Arizona Coyotes Trade Troy Stecher To Edmonton Oilers

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After the Edmonton Oilers loaned forward Dylan Holloway to the Bakersfield Condors, they made a deal with the Arizona Coyotes for right-handed defenseman Troy Stecher. Edmonton also gets a 2024 7th round pick and Arizona gets a 2027 4th round pick. There is no salary retention in this deal, the Oilers get all of Stecher’s $1.1M cap hit. This leaves them now with $1M of cap space for the Trade Deadline tomorrow.

Related Post: NHL Trade Deadline: Anaheim Trades Henrique And Carrick To Edmonton

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The 29-year-old has 5 points through 47 games this season. He’s also made 52 hits and blocked 67 shots. GM Ken Holland stated after the Henrique/Carrick trade that he was interested in acquiring a depth defenseman. Well, here he is. He played some solid seasons in Vancouver from 2017-2020, but I admittedly haven’t watched him play a lot after that. All I know is he had a lower-body injury about a month and a half ago and that would’ve kept him from suiting up in Arizona’s first meeting against the Oilers. I honestly just don’t know enough to fully critique his game yet. But a few analytics accounts on twitter have a favorable view of him. So I’m sure my perspective will change when I am finally able to see him play regularly. He’s not the same 20+ point player that he once was, but the defensive aspects of his game are still strong on all of the stats sheets.

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Stephen Vani

Oilers fan in Toronto. Staying up past my bedtime for Western games since the mid 2000s.

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