The @MapleLeafs announced today that the hockey club has acquired a conditional seventh-round draft pick in the 2020 NHL Draft from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for the rights to forward Nolan Vesey. #TMLtalk
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) June 8, 2018¯_(u30c4)_/¯
Nolan Vesey was drafted 158th overall in 2014, and as an NCAA player, he becomes a free agent on August 15 this year if he isn’t signed.
I have no idea why the Oilers are making this deal, and without confirmation, we can assume the condition on the pick is that they sign him to an ELC.