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Alex Tuch Linked to Edmonton Oilers

Originally posted on Inside The Rink | By Chris Lavallee | Last updated Dec 11, 2025 2:38 PM ET

The Edmonton Oilers are back-to-back defending Western Conference Champions. This season, they are currently 13-11-6 with 32 points, sitting in fourth in the Pacific Division and currently in the top wild card spot in the Western Conference. They could certainly use a boost in goal, and an offensive addition with some physicality would help as well, which is why they’re currently linked to forward Alex Tuch. Tuch is a free agent after this season and has a no-movement clause. He also has a $4.75 million cap hit.

Tuch is a native of Syracuse, New York, so if he wanted to stay at home, Buffalo would have to pay a little extra due to them looking at a potential rebuild again. Tuch profiles as an excellent fit for the Oilers. This season he has 26 points in 30 games on 11 goals and 15 assists. He’s even in plus/minus with two power-play goals, a shorthanded goal, and a game-winning goal.

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Alex Tuch

The Minnesota Wild drafted Tuch 18th overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. He appeared in six games with the Wild and didn’t record a point; he was a minus-three. The Wild traded him to the Golden Knights on June 21, 2017. In four seasons with Vegas, he played in 249 games, recording 139 points on 61 goals and 78 assists. He was a +22 with 12 power-play goals and 15 game-winning goals. The Golden Knights traded him to Buffalo in the Jack Eichel trade. In 311 games for Buffalo, he has 269 points on 117 goals and 230 assists. He is a +55 with 29 power-play goals, ten shorthanded goals, and 36 game-winning goals.

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