The Edmonton Oilers may have made a mistake in trading Brett Kulak away.

In December 2025, the Oilers sent Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak, and a 2029 second-round pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Tristan Jarry and prospect Samuel Poulin. Jarry, who was available on waiver just over a year prior, had a tough stretch of games with the Oilers. It doesn’t help that Skinner will be a free agent in a month and a half, while Jarry is still under contract, for a higher cap hit, until the end of the 2027-28 season.

It was made worse when the Penguins flipped Kulak. Before the trade deadline, they sent Kulak to the Colorado Avalanche for a 2028 second-round pick and right-shot defenceman Samuel Girard. Brett Kulak was a cap dump for the Oilers, he was an asset the Penguins used to acquire two second-round picks, and he scored the series-clinching overtime goal for the Avalanche on Wednesday.

But the thing is, it’s not the first time the Oilers have given up an asset that has come to bite them later........

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