Ray whitney lived next door to me for years , his dad floyd was a practice goaltender for the oilers . I use to play road hockey with ray and his brother when they were still in high school .
If you watch re-play tapes of the oilers cup run in the 80's and look on the bench you'll see ray , he was a stick boy for the oilers back then .
Ron lowe traded ray for a player out of winnipeg who was the son of a friend of his .. had nothing to do with talent swaping , ray is still pissed about it and thats why he has nothing positive to say about edmonton during interviews .
Another one you missed on your above list is Mike Commador #22 defence , the dude with the big red mullit . His mom was one of my high school teachers . I see mike at the bar and around town alot during the off season .
Another kid from town knocked off in the last round was joffery lupul from the ducks ...
We are a small city of 14000 people that churns out some incredible hockey talent ... Richard mathmichuck off the fammed dallas stars is another young kid from here . All of these above mentioned player still have there parents living in this small community .
This makes it tough for cheering when edmonton is a short ten minutes away ... we are a suburb of the big city .
PS : We got a good old ass kicking last night , time for a gut check or the oilers will be golfing this time next week