The Edmonton Oilers offseason has gotten off to a rough start.
All major parties involved with the team have had a few days to reflect on the NHL season. Stan Bowman, Chris Knoblauch, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid all shared their thoughts and feelings during their locker clean-out day.
Unfortunately, the prognosis was not good.
The Oilers should have an interesting offseason, to say the least. Here's a guide to all things Oilers during the 2026 offseason. This one-stop shop offseason guide will find signings, draft picks, trades, rumors, salary cap deals and more.
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Edmonton Oilers salary cap space
Projected salary cap space for 2026/27: $16,488,334
salary range: $104,000,000
Unrestricted free agents and restricted free agents
Here is a list of every unrestricted and free agent the Oilers will have to make a decision on during the offseason.
unrestricted free agent
- Adam Heinrich
- jack roslovic
- jason dickinson
- Kasperi Kapanen
- max jones
- curtis lazar
- Connor Murphy
- Connor Ingram
- james hamblin
- Samuel Poulin (Group 6)
- cam dayeen
- kelvin picard
restricted free agent
- owen michaels
- colton dutch
- spencer stastny
- josh bloom
- Matvei Petrov
- Robbie Jarventy
- Connor Unger
Business, Signing and Contract Extension
Check out this section for updates on the latest Oilers players, coaches and management signings. Additionally, any trades or prospects that have signed the ELC will be found here.
Oilers rumors and speculation
This will be a section dedicated to rumors and speculations. Whenever a pundit or any other insider reveals a rumor or insider information, we'll take a look at it here. Is there any substance to the rumor or is it just a thought experiment? We will give our views about it here.
Re-Oil: News related to former Oilers players, coaches and management
Whenever a former member of the Oilers organization does something newsworthy, check out updates on what happened here.
