{"id":51084,"date":"2025-08-07T03:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/51084\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T03:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:29:16","slug":"edmonton-oilers-could-move-multiple-players-in-major-trade-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/51084\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers Could Move Multiple Players in Major Trade Overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/585368.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid hugs goalie Stuart Skinner after a win\" title=\"Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid hugs goalie Stuart Skinner after a win\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Edit from Oilers Nation<\/p>\n<p>It was always one that came at a price. GM Stan Bowman&#8217;s first year has been one of playing catch-up for those lost picks and prospects, and he has done a good job, adding youthful assets such as Vasily Podkolzin and Ike Howard.<\/p>\n<p>But as the year continues, pressure to succeed can lead to higher numbers of deals. If Edmonton goes into &#8220;go-for-it&#8221; mode once more, which players will be trade bait?<\/p>\n<p>Trades Could Redefine the Oilers&#8217; Path to Another Stanley Cup Final<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Skinner: For a $2.6M value contract, Stuart Skinner has started 50 playoff games and played the opening two Stanley Cup Final games. His internal and league value is enormous.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Savoie: The skilled winger would like to find a chance to play in Edmonton&#8217;s top six, but that opportunity hasn&#8217;t presented itself yet despite registering strong performances with the Bakersfield Condors.<\/p>\n<p>Vasily Podkolzin: He developed good chemistry with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Leon-Draisaitl-34291\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Leon Draisaitl profile and hockey stats\">Leon Draisaitl<\/a> and played well in a five-on-five role. He could be an asset if they bundle him up in a bigger trade.<\/p>\n<p>Beau Akey: The physical, skilled-passing blue liner that he is, signing in the pro system as an Oiler could be tough as their blueline gets crowded.<\/p>\n<p>Maxim Berezkin: A power forward who played very well in KHL, Edmonton has not signed him yet, but his worth will be employed as bait in a trade.<\/p>\n<p>Stan Bowman added depth to the team since he took over the job. Whether any of these players mentioned get moved will be based on how the Oilers&#8217; season goes and how close they appear to finally winning it all.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on HouseOfHockey<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>5 HOURS AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0133 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers Could Move Multiple Players in Major Trade Overhaul<\/p>\n<p>Will the Oilers trade at least one of these five players listed?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo credit: Edit from Oilers Nation It was always one that came at a price. GM Stan Bowman&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[34803,49,48,34802,24267,34804,448,82,6852,23989],"class_list":{"0":"post-51084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-beau-akey","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-edmonton-oilers-trade-rumors","12":"tag-matthew-savoie","13":"tag-maxim-berezkin","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-stuart-skinner","17":"tag-vasily-podkolzin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}