ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Edmonton Oilers kept it in the family on Day 2 of the NHL draft.
The club selected Vancouver Giants defenceman David Musil to kick off the second round Saturday.
Musil is the son of former NHL defence Frantisek Musil, who is now a scout for the Oilers. His uncle is two-time Stanley Cup champion Bobby Holik.
“It’s really exciting,” David Musil said. “I remember growing up a little bit in Edmonton when my dad played there and I have a lot of good memories from there.
“I remember watching my dad play a couple of games and going to the dressing room. I’ll do my best to make the team as soon as possible.”
Edmonton had the first overall selection on Friday and used it to pick Red Deer Rebels centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. The Oilers also got Swedish defenceman Oscar Klefbom at No. 19.
Musil had 25 points (six goals, 19 assists) in 62 games for the Western Hockey League club last season.
The Oilers also picked defenceman Dillon Simpson, son of former scoring star Craig Simpson, to open the fourth round. But they missed out on Kevin Lowe’s son Keegan, a defenceman who went 73rd overall to Carolina.
Calgary had a pair of second-round picks. The Flames selected Finnish centre Markus Granlund with the 45th pick and took Portland Winterhawks defenceman Tyler Wotherspoon at No. 58.
Flames general manager Jay Feaster had a busy day, locking up forward Alex Tanguay to a US$17.5-million, five-year contract extension and completing a trade with Buffalo.
The Flames sent defenceman Robyn Regehr, right-winger Ales Kotalik and a second-round pick in 2012 to the Sabres for defenceman Chris Butler and centre Paul Byron.
Ottawa also got in on the trade action, acquiring forward Nikita Filatov from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a third-round pick.
The host Minnesota Wild drew a cheer from the crowd at the Xcel Energy Center by dealing their third- and fourth-round picks to the Vancouver Canucks and moving into the second round to take forward Mario Lucia at No. 60. Lucia played at Wayzata High School in the Twin Cities area, and his father Don is head coach at the University of Minnesota.