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Goaltender Stuart Skinner has been traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a blockbuster goalie-for-goalie deal. The move comes after a season of intense pressure and scrutiny for Skinner,
Selected by Edmonton with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, Draisaitl has long surpassed Marco Sturm (487 points) as the highest-scoring Germany-born player, and will continue to elevate the bar. He is in his 12th NHL season and the first season of an eight-year, $112-million contract ($14 million average annual value) with Edmonton.
Even with a new goalie, the Oilers still look like an aging, top-heavy team that has played a ton of hockey the past two seasons.
Connor McDavid ’s surge has shifted the tone in Edmonton, and Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch’s latest comments should catch the NHL ’s attention.
The Edmonton Oilers shocked the hockey world recently, moving on from Stuart Skinner and Brett Kulak, while they brought in Tristan Jarry and Samuel Poulin in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins.