Oilers acquire No. 32 pick from Flyers for conditional first-round pick

The Edmonton Oilers acquired the No. 32 overall pick from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a conditional first-round pick in 2025 or 2026, according to Daily Faceoff insider Frank Seravalli.

With the pick, the Oilers selected forward Sam O’Reilly from the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights.

Through 68 games in 2023-24, O’Reilly scored 20 goals and 36 assists for 56 points. In 16 playoff games, he scored five goals and seven assists for 12 points, helping the Knights win an OHL Championship.

Before joining the Knights, O’Reilly spent the 2022-23 season with the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League’s London Nationals, scoring 26 goals and 37 assists for 63 points in 35 games.

On the June 4 episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Daily Faceoff prospect analyst Steven Ellis was asked by Tyler Yaremchuk if there were any players who could be steals in the second round.

“Well it for sure has to be Sam O’Reilly who we just saw play at the Memorial Cup with the London Knights,” Ellis said. “It’s kind of like Easton Cowan last year where all it took was a really good second half for scouts to go, ‘Oh yeah, there is something here.'”

“For him to go out there and control the puck he knows what he wants to do with it, he can play on any line with any guy … he’s a guy that some scouts wonder if he is a late riser first-round pick.”

The Oilers advanced to the Stanley Cup Final, where they were eliminated by the Florida Panthers in seven games. It was the first time since 2006 since the Oilers made it to the league’s championship final.