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Top 100 Oilers: No. 63 — Mike Grier

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18.11.2025
Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Mike Grier comes in at No. 63 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 49 on Brownlee’s original list.

Against so many odds, Mike Grier had quite the career. He joined the Oilers as a throw-in on the Curtis Joseph trade, but ended up sticking around for six years — double that of CuJo’s.

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Grier was still playing college hockey at the time of the Joseph trade, but once he arrived in Edmonton, it didn’t take long for him to make his mark with a strong rookie season. The sophomore slump was real as offensive numbers dropped, but he made up for it with two twenty-goal campaigns and a trio of years with 32 points.

Scoring wasn’t what made Grier, however, as he was a hulking physical presence who never shied from laying the body, while also spending time on the penalty kill thanks to his effective two-way play.

Grier played in 34 playoff games for the Oilers, the most with any team, racking up six goals and 10 points in them. He’d come up clutch twice with game-winning goals in Game 2 of the 1997 quarter finals against........

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