Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here.

As the 2026 trade deadline approached, the Edmonton Oilers’ defensive structure had started to regress to crisis levels not seen since the Decade of Darkness. Over 11 games from January 2 to March 3, they allowed an average of 4.5 goals per game. The situation became unsustainable.

Stan Bowman acquired defensive centre Jason Dickinson from the Chicago........

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