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Oilers linked to Blues in potential Skinner for Binnington trade
Jordan Binnington
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Zach Laing
Nov 26, 2025, 08:00 ESTUpdated: Nov 26, 2025, 00:11 EST
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The Edmonton Oilers’ goaltending situation has become untenable.
They entered Tuesday night’s game against the Dallas Stars with a team save percentage of .866, the second-worst mark in the league, which only got worse as the team got embarrassed in an 8-3 loss.
Edmonton reportedly wants to give goaltenders Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard another months worth of runway, but they may not be able to wait for long as the team sits on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. There might be an option for them in waiting, though.
Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos released his first trade board of the 2025-26 season Tuesday, linking the Oilers with the St. Louis Blues in a potential swap of goaltenders. Kypreos’ speculation surrounds a deal that would send Jordan Binnington to Edmonton in a deal that would send Skinner the other way.
But one thing that could be holding the deal up is the Oilers trying to get the Blues to add a defenceman to the deal.
Binnington has one more season on his contract and the sense is he won’t be part of any re-tool the Blues might undergo. The strongest speculation ties Binnington to Edmonton, and that the Oilers are also seeing if they can get a defenceman out of St. Louis at the same time. That potential deal would most likely be built around Stuart Skinner going back to St. Louis to team up with Hofer.
Binnington, 32, has appeared in 15 games for the Blues this year starting 13 of them, posting a 5-5-4 record, a .880 save percentage and a 3.13 goals against average. His -7.97 goals saved above the expected mark ranks 74th among 75 goaltenders to appear in a game this season.
It’s been a standout season in the worst of ways for Binnington, who has posted some of the worst numbers of his career, but is coming off 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons in which his 36.72 goals saved above expected mark ranked seventh among 121 netminders to play in those seasons. He posted a 56-43-10 record over that time, with a .907 save percentage and a 2.77 goals against average.
He also backstopped Canada to a Gold Medal win at the 4-Nations Face-Off, posting a 3-1 record, a .907 save percentage and a 2.37 goals against average.
While a defenceman may be part of what could be holding up the deal, so too could be Binnington’s contract. He has one year remaining on a deal paying him $6-million per year, and in order for a deal to be consummated between the two sides, the Oilers would need to clear roughly $3-million in cap space.
Skinner, meanwhile, has already been in trade rumours this season, with TSN’s Ryan Rishaug reporting in early November that “if a deal comes up that allows Stan Bowman to make a trade tomorrow, that he knows in his gut is going to be an upgrade in net and it involves moving from Stuart Skinner, it’s done… no question.”
Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report. He can be followed on X at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.

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