Believe me, I’m not afraid to Victor Wembanyama big-boy dunk on the Edmonton Oilers if the situation requires it. 

We know the gaffes, the jokes. Jesper Wallstedt. Griffin Reinhart. Milan Lucic. So on, so forth. We have even more recent screwups if we don’t feel like dusting off the Greatest Hits (gaffes) album. 

So the Oilers haven’t necessarily deserved the benefit of the doubt here. But let’s just pump the brakes on a narrative that Edmonton fumbled Sam O’Reilly. 

The Oilers drafted him 32nd overall in 2024 and then last summer, shipped him off to Tampa Bay in a one-for-one prospect deal for Isaac Howard. 

But it’s O’Reilly’s moment right now and he’s earned it. The 20-year-old overage junior had a tremendous season with Kitchener, capping off a great tournament with the Memorial Cup on Sunday night........

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