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<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re certainly trading away a very good player in Darnell who ate up a lot of minutes,\u201d Oilers GM Stan Bowman said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got two defencemen now coming in that are going to be able to bring different elements to the table, but I think all in all it\u2019s going to be a big boost for our defence.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Nurse has struggled to live up to the eight-year, US$74-million contract he signed with Edmonton in 2021. He had just seven goals and 24 points in 82 games in 2025-26 for the Oilers, who didn\u2019t retain any salary in the swap.<\/p>\n
The Oilers wasted little time spending some of the cap space freed up by the Nurse deal, signing free-agent defenceman Ryan Shea to a five-year, $20-million pact.<\/p>\n
Shea, 29, had six goals and 29 assists in 80 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins last season.<\/p>\n
Edmonton then made a bigger splash, signing 36-year-old goaltender Frederik Andersen to a one-year, $2.8 million deal.<\/p>\n
Andersen had a 16-14-5 record with a 3.05 goals-against average and an .874 save percentage for the Stanley Cup-champion Carolina Hurricanes.<\/p>\n
Edmonton then added forward Mathieu Joseph with a one-year, $1 million deal. He had two goals and nine assists last season with the St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings.<\/p>\n
The Oilers also re-signed forward Kasperi Kapanen to a one-year, $2.6-million deal and acquired goalie Devon Levi \u2014 and a 2028 seventh-round pick \u2014 from the Buffalo Sabres for a 2028 third-rounder.<\/p>\n
Once a top goalie prospect, Levi played this entire past season with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe most important thing was to find a good young goalie that I think has a lot of promise to his game,\u201d said Bowman, adding that netminder Tristan Jarry would be back next season.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis most recent success has been in the American League, and I think he\u2019s probably knocking on the door, waiting for that opportunity. So we see a lot of upside in his game.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sharks added defenceman Jacob Trouba, forward Mason Marchment and goalie Eric Comrie in free agency.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n
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