Edmonton Oilers Rumors: Carrying Three Goalies, the Blue Line, and Cap Area

The Edmonton Oilers nonetheless have some questions and considerations with their roster

Sportsnet 590 The FAN: Jason Gregor on the Edmonton Oilers offseason strikes to date. There are some questions remaining heading into the season. They’re going to hold three goalies to begin subsequent yr. They might use some extra physicality after buying and selling out Hockey-reference.com/gamers/n/nurseda01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2026-07-07_hr” goal=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>Darnell Nurse. The Oilers have some wage cap house now to make some strikes between now and the commerce deadline.

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Justin Bourne: “So, wanting on the Oilers a day, you recognize, the draft behind us, and free company behind us, the roster just about the identical. Couple of latest D, (Shakir) Mukhamedullin, if I’m saying that proper, good strive. And Freddie Anderson, how do you’re feeling? Have they made any substantial change?”

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Gregor: “Nicely, properly, the most important change most likely is the truth that they really have cap house for the primary time that I can keep in mind, proper.? In order that they’ve bought like seven and a half million {dollars}, they usually’ve bought all their guys signed.

Like, really, they’re going to hold three goalies, that’s my understanding. Anderson, (Tristan) Jarry, and Hockey-reference.com/gamers/l/levide01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2026-07-07_hr” goal=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>Devon Levi. And I feel it’s truthful to say, guys, that there’s, there’s some query marks right here. As a result of you recognize, Freddie Anderson, he’s not a 55-game starter anymore, proper? You look, it was what he’s like, final yr, he began 35, 22, 19, 33 I feel his final 4 years. So he has a historical past of accidents, nobody can debate that.

So Hockey-reference.com/gamers/j/jarrytr01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2026-07-07_hr” goal=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>Tristan Jarry didn’t have that historical past, however the final two years he has, so can between the 2 of them, can they, can they play sufficient video games, after which possibly Devon Levi is your third stringer, who performs 20. I feel that’s their technique. They don’t have some huge cash tied up of their goaltending now. Freddie Anderson when wholesome, I don’t suppose anyone debates he’s a very good goalie. However the, when wholesome is a reality you could’t overlook.

On protection, Darnell Nurse doesn’t miss any video games; he’s solely missed 18 video games final 9 years, and your greatest skill is dependability, so he all the time reveals up.

Now, Hockey-reference.com/gamers/s/sheary01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=nhlrumors.com&utm_campaign=2026-07-07_hr” goal=”_blank” rel=”nofollow noopener”>Ryan Shea had an amazing yr in Pittsburgh, and I appeared up, you recognize, his minutes performed, I search for who he performed in opposition to, you recognize, he’s a second pair of defenseman. And with (Evan) Bouchard and (Connor) Murphy in your proper aspect, these are your prime two protection on the correct aspect, you bought (Jake) Walman, (Mattias) Ekholm, and Shea now on the left aspect.

My concern is the Oilers don’t have a very bodily blue line proper now. Not overly large, however you recognize, Ryan Shea, is he aggressive sufficient? Sure, I feel he, he, he’ll make much less of the massive errors that Nurse would make from time to time. However extra importantly, I feel it simply offers them flexibility that now they’ll go to the commerce deadline, and in the event that they’re lacking items, they don’t have to simply, you recognize, attempt to scrimp and scratch and claw. They’ll have vital quantity of cap house to truly add some gamers.

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And I wouldn’t be stunned, guys, if, like, we already had a commerce at Calgary, Minnesota. I don’t suppose the summer time of trades within the NHL are achieved simply because free companies handed. I feel there’s a variety of groups which are nonetheless going to be seeking to make some strikes.”

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