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Oilers reassign 15 players to trim training camp roster

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By Michael Menzies

Sep 25, 2026, 14:00 EDTUpdated: Sep 25, 2026, 14:25 EDT

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The Edmonton Oilers are close to finalizing their roster.

On Friday morning, the Oilers sent down most of their minor-league roster that remained with the big club after a 2-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks the night before.

Josh Brown, Riley Stillman, and Eduards Tralmaks have been placed on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Bakersfield.

Tomas Cibulka, Connor Clattenburg, Quinn Hutson, Viljami Marjala, William Nicholl, Aku Räty, and Connor Ungar have also been loaned to the Condors. Rudolfs Berzkalns, Caden Harvey, David Lewandowski, and Andrew Robinson are returning to the junior clubs.

Out of that group, Marjala may have left the greatest impression on the coaching staff for future call-up purposes, but the organization should be happy with how Tomas Cibulka looked in his one pre-season game on Thursday, as well as Quinn Hutson, who at times looked strong.

However, one name that is staying up for the moment is right-handed centre, Owen Michaels. He’s shown good positional awareness and habits, but this decision likely has to do with Jason Dickinson’s availability and injury status moving forward.

Coach Mike Babcock said earlier this week that Dickinson was trending to play the last preseason game in Calgary on Saturday. But a follow-up on Friday says he’s had a setback and is unlikely to start the season.

Max Jones also remains with the Oilers. He re-signed with Edmonton in the offseason after playing 21 games in the NHL in 2025-26 and was expected to be in a positional battle to make the team.

These were the lines the Oilers practiced with on Friday.

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The @EdmontonOilers practice: Podkolzin-McDavid-Draisaitl Howard-RNH-Hyman Jones-Frederic-Kapanen Formenton-Dach-Joseph Samanski-Michaels Ekholm-Bouchard Walman-Murphy Shea-Mukhamadullin Stastney-Emberson Jarry Levi Tomkins Not on the ice: Dickinson

5:12 PM · Sep 25, 2026

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Assuming these are the lines for Saturday, that would leave Josh Samanski on the outside looking in for a spot, and Colton Dach pencilled in as the Oilers’ fourth-line centre. Plus, Trent Frederic is listed as the third-line centre. He spoke in the 2025 off-season about his belief that he could play centre.

We’ll know more after media availabilities and morning skate on Saturday.

Seth Griffith, who has been a great soldier in the organization since 2020-21, has been released from his professional tryout. He played one NHL game with the Oilers in 2021-22, but has been a mainstay with the Condors since his arrival. Griffith led Bakersfield in scoring in 2025-26, and in 379 games with the Condors, scored 111 goals and 370 points.

Michael Menzies is an Oilersnation columnist and co-host of PreGaming and Oilersnation After Dark. He’s also been the play-by-play voice of the Bonnyville Pontiacs in the AJHL since 2019. With seven years of news experience as the Editor-at-Large of Lakeland Connect in Bonnyville, Menzies collects vinyl, books, and stomach issues. Follow him on X at Menzies_4.

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