Edmonton Oilers most recent and significant trade with each NHL team: Atlantic Edition

This is the first article of a series where I’ll look at the most recent significant trade the Edmonton Oilers has made with every other NHL team. I will start with the Atlantic Division, then move on to the Metropolitan, the Central, and last and best, the Pacific Division.

In order to keep this interesting I’ll only look at the more significant trades, no one really cares about the ol’ seventh-round pick for future considerations, whatever that means. As significant is a subjective term, I’ll confine myself to trades involving rostered players of reasonable note, or promising prospects from either Edmonton or their trade partner. I’ll also mention some of the more exciting trades between the two teams all time.

Tampa Bay Lightning

July 8, 2025: Sam O’Reilly to Tampa for Isaac Howard

The most recent trade the Oilers have made overall is with the Tampa Bay Lightning. While neither of these player are rostered they are both promising prospects. Isaac Howard is coming off a 52-point campaign with Michigan State University. As he is two years older than Sam O’Reilly, he fits the Oilers win now mentality and is likely to see regular playing time this season.

December 30, 1997: Jason Bonsignore, Steve Kelly, Bryan Marchment to Tampa for Roman Hamerlik and rights to Paul Comrie

While this is not such a high profile trade, it is one of the bigger trades between the two teams. Roman Hamerlik spent three seasons with the Oilers. His name will be etched into my brain for eternity after hearing it announced in NHL 2004 so many times, though he was playing for the Islanders at that point.

Boston Bruins

July 1, 2025: Viktor Arvidsson to Boston for a 2027 fifth-round pick

The second most recent Oilers trade overall was with the Bruins. This trade was mostly used to open up some cap space though Arvidsson did not live up to what was hoped of him, putting up 27 points in 67 games.

November 10, 2000: Bill Guerin to Boston for Anson Carter with a smattering of conditions

Not a huge trade, but Bill Guerin is a successful GM of the Minnesota Wild.

January 11, 1996: Bill Ranford to Boston for Mariusz Czerkawski and 1996 first-round pick

Bill Ranford backstopped the Oilers to their 1990 Stanley Cup and won the Conn Smythe that year with a .912 Sv% and a 2.53 GAA which was extremely impressive for the time.

March 8, 1988: Andy Moog to Boston for Geoff Courtnall, Bill Ranford, 1988 second-round pick

Andy Moog and Grant Fuhr were the invincible Oilers goalie tandem of the ‘80s; Moog won three Stanley Cups with the Oilers in the ‘80s and Fuhr won five (one in the ‘90s).

Buffalo Sabres

July 25, 2024: Ryan McLeod and Tyler Tullio to Buffalo for Matthew Savoie

The most recent Oilers-Sabres trade saw McLeod and Tullio go to Buffalo in exchange for Matty Savoie. It is especially difficult to have given up McLeod now as he put up 20 goals and 53 points in 79 games this year, but Matthew Savoie is a very exciting prospect who, along with Isaac Howard, is likely to see plenty of NHL time.

March 18, 1997: Miroslav Satan to Buffalo for Craig Miller, Barrie Moore

Satan only spent two years with the Oilers, but went on to play many solid seasons with the Sabres, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Bruins, scoring a career high 75 points. His name is also burned into my brain thanks to NHL 2004.

September 1, 1993: Craig Simpson to Buffalo for Jozef Cierny, 1994 fourth-round pick

Craig Simpson didn’t have such a spectacular playing career (though he actually average nearly 61 points a season in Edmonton), but he has gone on to become one of the legendary voices of hockey. He is the reason so many players names are stuck in my brain as he was the colour commentator in the NHL 2004 game.

Detroit Red Wings

July 2, 2023: Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin to Detroit for future considerations

The most recent trade with the Red Wings is not so recent, and not so exciting either, as the Oilers didn’t get anything in return. Yamamoto is one more name in the long list of middle-six wingers to be passed on after one to three years. Edmonton really needs someone to stick.

February 24, 2020: Sam Gagner, 2020 second-round, 2021 second-round to Detroit for Andreas Athanasiou and Ryan Kuffner

Not such an exciting trade, but Gagner spent three separate stints with the Oilers.

November 2, 1989: Jimmy Carson, Kevin McClell, 1991 fifth-round pick to Detroit for Adam Graves, Petr Klima, Joe Murphy, Jeff Sharples

Adam Graves didn’t spend much time in Edmonton but, like Satan, had a long and consistent career with the Rangers.

Montreal Canadiens

March 21, 2022: William Lagesson, 2022 second-round, 2024 seventh-round to Montreal for Brett Kulak

The most recent trade with the Canadiens was the one that brought Kulak to the orange and blue, I’d say Edmonton won this trade.

March 2, 2015: Jeff Petry to Montreal for 2015 second and 2015 conditional fifth

December 28, 2015: Ben Scrivens to Montreal for Zack Kassian

August 27, 1992: Vincent Damphousse, 1993 fourth-round pick to Montreal for Shayne Corson, Brent Gilchrist, Vladimir Vujtek

Vincent Damphousse only spent one year with the Oilers but had a long successful career, posting 1205 career points.

Ottawa Senators

March 5, 2014: Ales Hemsky to Senators for 2015 third-round pick, 2014 fifth-round pick

Not much has happened between the Oilers and Senators, so I would say the most recent significant trade is the one that sent Ales Hensky away. Hemsky was a huge part of the mid-2000’s Oilers teams and a fan favourite, especially during the 2005–06 cup run. He had 77 points in 81 regular season games and 17 in 24 playoff games.

Toronto Maple Leafs

June 8, 2018: 2020 conditional seventh-round pick to Toronto for Nolan Vesey

The Oilers and Maple Leafs really have not done much business for a long time, this is the most recent trade, simply for some interest sake.

March 23, 1999: 1999 fourth and 2000 second-roun to Toronto for Jason Smith

The most recent trade of some excitement was not even in this century. Jason Smith joined the Oilers at the end of the 1998–99 season and stayed for seven more years. He is most well known as the Captain of the Oilers during the 2005–06 cup run.

September 19, 1991: Glenn Anderson, Craig Berube, Grant Fuhr to Toronto for Vincent Damphousse, Peter Ing, Luke Richardson, Scott Thornton, cash, future considerations

This was a pretty hefty trade at the time; Glenn Anderson and Grant Fuhr being two of the more central figures of the 1980’s Oilers dynasty though both of them were in the second half of their career.

Florida Panthers

There are almost no trades of any interest between these two teams, almost as if they knew about the enmity they would eventually feel for each other.

Here are two of some mild interest:

December 30, 2018: Chris Wideman, 2019 third round to Florida for Alex Petrovic

February 27, 2016: Teddy Purcell to Florida for 2016 third-round pick

stats from NHL.com, puckpedia.com, and nhltradetracker.com