Oilers continue rebuild, get draft picks for Ales Hemsky and Nick Schultz

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Ottawa Senators\' Mika Zibanejad (93) battles for the puck with Edmonton Oilers\' Justin Schultz (19) during first period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, Alta., on Tuesday March 4, 2014. The re-shaping of the Oilers continued on trade-deadline day with deals of Ales Hemsky to the Ottawa Senators and Schultz to the Columbus Blue Jackets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

EDMONTON – The re-shaping of the Edmonton Oilers continued on trade-deadline day with deals of Ales Hemsky to the Ottawa Senators and Nick Schultz to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Edmonton received a third-round pick in this year’s draft and a fifth-rounder in 2015 from Ottawa for Hemsky, a pending unrestricted free agent who expected to be traded.

“After the summer (Oilers management) told me pretty much straight up they’d trade me, and I didn’t get traded,” Hemsky told reporters in Edmonton. “It comes to the end, it’s a weird feeling and excited for the new challenge and play different hockey.”

The Oilers got a fifth-rounder from Columbus in exchange for Schultz, a defenceman who is also set to be a free agent July 1.

Edmonton also lost defenceman Corey Potter on waivers, as he was claimed by the Boston Bruins.

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