{"id":797707,"date":"2026-07-12T20:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797707\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T20:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:10:12","slug":"oilers-sign-forward-colton-dach-to-two-year-2-4-million-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797707\/","title":{"rendered":"Oilers sign forward Colton Dach to two-year, $2.4-million extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783887012_292_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks&#8217; Jackson LaCombe (2) defends against Edmonton Oilers&#8217; Colton Dach (34) during second period first round Game 5 NHL playoff action in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Codie McLachlan<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 12, 2026 | 12:49 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>EDMONTON \u2014 The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Colton Dach to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$1.2 million, the NHL club announced Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Dach, who Edmonton acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks at the 2026 trade deadline, had five goals and eight assists in 61 games last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old forward made his Edmonton debut on March 6 and had two goals and two assists in eight regular-season games for the Oilers.<\/p>\n<p>He added an assist in five playoff games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anaheim Ducks&#8217; Jackson LaCombe (2) defends against Edmonton Oilers&#8217; Colton Dach (34) during second period first round Game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-797707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797707","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=797707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}