Draft Day 2: German defenceman Luca Munzenberger headlines Edmonton Oilers’ picks

The Edmonton Oilers added 5 players arsenic the NHL draught concluded with rounds 2 done 7 connected Saturday.

The Oilers had neither a 2nd nor 3rd circular prime going into the draft. They added a 3rd circular prime connected Friday successful a commercialized with the Minnesota Wild.

With that 90th wide pick, the Oilers nabbed Germany’s Luca Munzenberger, a 6’2″ near changeable defenceman. Munzenberger represented Germany astatine the 2021 World Juniors successful Edmonton. He’s committed to the University of Vermont and volition commencement his freshman play successful the fall. He aspires to exemplary his crippled aft a existent Oilers blueliner.

“I deliberation that Darnell Nurse is simply a large defenceman,” said Munzenberger.

“He’s a large guy, beardown defensively, focuses connected his antiaircraft skills. He besides joins the unreserved if helium can. I deliberation he’s an all-around large player.”

“He’s a large assemblage guy,” said Oilers Director of Amateur Scouting Tyler Wright.

“He plays a dense game. Now we person to make him.”

In the 4th round, 116th overall, the Oilers drafted Brandon Wheat Kings guardant Jake Chiasson. He had 9 goals and eleven assists successful 23 games for the Wheat Kings successful the abbreviated 2021 WHL season. Chiasson is 6’2″, 165 pounds, and shoots right.

“I’m decidedly a two-way guardant with violative upside,” said Chiasson, who admires Elias Lindholm of the Calgary Flames.

“I’d similar to proceed to enactment connected my powerfulness guardant game, amended my skating and my carnal play successful the coming season.”

The Oilers had 2 picks successful the sixth round. They took Russian guardant Matvey Petrov 180th overall. He was the archetypal wide prime of the CHL import draught successful 2020, going to the North Bay Battalion. He played inferior hockey successful Russia past season.

At 186th, the Oilers took 6’4″ guardant Shane Lachance from the Boston Jr. Bruins. He’s committed to Boston University and is the lad of erstwhile NHLer Scott Lachance.

“Petrov is simply a large guy, 6’2″, precise bully skill,” said Wright. “(Lachance) has bully hands, bully hockey sense. We person to enactment connected his skating, get his feet going a small bit.”

In the seventh and last round, the Oilers took 6’3″ defenceman Maximus Wanner from the Moose Jaw Warriors. He had 4 assists successful 17 games this past season.