It’s never a dull moment in Oil Country, even in the off-season, with the biggest news as of late being which veteran former head coaches are in the running to be the next bench boss of the Edmonton Oilers.

Once the dust settles, though, the Oilers still have plenty of roster decisions ahead, one of them being how they address the third-line centre spot next season.

Jason Dickinson was acquired before the trade deadline to be the third-line centre, and he fared well, playing hard defensively and flashing his offence with a two-goal effort in Game 1 against the Anaheim Ducks in the playoffs. That said, he needs a new contract, and it’s always worth exploring if there are better options at 3C on the free-agent market.

With that in mind, there could be a potential 3C option out of the Columbus Blue Jackets organization, with their captain potentially hitting free agency. Recently, The Athletic’s Aaron Portzline alluded that centreman Boone Jenner’s days as a Blue Jacket might be numbered, having said:

“As this summer unfolds, it’s easy to see a scenario in which the once-hard-to-believe may come true: that Boone Jenner gets squeezed out of the mix in Columbus and is allowed to sign elsewhere as a free agent on or after July 1.”

Jenner has played 13 seasons in Columbus and ranks among the franchise leaders in games played (808) and hits (1,809), while sitting third in points with 421. But as Portzline touched on, with the Blue Jackets re-signing centre Charlie Coyle to a six-year, $36 million contract extension, Jenner, whose contract expires after the 2025-26 season, now has his fit in question, with other centremen like Adam Fantilli and Kent Johnson playing ahead of him in the lineup.

Also, Portzline noted that The Athletic recently learned from sources that........

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