And, in taking Doug Lynch 43rd overall and Ed Caron 52nd with two second-round picks in 2001, they passed on four second-round options who would go on to play 800 or more NHL games. The Oilers landed Chris Hajt (six career games) three picks ahead of Matt Cullen (1,516) in 1996. Their second rounder in 2015 was wasted on a trade (along with a first rounder that turned out to be Matt Barzal) for Griffin Reinhart, who would play 29 games for Edmonton before his NHL career was over. They took Mitch Moroz (zero NHL games), Marco Roy (zero) and had no second rounders in 20. It was more barren wasteland from 2012 to 2015.
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