As the league prepares for the long Olympic break, the trade market will freeze. A return to action will see a race towards the trade deadline, forcing teams to decide on the direction of their franchise. Let’s take a look at what the buzz surrounding the Edmonton Oilers is in this week’s rumours roundup. Pickard waived and clears Finally the Oilers have brought an end to their three pronged goaltending situation, sending longtime backup Calvin Pickard down to the AHL.

It has been a stressful 24 hours. The Edmonton Oilers placed goalie Calvin Pickard on waivers yesterday, and at noon, it was announced that he had cleared waivers. The Oilers now have the option to send him down to the Bakersfield Condors or to have him remain in Edmonton. What does this mean for the Edmonton Oilers? The Oilers definitely didn't want to lose Calvin Pickard for free.

For Connor McDavid, the wait is finally over. After a 12-year absence of NHL players from the Olympic stage, hockey's greatest talent will finally get his chance to represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan this February. McDavid was just 17 years old when NHL players last competed at the Olympics in Sochi 2014. Now, at the peak of his powers and widely considered the best player in the world, he'll finally step onto the Olympic ice wearing the maple leaf.

Voting for NHL awards is often a funny thing. Some awards, like the Art Ross Trophy, are simple and objective. Others are more subjective, like the Norris Trophy or the Selke Trophy. There is no clear formula for these subjective awards, more often an exercise in cherry picking stats to support a narrative. There is not much surprise here, but these narratives can help or hurt the cases for players.

Fresh off securing their first winning streak of the season, the Edmonton Oilers played host to the Minnesota Wild last night. This is a team that has haunted the Oilers since their inception in the 2000–01 season. And so far, the Wild have won both games they have played against the Oilers this season, in different ways. In goal for Minnesota was familiar face…

The trade deadline is closer than most people realize. The Edmonton Oilers last game before the March six deadline, will be on March three versus the Ottawa Senators. With the Olympic Break in February, the Oilers only play five games that month. So, they are seven games away from the most anticipated day of the regular season. The Oilers desperately need a left winger with some speed, offensive potential and forechecking ability to play in the top-nine.

After the recent acquisition of Tristan Jarry and the proven capability in Connor Ingram, the noise around the Edmonton Oilers goaltending quieted down for a while... that is, until rumours of the Minnesota Wild being willing to part with Jesper Wallstedt started being released. And now there are rumblings of the Oilers being interested in a possible trade to add him to the crease, as per Elliotte Friedman on the Michael Russo Report.

The Edmonton Oilers' search for scoring depth may lead them back to a familiar fishing pond, well, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and this time the target could be an Alberta native who checks all the boxes that made Zach Hyman such a successful acquisition. During this week's episode of Oilers Now, NHL insider Elliotte Friedman and Bob Stauffer dropped a significant breadcrumb when discussing potential trade targets for Edmonton.

The definition of a winning streak, as per the iconic baseball movie "Major League,” is winning at least three consecutive games. To that end, the Edmonton Oilers hadn't had a winning streak yet during the 2025–26 season. They got their 10th opportunity of the season last night against the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks this year aren't the sad-sack Sharks of previous years, and they proved that early on.