EDMONTON — We all play the draft game.

You know, the one where we look at some guy your favourite team picked who never became an NHLer, then search down below to see all the really good NHL players they could have chosen instead.

When it comes to Jesper Wallstedt and the Edmonton Oilers however, well, it’s a little more complicated than that.

Wallstedt and former Edmonton Oil Kings netminder Sebastien Cossa were the goalies of record in the 2021 draft, and both would be first-rounders. The Oilers, by all reports, very much liked Cossa.

They weren’t so sure on Wallstedt.

So, when Detroit snapped up Cossa with the 15th pick, the Oilers — drafting 20th in 2021 — had roughly 25 minutes to figure out what to do with their pick.

Finally, Edmonton was on the clock, and with Wallstedt sitti

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