Coming off another loss in the Stanley Cup Final, the Edmonton Oilers front office has been trying to figure out how to get over the hump. Edmonton has reached two straight Stanley Cup Finals, but the team has dropped both to the Florida Panthers.

The Oilers were second in the NHL in both 22-plus mile per hour speed bursts (174) and 20-plus mph bursts (2,250) last season. Forward Connor McDavid shared the League lead in 22-plus mph speed bursts (83) with Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche,

The Edmonton Oilers will enter the 2025-26 season with a strong defence, an exceptional group of centres and (as of this writing) the return of a much-maligned goaltending tandem. The wingers on this year’s team? Best described as being in a period of transition.