- Oilers re-sign restricted free agent Spencer Stastney to a one-year, $1.525 million deal
- The move gives Edmonton eight defensemen under contract for the NHL roster
- Read below for Stastney’s numbers and how he ended up in Edmonton
The Oilers cleaned up one more piece of their blue line on Saturday.
Edmonton re-signed restricted free agent Spencer Stastney to a one-year deal worth $1.525 million, per PuckPedia. The agreement keeps the defenseman in the fold and pushes the Oilers to eight blueliners under contract at the NHL level.
Stastney landed in Edmonton midway through last season. He came over from Nashville in a pair of trades, the same wave of moves that brought goaltender Tristan Jarry to the Oilers.
The 2025-26 campaign was his first full run in the NHL. He split it between two clubs, suiting up for 30 games with the Predators before the trade and 36 more with Edmonton after it. He finished with 10 points and a minus-11 across both stops.
His stretch in an Oilers sweater was a quiet one. Stastney managed just a single point and a minus-10 in those 36 games, well short of the breakout some expected after he put up 17 points in 26 AHL contests the year before.
He did the dirty work, though, chipping in 13 hits and 63 blocked shots. At $1.525 million for one season, this is a low-risk bet on a depth defender who can eat minutes and clear the front of his own net.
Edmonton has spent the summer reshaping its back end. The club re-signed Shakir Mukhamadullin after landing him in the Darnell Nurse trade, and Stastney is the latest name locked in as the Oilers sort out their depth chart behind the top pairing.
