Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mwaka wa2010-11 wakaunza kutaridzika kutsva kuEdmonton Oilers line-up, apo Shawn Horcoff akasarudzwa kuti atsive Ethan Moreau semutungamiriri wechikwata. Horcoff akanga ava mutambi weOilers akashanda kwenguva refu panguva ino. Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, naMagnus Paajarvi-Svensson vose vakaita NHL yavo yekutanga kwechikwata. Pasinei zvapo nokuyerera kwetarenda ravo duku, Edmonton yakazviwana vamene vari pasi pezvigaro. Mukuedza kuwana mikana inokosha uye kusarudzwa kwekusarudzwa, Dustin Penner akatengeswa kubva kuOilers kuenda kuLos Angeles musi waFebruary 28, 2011, mukutsinhana naColten Teubert, yekutanga-kutenderera kusarudzwa muna 2011 (yakashandiswa kusarudza Oscar Klefbom) uye yechitatu-kutenderera kusarudzwa mu
Gore ra2012. Pakupera kwemwaka, VaOilers vaive pasi pechikwata uye vakagamuchira kodzero yekusarudza yekutanga zvachose mune iri kuuya 2011 NHL Entry Draft. VaOilers vakasarudza Ryan Nugent-Hopkins nechisarudzo chokutanga chose, pamwe chete nedzimwe tarisiro dze"blue chip". Munguva yegore ra2011, chikwata chakaitazve mafambiro akati wandei kusimudzira kurwisa nekudzivirira, kuwanazve fan inodiwa Ryan Smyth kubva kuLos Angeles kuna Colin Fraser uye wechinomwe-kutenderera dhizaini. Chikwata ichi chakaitawo kutengeserana neAnaheim Ducks kuti vawane Andy Sutton nokuda kwaKurtis Foster. Sheldon Souray, uyo akatamba mwaka wose wa2010-11 muAmerican Hockey League (AHL) neHershey Bears, akatengwa kunze kwegore rokupedzisira rechibvumirano chake. Kufamba uku, pamwe chete nekusaina kwaEric Belanger, Cam Barker, Ben Eager, naDarcy Hordichuk, vakachinja chimiro chechikwata, kuti vawedzere "grit uye kuomarara". Zvisinei, maOilers akakundikana zvakare kukwanisa kuenda kumakwikwi emwaka wechitanhatu akateedzana, sezvo vakapedza 14th muWestern Conference.