Corey Perry signed a one-year contract and will be on the ice with the Edmonton Oilers this morning. He produced four goals and nine points in 16 games with Chicago earlier this season before the Blackhawks terminated his contract.
Welcome to the reviews of the previews. Last offseason, I took a look at 29 players who played for the Oilers in the 2021-22 season. I wrote about their season as a whole, and how I projected them for this past 2022-23 season.
There is a common narrative that has come to be in Edmonton over the last two seasons: Evan Bouchard only looks good when he’s played with a veteran defenceman.
Recent reports suggest the Nashville Predators are making defenseman Mattias Ekholm available via trade ahead of this year’s NHL Trade Deadline. A franchise that hasn’t played nearly as well as they would have liked, Ekholm was recently signed to a four-year contract extension at a cost of $6.25 million per season.
The Edmonton Oilers have issues scoring goals, they have issues in net, and they have issues keeping the puck out of their own net. When it comes to the last of those three problems, the absence of a veteran defender like Duncan Keith is becoming more and more evident by the game.
Unsurprisingly, the 2022-23 Chicago Blackhawks have struggled out of the gate. They look as disjointed as was to be expected, given the changes up and down their lineup this offseason.
This hire was expected after the legendary defenseman called it quits after just one season with the Oilers.
Rumors of him sticking with the organization in some capacity were out there, but on September 15, 2022, it was announced that Duncan Keith signed a player development contract with the Edmonton Oilers.
All in all, not a bad summer for GM Ken Holland. However, he told TSN 1260 that he might not be done with his offseason work just yet:
The Edmonton Oilers originally had just over $7 million of cap space heading into free agency, but with the Zack Kassian trade and Duncan Keith hanging up the skates after 17 seasons, they’ll likely have over $20 million to make moves and re-sign key players.
The NHL’s annual fishing derby wrapped up for another year and the Oilers ended up being pretty busy even though I wasn’t necessarily expecting that to be the case.
On July 12th, 2021, the Edmonton Oilers acquired Duncan Keith and Tim Soderlund from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Caleb Jones and a conditional 2022 draft pick.
Three-time NHL All-Star and two-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner Duncan Keith is retiring after 17 seasons, according to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic.
The NHL Draft was back to being in person for the first time since 2019 and boy, did this thing ever live up to the hype. Before I get to the absolute madness that occurred during the first four picks, I want to talk a little about how fired up the city was for this.
As the NHL Draft and free agency creep closer, there’s been a lot of talk in Edmonton about what veteran defenseman Duncan Keith will decide in regards to his NHL future.
Keith is proving to be invaluable to the Oilers.
One of the most frequently-discussed topics this past off-season among the Oilers fanbase was the trade for Duncan Keith. It all began in late June, when Elliotte Friedman reported that a Western Canadian team was interested in Keith.
Keith is in his first season with Edmonton, and it has been a relatively quiet one.
Admittedly, if Duncan Keith comes into the 2021-22 NHL season and kicks things off on the right foot — producing in a second-pair role, playing sound defense, and keeping up with the play for 17-19 minutes per night — few will care about how he got introduced (and introduced himself) to the team.
Keith, who has a full no-move clause, was seeking a trade so he could be closer to his son, who lives in Western Canada.
Duncan Keith is seeking a new home address to lace up his skates. After spending all 16 seasons of his NHL career in Chicago, he wants to be closer to his family in British Columbia.
No, I never thought we’d see the day that Duncan Keith would be involved in trade discussions that take his talents away from the Chicago Blackhawks. Despite encountering a natural regression of effectiveness, his presence has always come across like the type that would be everlasting in Chicago.
The next installment of our Blackhawks 2020-21 Player Grades series will take a look at Duncan Keith’s season. The veteran defenseman’s numbers have been in a steady decline for the past few seasons and this one was no exception.
The Chicago Blackhawks are reportedly very interested in adding Seth Jones or Dougie Hamilton to their blue-line. They currently have around $6 million in cap space with several RFA’s to sign.
If it is the end of the line for Keith in Chicago, it has been quite a run.
The Chicago Blackhawks haven't found much success since winning the Stanley Cup in 2015, and it appears the team's veteran core of Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook is getting fed up.
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