Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Oilers za su fara kakar wasa a hankali, suna zaune tare da rikodin 9<unk>9<unk>1 bayan wasanni 19, amma kulob din zai yi zafi, yana zuwa 21<unk>9<unk>7 a wasanninsu na 37 na gaba. Yayin da ranar ƙarshe ta kusanci, kulob din ba shi da mai tsaron gidan mai lamba daya, kuma sun magance wannan batun ta hanyar siyar da zagayen zagayen farko a 2006.
zuwa Minnesota Wild don Dwayne Roloson. Edmonton zai kuma ƙara tsohon Calder Memorial Trophy mai nasara Sergei Samsonov zuwa kulob din, aika Marty Reasoner, Yan Stastny da zagaye na biyu na zagaye (Milan Lucic) zuwa Boston Bruins don samun shi. Oilers sun buga wasan hockey na matsakaici har zuwa karshen kakar wasa, amma duk da haka sun yi nasarar kammala a matsayi na takwas a taron Yammacin Turai kuma sun cancanci shiga wasan karshe a karon farko tun 2003.