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Head Coach Jay Woodcroft
Assistant Coach Dave Manson
Assistant Coach Glen Gulutzan
Assistant Coach Mark Stuart
Goaltending Coach Dustin Schwartz
Playoff Odds %
Projected Cap Hit $83,117,501
Projected Cap Space $382,499
Current Cap Space $382,499
LTIR Pool $0
Roster 21/23
Contracts 43/50
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Lane Pederson | Pederson (upper body) took part in Thursday's practice, according to Bob Stauffer of the Edmonton Oilers Radio Network. Sep 21
Warren Foegele | Foegele (wrist) joined the Edmonton Oilers for Thursday's practice, per Bob Stauffer of the Edmonton Oilers Radio Network. Sep 21
Adam Erne | Erne inked a professional tryout agreement with Edmonton on Tuesday. Sep 12
Evan Bouchard | Bouchard inked a two-year, $7.8 million contract with Edmonton on Thursday. Aug 24
Ryan McLeod | McLeod signed a two-year, $4.2 million contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, per PuckPedia. Aug 1

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Injury Report
Ryan McLeod
Expected Return Sun Sep 24, 2023
Ryan McLeod - DAY-TO-DAY - Undisclosed
Thu Sep 21, 2023
Ryan McLeod | McLeod (undisclosed) didn't skate with the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday, per Jason Gregor of Sports 1440 Edmonton.
Mattias Ekholm
Expected Return Sun Sep 24, 2023
Mattias Ekholm - DAY-TO-DAY - Hip
Wed Sep 20, 2023
Mattias Ekholm | Ekholm will miss the start of training camp due to a hip flexor injury, per Jason Gregor of OilersNation.com.
Ryan Murray
Expected Return Tue Oct 10, 2023
Ryan Murray - OUT - Back
Sam Gagner
Expected Return Wed Oct 11, 2023
Sam Gagner - OUT - Hip
Surgery
Tue Sep 19, 2023
Sam Gagner | Gagner (hip) won't play in preseason games and will be evaluated in October, Jim Matheson of The Edmonton Journal reports.
Ryan Fanti
Expected Return Thu Nov 2, 2023
Ryan Fanti - OUT - Hip
Thu Sep 21, 2023
Ryan Fanti | Fanti entered training camp with a hip injury and is considered month-to-month, Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic reports.

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve
Entry Level Contract
Slide Eligible
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract
(12) Forwards $45,975,000 55.1% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Gagner, Sam RW 34
$0
UFA
Sutter, Brandon C 34
$0
UFA
Kane, Evander LW 32
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
M-NTC
$5,125,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Hyman, Zach LW 31
$5,500,000
NMC
$5,500,000
NMC
$5,500,000
NMC
$5,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2028)
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan C 30
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
$5,125,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2029)
Brown, Connor RW 29
$775,000
$0
UFA
Erne, Adam LW 28
$0
UFA
Janmark, Mattias C 30
$1,000,000
$0
UFA
Draisaitl, Leon C 27
$8,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$8,500,000
NMC
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Foegele, Warren LW 27
$2,750,000
$0
UFA
Ryan, Derek C 36
$900,000
$900,000
$0
UFA
McDavid, Connor C 26
$12,500,000
NMC
$12,500,000
NMC
$12,500,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2026)
Pederson, Lane C 26
$775,000
$775,000
$0
UFA
McLeod, Ryan C 24
$2,100,000
$2,100,000
$0
RFA
Holloway, Dylan C 22
$925,000
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$45,975,000
$40,525,000
$28,250,000
$10,625,000
(7) Defence $26,775,834 32.1% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Ekholm, Mattias D 33
$6,000,000
$6,000,000
$6,000,000
$0
UFA

(2026)
Klefbom, Oscar D 30
$0
UFA
Murray, Ryan D 29
$0
UFA
Ceci, Cody D 29
$3,250,000
$3,250,000
$0
UFA
Kulak, Brett D 29
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$2,750,000
$0
UFA

(2026)
Nurse, Darnell D 28
$9,250,000
NMC
$9,250,000
NMC
$9,250,000
NMC
$9,250,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2030)
Desharnais, Vincent D 27
$762,500
$0
UFA
Bouchard, Evan D 23
$3,900,000
$3,900,000
$0
RFA
Broberg, Philip D 22
$863,334
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$26,775,834
$25,150,000
$18,000,000
$9,250,000
(2) Goalies $7,600,000 9.1% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Smith, Mike G 41
$0
UFA
Campbell, Jack G 31
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Skinner, Stuart G 24
$2,600,000
$2,600,000
$2,600,000
$0
UFA

(2026)
TOTALS
$7,600,000
$7,600,000
$7,600,000
$5,000,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
(1) Buyout & Retained Salary $1,916,667 2.3% of cap
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Neal, James
Buyout
LW 36
$1,916,667
$1,916,667
TOTALS
$1,916,667
$1,916,667
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2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Roster Size

Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR.

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21 15 9 4
Standard Player Contracts

Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season.

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43 25 13 4
Upper Limit

The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA.

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$83,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000
Projected Cap Hit

Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season.

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$83,117,501 $75,191,667 $53,850,000 $24,875,000
Projected Cap Space

Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit.

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$382,499 $8,308,333 $29,650,000 $58,625,000
Current Cap Space

Amount of Annual Cap Hit that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. For teams using LTIR, Current Cap Space is the amount of annual cap hit that can be added without exceeding the Salary Cap by more than the team's LTIR Pool.

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$382,499 $8,308,333 $29,650,000 $58,625,000
Maximum LTIR Pool

The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount.

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$0 $0 $0 $0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit

Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts.

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$83,117,501 $75,191,667 $53,850,000 $24,875,000
Carryover Bonus Overages

Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has.

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$850,000 $0 $0 $0
Potential Bonuses

Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season.

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$4,725,000 $0 $0 $0
Retained Salary Remaining

Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on.

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3 3 3 3
(22) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Demers, Jason D 35
$0
UFA
Pickard, Calvin G 31
$762,500
$0
UFA
McKegg, Greg C 31
$762,500
$0
UFA
Malone, Brad C 34
$762,500
$0
UFA
Koekkoek, Slater D 29
$0
UFA
Griffith, Seth C 30
$762,500
$0
UFA
Hawkey, Hayden G 28
$0
Caggiula, Drake LW 29
$775,000
$775,000
$0
UFA
Niemelainen, Markus D 25
$762,500
$0
UFA-Group6
$0
UFA
Dineen, Cam D 25
$775,000
$0
UFA-Group6
$0
UFA
Rasanen, Aapeli C 22
$0
Hoefenmayer, Noel D 24
$845,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Brind'Amour, Skyler C 24
$0
Kemp, Philip D 24
$775,000
$775,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Rodrigue, Olivier G 23
$775,000
$0
RFA
Siikanen, Patrik C 23
$0
Gleason, Ben D 25
$775,000
$775,000
$0
UFA
Crevier-Morin, Marc-Olivier D 27
$0
$0
UFA
Lavoie, Raphael C 22
$874,125
$0
RFA
Mazura, Tomas C 23
$0
$0
UFA
Denezhkin, Maxim C 22
$0
$0
UFA
Savoie, Carter LW 21
$925,000
$0
RFA
Tullio, Tyler C 21
$823,333
$823,333
$0
RFA
Berezkin, Maksim LW 21
$0
$0
UFA
Engaras, Filip C 24
$0
$0
UFA
Lindewall, Jeremias LW 21
$0
$0
UFA
Bourgault, Xavier C 20
$925,000
$925,000
$0
RFA
Grubbe, Jayden C 20
$867,500
$867,500
$867,500
$0
RFA

(2026)
Münzenberger, Luca D 20
$0
$0
UFA
Petrov, Matvei LW 20
$803,333
$803,333
$803,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Lachance, Shane LW 20
$0
$0
UFA
Wanner, Max D 20
$828,333
$828,333
$828,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Hamblin, James C 24
$807,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Fanti, Ryan G 23
$883,750
$0
RFA
Philp, Noah C 25
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Jonsson, Samuel G 19
$0
$0
UFA
Yevseyev, Nikita D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Määttä, Joel C 21
$0
$0
UFA
Chiasson, Jake C 20
$843,333
$843,333
$843,333
$0
RFA

(2026)
Berglund, Carl C 23
$950,000
$950,000
$0
RFA
Akey, Beau D 18
$0
$0
UFA
Day, Nathaniel G 18
$0
$0
UFA
Copponi, Matt C 20
$0
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$18,063,707
$8,365,832
$3,342,499