The Edmonton Oilers made noise on Wednesday night.

Just after 5 pm MST, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that the Oilers were working to acquire Jason Dickinson from the Chicago Blackhawks.

Two hours later, various NHL insiders confirmed the details: The Oilers acquired Jason Dickinson with 50 per cent of his salary retained, and Colton Dach in exchange for Andrew Mangiapane and top-12 protected 2027 first-round pick.

This trade, however, didn’t receive the same love as Edmonton’s first deal earlier this week with Chicago for Connor Murphy, with fans split on it online. On one hand, some like the addition of Jason Dickinson, while many say this is an overpay on Edmonton’s part.

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Jason Dickinson is a fine bottom 6 C who’s very good defensively with no offence. He’s a FA at the end of this season. I get you have to dunk Mangiapane but dude he’s not worth a 1st AT ALL. Should have just dumped AM88 elsewhere first and then trade like a 2nd for Dickinson.

1:40 AM · Mar 5, 2026

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Stan Bowman is out there filling up the holes this team has shown recently, he’s fixing the defense [sic] by bringing Murphy and Dickinson with RETAINED SALARIES. Yet, people........

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