)	^[28]
Brandon Davidson	Montreal Canadiens	December 3, 2017 (2017-12-03)	^[29]

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date	Ref
Nathan Walker	Washington Capitals	December 20, 2017 (2017-12-20)	^[30]

Players released

Date	Player	Via	Ref
November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)	Ziyat Paigin	Contract termination	^[31]

Lost via retirement

Date	Player	Ref
July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13)	Andrew Ference	^[32]

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16)	Jujhar Khaira	2-year, $1.35 million contract extension	^[33]
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	Kris Russell	4-year, $16 million contract extension	^[34]
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26)	Zack Kassian	3-year, $5.85 million contract extension	^[35]
June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27)	Eric Gryba	2-year, $1.8 million contract extension	^[36]
July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)	Connor McDavid	8-year, $100 million contract extension	^[37]
July 12, 2017 (2017-07-12)	Joey LaLeggia	1-year, $700,000	^[38]
July 16, 2017 (2017-07-16)	Dillon Simpson	1-year, $675,000	^[39]
August 10, 2017 (2017-08-10)	Kailer Yamamoto	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[40]
August 16, 2017 (2017-08-16)	Leon Draisaitl	8-year, $68 million	^[41]
September 7, 2017 (2017-09-07)	Dmitri Samorukov	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	^[42]

Draft picks

Below are the Edmonton Oilers' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	22	Kailer Yamamoto	C	USA	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	78¹	Stuart Skinner	G	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
3	84	Dmitri Samorukov	D	Russia	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	115	Ostap Safin	RW	Czech Republic	HC Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
5	146	Kirill Maksimov	RW	Russia	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6	177	Skyler Brind'Amour	C	USA	Selects Academy U18 (USPHL U18)
7	208	Philip Kemp	D	USA	U.S. NTDP (USHL)

Draft notes:^[43]

The Calgary Flames' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017 that sent St. Louis' Third Round Pick and Vancouver's fifth-round pick both in 2017 (82nd and 126th overall) to Arizona in exchange for this pick.

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[26] "AMERICANS ADD SKILLED CENTER ZACH POCHIRO". AllenAmericans.com. August 31, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

[27] "STEELHEADS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD HENRIK SAMUELSSON". IdahoSteelheads.com. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.

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[37] "BLOG: Oilers sign McDavid". nhl.com. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

[38] "BLOG: Oilers sign Laleggia". nhl.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.

[39] "Oilers sign Simpson". nhl.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.

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