Oilers’ Podkolzin off to flying start riding shotgun with McDavid, Draisaitl

Oct 21, 2026, 2:07 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Sportsnet, by Mark Spector,

EDMONTON — How on earth does a team like the Edmonton Oilers , in the middle of their Stanley Cup window, end up with an emerging, 25-year-old power forward like Vasily Podkolzin ?

From a Vancouver team that could dearly use such a player? For just the miserly price of a fourth-round draft pick, no less?

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