- Oilers re-sign RFA defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin to a two-year, $3.5 million contract
- The $1.75 million cap hit lands just days after Edmonton got him in the Darnell Nurse trade
- Read below for the full terms and how the 24-year-old fits on Edmonton’s blue line
The Oilers already found a use for one piece of the Darnell Nurse trade.
Edmonton re-signed restricted free agent Shakir Mukhamadullin to a two-year contract on Saturday, agent Dan Milstein announced. The deal carries a $1.75 million cap hit and pays the 24-year-old defenseman $3.5 million over the two years.
Here’s Milstein confirming the deal:
Edmonton got it done one day before the arbitration filing deadline. Mukhamadullin was arbitration-eligible, so the Oilers cleared that hurdle before it became a headache.
PuckPedia laid out the structure. Mukhamadullin earns $1.55 million in salary this coming season plus a $200,000 signing bonus, then $1.75 million in 2027-28. That final number also serves as his qualifying offer when the contract expires.
The Oilers picked up Mukhamadullin and prospect Zack Sharp from San Jose on July 1, sending Nurse the other way in a trade that reshaped both blue lines. Locking up the new arrival to a cheap two-year deal was the easy part of the swap.
Edmonton is already the third NHL stop for Mukhamadullin, and he hasn’t turned 25 yet. New Jersey drafted him 20th overall in 2020, though he never played a game for the Devils. They shipped him to San Jose in 2023 as part of the package that landed Timo Meier.
The 6-foot-4 left-shot blueliner carved out a regular role with the Sharks last season. He put up five goals and 12 points in 50 games and averaged 17:09 of ice time.
Now he steps into an Oilers back end that just moved out one of its longest-tenured names for a fraction of the cost.
