EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers signed the top pick in this year's National Hockey League (NHL) draft, Russian forward Nail Yakupov, on a three-year entry-level contract, the team said Monday. The 18-year-old Yakupov had 31 goals and 38 assists in 42 games last season for the Ontario Hockey League's Sarnia Sting and won a silver medal at this year's world junior championship. Yakupov joins an Oilers that has not made the playoffs since losing in the Stanley Cup final in 2006 and finished last season with the second-worst record in the NHL. — Reuters