Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Shawn Horcoff comes in at No. 19 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 29 on Brownlee’s original list.

Shawn Horcoff’s fate in Edmonton was sealed when he signed a six-year, $33-million contract in 2008. The contract would take up just under 10 per cent of a $56.7-million salary cap in a day when NHL players were paid paltry in comparison to today.

He was fresh off an All-Star appearance when the deal was signed, and while those first two years were good, it wouldn’t take the fanbase long to turn against him, leading to a tough final few seasons as the Decade of Darkness hit its lowest points.

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Horcoff carried a heavy load for the Oilers, especially in five of the six years he played on that big-ticket deal, and maybe now it’s something the fan base can look back on in a better light.

Drafted and developed by the team, it took two years before the 1998 fourth-round pick made his Oilers debut. Those first few years, he fought for ice time, but come 2003-04, his ice time shot up, and slowly, the........

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