Players don’t always develop in a linear path. Sometimes they experience brief setbacks, and sometimes they level up rapidly. Perhaps no prospect in the recent Edmonton Oilers’ draft class understands that better than Andrew Robinson, whom the team selected 133rd overall in the 2026 Draft.

Robinson began his first campaign in the OHL this past year with the Windsor Spitfires. The left-handed defenceman got off to a slow start, producing four assists in his first 27 games, with a plus-minus of plus-4.

“I think the biggest thing for me at the beginning of the year was just getting to know the league a bit,” Robinson told OilersTV’s Tony Brar at development camp this summer. “It was a bit of a slow start, slower than I definitely wanted it to be, and I used the Christmas break as a bit of a reset.

“I went home for a week, had Christmas with my family, had a great time there, and then came back more dialled in, more ready to go than ever.”

After that Christmas break, Robinson’s confidence grew, and he thrived at both ends of the........

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