Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (72) stops Edmonton Oilers right wing Vasily Podkolzin (92) during first period of game five NHL Stanley Cup hockey finals in Edmonton, Saturday, June 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Edmonton Oilers centre Mattias Janmark (13) celebrates with right wing Vasily Podkolzin (92) after scoring against the Dallas Stars during the first period of Game 5 of the Western Conference finals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky (72) stops Edmonton Oilers right wing Vasily Podkolzin (92) during first period of game five NHL Stanley Cup hockey finals in Edmonton, Saturday, June 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Vasily Podkolzin to a three-year contract extension, the NHL club announced Tuesday.
The deal is worth US$2.95 million annually.
The six-foot-one, 190-pound Podkolzin had eight goals and 16 assists in 82 regular-season games with Edmonton. He added three goals and seven assists in 22 playoff games.Â
Edmonton acquired the 240-year-old from Moscow in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks last August. He had a team-high 211 hits last season while averaging a career-high 13 minutes 13 seconds of ice time per game.
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The Canucks selected Podkolzin with the 10th pick of the 2019 NFL draft.Â
He appeared in 219 regular-season games with Vancouver, registering 26 goals and 33 assists with 91 penalty minutes.Â
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 23, 2025.
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