The Edmonton Oilers have fallen just short in the playoffs for the past couple of seasons. However, this is not the fault of the offense as they had three 100-point scorers (McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins) last season and have four of the most recent seven Hart winners (McDavid 3x, Draisaitl 1x).
Their defensive core currently consists of Ekholm, Darnell Nurse, Cody Ceci, Evan Bouchard, Brett Kulak, and Philip Broberg.
In addition to this, the Oilers get Taylor Raddysh who is a respectable bottom-six forward who could provide some supplementary scoring. Raddysh also found great chemistry with Connor McDavid in junior hockey with the Erie Otters.