With 2025 underway, the NHL is celebrating the best of the past 25 years by revealing Quarter-Century Teams for each of the League’s 32 franchises and the Arizona Coyotes.
Each club will be represented by a First Team and Second Team of six players -- three forwards, two defensemen and one goalie -- who played for the franchise from Jan. 1, 2000 - Dec 31, 2024. The First and Second Teams were selected by broadcasters, national writers and local writers and NHL.com writers who have covered the respective teams, in addition to select former players.
The six players voted to each First Team will be on the ballot for the NHL All Quarter-Century Team that will be chosen via a fan vote that will start in February.
Today, the First and Second Quarter-Century Teams for the Edmonton Oilers. Players are listed in alphabetical order.
EDMONTON OILERS QUARTER-CENTURY TEAMS
First Team
Forwards
Defensemen
Goalie
Forwards: Draisaitl, in his 11th season, was second on the Oilers in scoring in the quarter-century with 906 points (374 goals, 532 assists) in 756 games. He won the Art Ross Trophy (points leader), Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Trophy as League MVP for the 2019-20 season. McDavid, in his 10th season, was the Oilers’ leading scorer with 1,036 points (350 goals, 686 assists) in 679 games. McDavid has won the Art Ross Trophy five times (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023), Ted Lindsay Award four times (2017, 2018, 2021, 2023) and Hart Trophy three times (2017, 2021, 2023). He won the Conn Smythe Trophy last season as MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs despite the Oilers losing the Cup Final in seven games to the Florida Panthers. Nugent-Hopkins, who joined Edmonton for the 2011-12 season, was third in points with 719 (259 goals, 460 assists) in 917 games, the most by any Oilers player in the quarter-century.
Defense: Bouchard is in his fourth full season with Edmonton but had the second-most points for a defenseman in the quarter-century with 199 (48 goals, 151 assists) in 302 games. He had 82 points (18 goals, 64 assists) in 81 games in 2023-24, the best offensive season by an Oilers defenseman since Paul Coffey had 138 points (48 goals, 90 assists) in 79 games in 1985-86. Nurse led all Edmonton defensemen with 282 points (79 goals, 203 assists) and 674 games, and was second in plus/minus (plus-73).
Goalie: Roloson was acquired from the Minnesota Wild on March 8, 2006, and backstopped Edmonton to that year’s Cup Final. He was injured in Game 1 of the Final against the Carolina Hurricanes and did not play the rest of the series, which the Oilers lost in seven games. Roloson played four seasons with Edmonton and ranked third among goalies in games played (193) and fifth in wins (78). He’s second in postseason wins (12) to current goalie Stuart Skinner (19).