"David Musil's hockey pedigree has landed him a shot at earning a roster spot with the Edmonton Oilers.

The Oilers made the 18-year-old Vancouver Giants defenceman the first pick in Round 2 of the NHL entry draft at the Xcel Energy Center on Saturday.

The six-foot-three, 193-pound Musil is the son of former Oilers defenceman and current team scout Frank Musil, who was a second-round pick of the Minnesota North Stars 28 years ago.

The Oilers took David, who plays for Team Canada junior coach Don Hay's Giants, was picked No. 31 overall — seven spots before the North Stars chose his dad, a tough-nosed Czech defender, at No. 38.

Frank, who wound up his NHL career with the Oilers, damaging his neck in a practice fall at Rexall Place in 2000 while his son David happened to be in the team's dressing room, wasn't part of the Oilers scouting meetings when David's name was being tossed about.

"I understood that ... people know who I am," said the passionate former blue-liner, who knew the Oilers were discussing their first pick in Round 2 late Friday night, but without his input.

When it comes to David, he's a father first, a scout second.

"This is different when you have a child involved," he said.

"They didn't tell me who they were picking. It came as a surprise, which made it that much sweeter. Not that I needed any more stress at this point in my life.

"I have to say I was more nervous today than in any game as a player. He's at the starting line now and hopefully he'll get there. Depends on how fast he runs."

Musil looks like his dad, and has some of his traits. But we're not sure if David, if he ever becomes a member of the Oilers' defensive corps, will work in a meat-packing plant in the off-season, like his dad did when he was playing for the Calgary Flames — to see what it was like.

"You know what, David just might, knowing the kind of person he is. Not just playing hockey. He's a hell of a kid."

"Yeah, I remember where my dad worked. He used to carry the meat around," said David, who will probably be a meat-and-potatoes defenceman, just like his dad, who was an extremely strong, mean customer on the blue-line, in Minnesota, Calgary and withe the Ottawa Senators."