Edmonton Oilers Reportedly Decide Jeff Skinner's Future
have reportedly decided on Jeff Skinner's future with the team only a few weeks away from the NHL trade deadline.
NHL teams are preparing to make their final acquisitions before the last stretch of the season and even tough they made significant changes this summer, the Edmonton Oilers could be an interesting team to follow going into the trade deadline.
In a recent interview with The Athletic, the Oilers' General manager Stan Bowman opened up about his plans for this year's deadline, and kept his doors opened.
He revealed that while he'd be looking to add depth players, he didn't rule out the possibility of going after a top player, even if it could be complicated to make it happen.
He also talked about the fact that many players in the current lineup could be interested in getting bigger roles, like Jeff Skinner, who has been struggling this season.
In his own words:
Going into the deadline, I'm not setting a benchmark that this is what we have to accomplish. We have a bunch of things that we're going to look into.
The more likely scenario is to find depth players because we have a good group this year, and we have a lot of players right now that are looking for bigger roles. You mentioned (Jeff) Skinner.
Now, it's not to say we can't bring in more guys like that. But there does come a point where you have to find the right combinations and ice time for the players you have so that they can be at their best.
Those are some of the factors that we're putting into the equation when we talk about this internally."
Bowman later opened up on the chances of seeing Skinner being traded this year considering he's been a healthy scratch a few times this season and is looking to spend more time on the ice.
He said that he doesn't think he'll trade Skinner because he showed that he wants to work and has kept a great attitude all season long.
He added that his focus isn't on Skinner right now:
"There are not a lot of games left even though there's a month till the deadline. I suppose things can always change, but that's not the focus right now for Jeff."
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Tom Wilson | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Alexander Ovechkin | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Brendan Gallagher | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Josh Doan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Victor Hedman | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jake Guentzel | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Carcone | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Christian Dvorak | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nick Paul | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Brayden Point | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cam Atkinson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| John Carlson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nick Desimone | - | 1 | 1 | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 56 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 81 | |
Capitals | 55 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 80 | |
Oilers | 55 | 34 | 17 | 4 | 72 | |
Stars | 55 | 35 | 18 | 2 | 72 | |
Golden Knights | 56 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 72 | |
Panthers | 57 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 71 | |
Hurricanes | 56 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 70 | |
Wild | 56 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 70 | |
Maple Leafs | 55 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 68 | |
Avalanche | 57 | 33 | 22 | 2 | 68 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||