However, that is the case of the Winnipeg Jets this season. Last season, they finished with a 56-22-4 record, good enough for 116 points. Through 57 games this season, they don’t even half their total of points from last season, as their 54 points are the sixth-fewest in the league.

On Thursday, Daily Faceoff released their latest trade board, with four Jets on the list. In this article, we’ll identify the Edmonton Oilers’ needs, as well as which Jets could be a fit for the Oilers.

Identifying the Oilers’ needs

Coming back from the Olympic break, the Oilers lost an incredibly winnable game to the Anaheim Ducks due to getting a save from netminder Tristan Jarry. Defence has been a problem all season, as they went from a team that was one of the best at limiting high-danger chances in 2023-24 and 2024-25, to a team that gives up a bunch of high-danger opportunities.

Their biggest need is a top-four defender who can defend. They have to limit high-danger chances to help their goaltenders (who need to make a save). Additionally, the Oilers could use a third-line centre, preferably a right-shot, as well as a scoring top-six winger.

With a little over $12,000 of cap space at the trade deadline, they’ll need to move some money out. That said, let’s take a look at which players the Jets have to offer.

Brad Lambert

Drafted 30th overall in 2022, Brad Lambert hasn’t had much of an opportunity in the National Hockey League, playing a total of just 10 games over three seasons, where he had a goal and three points.

What’s a little more concerning is that the right-shot centres’ numbers in the American Hockey League have declined on a year to year basis, scoring 21 goals and 55 points in 64 games in 2023-24, seven goals and 35 points in 61 games in 2024-25, and just six goals and 13 points in 32 games this season.

Early this season, Frank Seravalli reported that Lambert’s agency was given permission to facilitate a trade. In the past few seasons, the Oilers have given shots to first rounders who didn’t find success with their draft team: Ike Howard, Matthew Savoie, and Vasily Podkolzin. Could Lambert be the next player?

Lambert is considered an obvious trade candidate by Daily Faceoff and has a cap hit of $886,666.

Gustav Nyquist

Another player considered an obvious trade candidate is veteran Gustav Nyquist. This is the 36-year-old forward’s 14th season in the league, but he’s been held goal-less in his 36 games, with nine apples. He’s slowed down in recent years, as he scored just 11 goals and 19 points in 79 games, but had 23 goals and 75 points in 81 games with the Nashville Predators in 2023-24.

The journeyman veteran is in the final year of his contract and has a cap hit of $3.25 million. There are better options on the market.

Luke Schenn

Nyquist was drafted in the fourth round of the 2008 draft, while Luke Schenn was the fifth overall pick. A right-shot defenceman, Schenn began his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, but has also played with the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Arizona Coyotes, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks, Tampa Bay Lightning (where he won back-to-back Stanley Cups), the Canucks and Leafs again, the Nashville Predators, and now the Jets.

He’s had a few 20-point seasons in the past, most recently in 2022-23, but he has just one goal and seven points in 43 games this season with the Jets. Schenn has always been as a physical, defensive defenceman, something the Oilers could use for their third pair. That said, he isn’t a top four defenceman.

Schenn is in the final year of his contract and earns $2.75 million and is considered an obvious trade candidate, as is his brother Brayden.

Both Schenn, and Logan Stanley below, were named as potential options for the Oilers by The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta.

Logan Stanley

Another soon-to-be unrestricted free agent defenceman who Daily Faceoff considers an obvious trade target is Logan Stanley. Standing at 6’7”, 231 lbs, the left-shot defenceman has broken out in 2025-26, as he has nine goals and 18 points in 56 games, setting career-highs across the board.

Like Schenn, he’s considered a defensive defenceman, but hasn’t had a great season defensively as opponents have 44 expected goals with Stanley on the ice during five-on-five. He’s affordable, as he has a cap hit of $1.25 million, but the Oilers already have four left-shot defencemen on their roster, and should be looking to add a right-shot defenceman.

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Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Oilersnation, FlamesNation, and Blue Jays Nation. Follow her on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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