You can paint me surprised... the Edmonton Oilers finalized their roster on Monday morning and on his way to Bakersfield is forward Leon Draisaitl, who couldn't quite make the cut down the middle for the upstart Oilers and instead, will likely get some top line minutes with their AHL affiliate, the Condors.
The Oilers already using Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid as their top two centres and there is likely the thought process that they didn't want to limit Draisaitl's role and/or minutes down in the bottom six, so the next best thing would be for his development to continue in the AHL.
There's little doubt that the 20-year old German will eventually make his way back up to the big club, but the when and why is yet to be determined.
Remarkably, this yet another 14th round draft pick that is being sent down to the minors, as newcomer Eric picked up the young forward with a clever little pick. That was immediately snuffed out by the Oilers on Monday and now Eric will have to wait until either Draisaitl returns to the lineup for the Week Nine Waiver Draft for the change.
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