Oilers announce 55-man training camp roster as testing begins Wednesday

A 55-man contingent will descend on downtown Edmonton’s Rogers Place on Wednesday as the Oilers training camp kicks off.
And while the players will all undergo medical and fitness testing, general manager Stan Bowman is expected to meet with the media, surely set to be asked about the contract status of Connor McDavid.
Nonetheless, things will move quickly for the team as their first pre-season game is set for Sunday night in a split-squad game with the Calgary Flames. The Oilers’ pre-season will continue with pairs of games against the Winnipeg Jets, Seattle Kraken and Vancouver Canucks, all of which will feature home and away games.
The 55-man training camp roster was released by the Oilers on Tuesday, featuring 33 forwards, 16 defencemen and six goaltenders. Nine drafted prospects are set to attend the camp: 2021 sixth-round pick Matvey Petrov, 2022 fifth-round pick Samuel Jonsson, 2023 draft picks Beau Akey, Matt Copponi, and Nathaniel Day, 2024 draft picks Connor Clattenburg and William Nicholl, and 2025 draft picks Tommy Lafreniere and David Lewandowski.
Multiple recent signings will be there, too. All of Quinn Hutson, Damien Carfagna, Arto Leppanen, David Tomasek, Josh Samanski and Viljami Marjala will attend, as will Ike Howard.
Earlier this week, the team released seven players from professional tryouts.
Here’s the full list of players, as sorted by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders:
Name POS NO. HT WT SH HOMETOWN 2024-25 TEAM GP G A P PIM +/- ACQUIRED BORN AGE Vasily Podkolzin F 92 6’1” 190 L Moscow, RUS Edmonton 82 8 16 24 48 +1 Via VAN 8/18/24 Jun. 24, 2001 24 Adam Henrique F 19 6’0” 195 L Brantford, ON Edmonton 81 12 15 27 16 +2 Via TBL 45446 Feb. 6, 1990 35 Mattias Janmark F 13 6’2” 205 L Stockholm, SWE Edmonton 80 2 16 18 22 -6 FA 7/17/2022 Dec. 8, 1992 32 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins F 93 6’1” 192 L Burnaby, BC Edmonton 78 20 29 49 24 +4 R1 P1 2011 Apr. 12, 1993 32 Zach Hyman F 18 6’1” 206 R Toronto, ON Edmonton 73 27 17 44 32 +9 FA 7/28/2021 Jun. 9, 1992 33 Leon Draisaitl F 29 6’2” 209 L Cologne, GER Edmonton 71 52 54 106 34 +32 R1 P3 2014 Oct. 27, 1995 29 Connor McDavid F 97 6’1” 194 L Richmond Hill, ON Edmonton 67 26 74 100 37 +20 R1 P1 2015 Jan. 13, 1997 28 Kasperi Kapanen F 42 6’1” 195 R Kupio, FIN St. Louis/Edmonton 67 6 8 14 16 -22 WVRS 11/19/2024 Jul. 23, 1996 29 Trent Frederic F 10 6’3” 221 L St. Louis, MO Boston/Edmonton 58 8 7 15 44 -16 Via BOS 3/4/2025 Feb. 11, 1998 27 Max Jones F 46 6’3” 216 L Rochester, MI Boston/Edmonton 26 1 1 2 10 -9 Via BOS 3/4/2025 Feb. 17, 1998 27 Andrew Mangiapane F 88 5’10” 183 L Toronto, ON Washington 81 14 14 28 24 – FA 07/01/2025 Apr. 4, 1996 29 Isaac Howard F 53 5’11” 190 L Hudson, WI Michigan State 37 26 26 52 10 +19 Via TBL 7/9/2025 Mar. 30, 2004 21 David Tomasek F 86 6’2” 210 R Praha, CZE Farjestad BK (SHL) 47 24 33 57 43 +5 FA 04/02/2025 Feb. 10, 1996 29 Josh Samanski F 81 6’3” 194 L Erding, GER Straubing (DEL) 52 14 26 40 29 +1 FA 04/01/2025 Mar. 22, 2002 23 Viljami Marjala F 57 6’2” 177 L Oulu, FIN TPS (Liiga) 54 8 44 52 8 -6 FA 06/06/2025 Jan. 29, 2003 22 Matt Savoie F 22 5’10” 179 R St. Albert, AB Bakersfield (AHL) 66 19 35 54 28 +21 Via BUF 7/5/2024 Jan. 1, 2004 21 Seth Griffith F 39 5’9” 190 R Wallaceburg, ON Bakersfield (AHL) 65 21 51 72 46 -2 FA 10/09/2020 Jan. 4, 1993 32 Jayden Grubbe F 47 6’3” 203 R Calgary, AB Bakersfield (AHL) 62 2 12 14 44 -19 Via NYR 5/31/23 Jan. 12, 2003 22 Noah Philp F 48 6’3” 198 R Canmore, AB Bakersfield (AHL) 55 19 16 35 29 +11 FA 07/01/2024 Aug. 31, 1998 27 James Hamblin F 52 5’10” 185 L Edmonton, AB Bakersfield (AHL) 51 19 26 45 24 +22 FA 03/03/2022 Apr. 27, 1999 26 Matvey Petrov F 43 6’2” 200 R Moscow, RUS Bakersfield (AHL) 50 9 7 16 10 -6 R6 P180 2021 Mar. 12, 2003 22 James Stefan F 70 6’0” 186 R Laguna Beach, CA Bakersfield (AHL) 45 3 0 3 8 -16 FA 3/21/2024 Aug. 9, 2003 22 Roby Järventie F 15 6’3” 209 L Tampere, FIN Bakersfield (AHL) 2 0 2 2 0 – Via OTT 7/15/24 Aug. 8, 2002 23 Tommy Lafreniere F 54 6’0” 178 R St. Sauveur, QC Kamloops (WHL) 68 24 32 56 20 -33 R3 P83 2025 Jan. 16, 2007 18 William Nicholl F 56 6’1” 190 L Ottawa, ON London (OHL) 66 21 36 57 33 +38 R7 P196 2024 May 24, 2006 19 David Lewandowski F 38 6’2” 176 L Dusseldorf, GER Saskatoon (WHL) 52 15 24 39 21 +21 R4 P117 2025 Feb. 20, 2007 18 Curtis Lazar F 20 6’0” 203 R Salmon Arm, BC New Jersey 48 2 3 5 14 -6 FA 07/02/2025 Feb. 2, 1995 30 Brady Stonehouse F 41 5’10” 194 L Blenheim, ON Peter/Ott (OHL) 48 14 14 28 14 -18 FA 10/05/2023 Aug. 6, 2004 21 Connor Clattenburg F 64 6’2” 215 L Arnprior, ON Flint (OHL) 46 16 19 35 108 +2 R5 P160 2024 May 2, 2005 20 Matt Copponi F 45 5’11” 180 R Mansfield, MA Boston Univ. 40 6 18 24 14 15 R7 P216 2023 Jun. 4, 2003 22 Rhett Pitlick F 68 5’10” 180 L Coral Springs, FL Minn State (Mankato) 39 13 27 40 14 +32 Bak 6/24/2025 Feb. 7, 2001 24 Quinn Hutson F 28 5’11” 176 R N. Barrington, IL Boston Univ. 38 23 27 50 33 +17 FA 4/13/2025 Jan. 1, 2002 23 Rem Pitlick F 16 5’11” 187 L Ottawa, ON San Jose (AHL) 18 2 11 13 6 -7 Bak 6/24/2025 Apr. 2, 1997 28
Defencemen
Name POS NO. HT WT SH HOMETOWN 2024-25 TEAM GP G A P PIM +/- ACQUIRED BORN AGE Evan Bouchard D 2 6’3” 195 R Oakville, ON Edmonton 82 14 53 67 32 +14 R1 P10 2018 Oct. 20, 1999 25 Brett Kulak D 27 6’2” 192 L Edmonton, AB Edmonton 82 7 18 25 18 -7 Via MTL 3/21/22 Jan. 6, 1994 31 Ty Emberson D 49 6’2” 193 R Eau Claire, WI Edmonton 76 2 11 13 18 -5 Via SJS 8/19/24 May 23, 2000 25 Darnell Nurse D 25 6’4” 215 L Hamilton, ON Edmonton 76 5 28 33 72 +11 R1 P7 2013 Feb. 4, 1995 30 Troy Stecher D 51 5’10” 184 R Richmond, BC Edmonton 66 3 4 7 27 -2 Via ARI 3/6/24 Apr. 7, 1994 31 Mattias Ekholm D 14 6’5” 225 L Borlange, Sweden Edmonton 65 9 24 33 30 +11 Via NSH 2/28/23 May 24, 1990 35 Jake Walman D 96 6’1” 218 L Toronto, ON San Jose/Edmonton 65 7 33 40 40 +4 Via SJS 3/6/2025 Feb. 20, 1996 29 Cam Dineen D 55 5’11” 190 L Toms River, NJ Bakersfield (AHL) 59 3 34 43 20 +1 Via ARI 44929 Jun. 19, 1998 27 Josh Brown D 44 6’5” 220 R London, ON Bakersfield (AHL) 39 0 4 4 77 +9 FA 07/01/2024 Jan. 21, 1994 31 Atro Leppänen D 37 6’0” 183 L Mänttä, Finland Sport (Liiga) 60 21 42 63 30 +8 FA 4/13/2025 Dec. 14, 1998 26 Alec Regula D 75 6’4” 212 R W. Bloomfield, MI Providence (AHL) 23-24 55 4 22 26 41 +36 WVRS 12/10/2024 Aug. 6, 2000 25 Beau Akey D 82 6’0” 174 R Waterloo, ON Barrie (OHL) 52 6 26 32 30 +10 R2 P56 2023 Feb. 11, 2005 20 Mason Millman D 78 6’1” 175 L London, ON Providence (AHL) 52 5 9 14 16 +20 Bak 8/7/2025 Jul. 18, 2001 24 Damien Carfagna D 73 6’0” 185 L Columbus, OH Ohio State 38 7 21 28 6 +16 FA 3/31/2025 Dec. 12, 2002 22 Riley Stillman D 61 6’2” 207 L Peterborough, ON Chicago (AHL) 35 3 6 9 58 -9 FA 07/01/2025 Mar. 9, 1998 27 Luke Prokop D 77 6’6” 220 R Edmonton, AB Milwaukee (AHL) 31 1 3 4 6 +3 Bak 8/12/2025 May 6, 2002 23
Goaltenders