Overview
- Media reports on Wednesday linked the Oilers to St. Louis’s Jordan Binnington and Montreal’s Samuel Montembeault as realistic short-term goalie targets for Edmonton.
- Tristan Jarry is the lone NHL-ready netminder signed to the Oilers with a $5.375 million cap hit for two more seasons while Connor Ingram and Calvin Pickard are expected to become unrestricted free agents on July 1.
- Binnington impressed for Team Canada at recent international tournaments and carries one year left at about $6 million, with proposed trade ideas calling for the Oilers to send prospect goalie Connor Ungar’s rights plus the 52nd overall pick and possibly a young roster player.
- Montembeault posted a down 2025–26 season, was assigned to Laval, and has one year at a $3.15 million cap hit that analysts say makes him a buy-low candidate for Edmonton if Montreal’s crease becomes crowded.
- Any move would force choices for GM Stan Bowman between chasing an immediate upgrade for Connor McDavid’s window and preserving draft capital and goalie depth, and those decisions are likely to land before the 2026 draft or July 1 free-agency moves.