Oilers appoint Ralph Krueger Associate Coach with the hockey club.  Krueger has coached in Germany and Switzerland.

FORMER OILER POULIOT SIGNS WITH TAMPA BAY July 23, 2010 Former Oiler Marc-Antoine Pouliot has signed a a one-year, two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.  Pouliot, who was not given a qualifying offer by the Oilers, scored 7-7-14 with 21 PIM in  35 games with Edmonton last season.

Pouliot

FORMER OILER NILSSON SIGNS WITH KHL TEAM July 19, 2010 Former Oiler Robert Nilsson has signed an undiscosed contract with Salavat Yulaev of the Kontinental Hockey League in Russia.  Nilsson, whose contract was bought out by the Oilers, scored 11-16-27 with 12 PIM in 60 games with Edmonton last season.

Nilsson

Oilers have appointed Kelly Buchberger and Steve Smith as Assistant Coaches.  Buchberger has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Oilers, while Smith has been a scout with the Chicago Blackhawks for the last two years.

The Oilers have also named Todd Nelson as Head Coach of the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League.

Former Oiler Ryan Stone has signed a one-year, $500,000 contract with the Calgary Flames.  Stone, who was an unrestricted free agent, scored 0-6-6 with 48 PIM in 27 games with the Oilers last season

Oilers release Springfield Falcons head coach Rob Daum.  Daum, whose contract was about to expire at the end of June, compiled a record of 25-39-0 with the Falcons last year, which was dead last in the American Hockey League.

Oilers elect not to renew the contract of amateur scout Chris McCarthy.  McCarthy had been with the Oilers organization for 18 years.

Oilers fire head medical trainer Ken Lowe, head equipment manager Barrie Stafford and equipment manager Lyle “Sparky” Kulchisky.  In a prepared statement, Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini said the moves were not a reflection of the job the three men had done, but were rather an attempt to change the culture of the Oilers dressing room.

Oilers announce that the team has fired assistant general manager Kevin Prendergast.  Prendergast, who had been with the organization for the past 20 years, was in charge of the Oilers' scouting and minor league system.  The move is not surprising after the Oilers minor league affiiliate, the Springfield Falcons, missed the playoffs for two years in a row and finished dead last in the 29-team American Hockey League this past season.  Prendergast has also been criticized for past draft mistakes, like picking unheralded Jesse Niinimaki in the first round in 2002, and passing on New Jersey Devils star Zach Parise when the organization traded down to select Marc-Antoine Pouliot in 2003.

Prendergast

The Oilers have won the NHL draft lottery and will select first overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles on June 25. The Oilers will choose between the top two rated propects, centre Tyler Seguin of the Ontario Hockey League Plymouth Whalers and winger Taylor Hall of the OHL Windsor Spitfires.

The full draft lottery results were: