Last season, the Oilers weren’t too big of buyers, but they were sellers as the deadline approached. They shipped out Justin Schultz and Teddy Purcell, but also picked up Patrick Maroon on the cheap. That deal turned out to give the team their leading goal scorer this season.
Last year, the team was pretty much out of the postseason race come February. However, they are still in it at this point in time and have gone 11-3-3 in their last 17 games played. In fact, Edmonton is even vying for the top seed in the Pacific Division.
That doesn’t mean, however, that there isn’t work to be done or deals to be made.