{"id":130859,"date":"2022-07-16T09:54:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T13:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=130859"},"modified":"2022-07-16T09:54:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T13:54:40","slug":"edmonton-oilers-sign-first-round-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/16\/edmonton-oilers-sign-first-round-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers Sign First-Round Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers have signed first round draft pick Reid Schaefer to a contract. It&#8217;s a three-year, entry-level contract for the 32nd pick of the 2022 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Oilers have signed first-round pick Reid Schaefer to a three-year, entry-level contract.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5d60FjcB3L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/5d60FjcB3L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sportsnet\/status\/1548101365909508096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Reid Schaefer Signs Contract<\/h2>\n<p>The 18-year-old Spruce Grove, Alberta native netted 32 goals and 58 points last season. He was one of the top scorers for the WHL&#8217;s Seattle Thunderbirds in first full season with the club. Schaefer had split time the prior two seasons with the WHL and the AJHL&#8217;s Spruce Grove Saints.<\/p>\n<p>The forward is 6-foot, 3-inches tall and 214 pounds, which is pretty good size for a younger player. Schaefer is a forward that can do good things on both the offensive and defensive end of the ice. He&#8217;s also been known to throw his body around. The left wing also logged 111 penalty minutes for the Thunderbirds last season.<\/p>\n<p>His contract will run until the 2o24-25 season and will have a cap hit of $950,000. He&#8217;ll likely spend time back in juniors with Seattle next season. Schaefer did participate in the Oilers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/oilers\/news\/release-oilers-sign-reid-schaefer-to-entry-level-contract\/c-335000268\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most recent development camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What it Means<\/h3>\n<p>The young forward still needs time to develop, but has good size. He&#8217;s the type of power forward the Oilers will love once he&#8217;s ready for the show.<\/p>\n<p>Our own Ben Kerr said this about Schaefer <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/06\/21\/reid-schaefer-scouting-report-2022-nhl-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">in his scouting report<\/a>. He was a key cog in Seattle reaching the WHL Championship before losing to the Edmonton Oil Kings.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Schaefer improved his skating this season. If he can continue to do that and improve his playmaking, Schaefer could be a top-six winger in the NHL. If the offence doesn\u2019t translate, Schaefer still has the size and skating ability to develop into a bottom-six player in the NHL. His game is reminiscent of Josh Anderson. This is a stylistic comparison only though and not one based on skill and ability.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a id=\"VCkJt414Rl1XbX2uiw_oLg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1407429845\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'VCkJt414Rl1XbX2uiw_oLg',sig:'pUN_zfrxYrDav2AVVHQ-aG2GPR7EBgn6HQNDSs02OYU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1407429845',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edmonton Oilers have signed first round draft pick Reid Schaefer to a contract. It&#8217;s a three-year, entry-level contract for the 32nd pick of the 2022 NHL Draft. The Oilers have signed first-round pick Reid Schaefer to a three-year, entry-level contract. https:\/\/t.co\/5d60FjcB3L &mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 16, 2022 Reid Schaefer Signs Contract The 18-year-old Spruce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":130861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,4547,34,4548,1279],"tags":[5853,5774,955,7314,1671],"class_list":["post-130859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oilers","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-nhl-draft","tag-2022-nhl-draft","tag-edmonton-oilers-news","tag-nhl-news","tag-reid-schaefer","tag-seattle-thunderbirds"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}