<p>The clock is ticking on the <a href="http://oilersnation.com/combinations">Edmonton Oilers</a> getting healthy.</p>
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<p>While the team placed defenceman Alec Regula on the injured reserve <a href="https://x.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1979955298296344836">on Sunday</a> ahead of their <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/10/19/game-preview-6-edmonton-oilers-look-rebound-at-detroit-red-wings-1pm-sportsnet/">afternoon matinee with the Detroit Red Wings</a>, the Oilers are also expecting some key players to get healthy in the coming week. Zach Hyman can return from the Long-Term Injured Reserve as soon as November 1st. Jake Walman is expected back in the lineup soon. Mattias Janmark is also expected back sometime soon.</p>
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<p>Add Jack Roslovic joining the mix on the NHL roster, and suddenly, the Oilers have a <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/tough-roster-decisions-inbound-edmonton-oilers-jack-roslovic-in-the-mix">significant logjam</a> once everyone is healthy.</p>
<p>The Oilers will have to move three players off their roster in order to be compliant with the 23-man roster limit, but the team is already evaluating options, hockey insider Frank Seravalli reported during a Thursday radio hit on <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/iNE5NcZpqbI?si=evJCM5YDojgHlOBT&amp;t=5531">Sports 1440</a>.</em></p>
<p>Among them? Sending Issac Howard to the AHL&#8217;s Bakersfield Condors, placing Curtis Lazar on waivers, and potentially trading Ty Emberson and/or Mattias Janmark.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I think there&#8217;s going to be a pecking order here. I think the first player likely to move is Issac Howard, because he&#8217;s waiver-exempt. Then, I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s probably Curtis Lazar, and as you work through the permutations, the Oilers want to do everything they can to avoid putting Noah Philp on waivers, because they think he&#8217;s likely to be claimed and I do too. And I think the really interesting thing to watch is it seems like Alec Regula is trending towards this weekend to play, and when everyone is healthy, Walman&#8217;s healthy&#8230; that Regula is going to be in and the odd man out is going to be Emberson. When that happens, do the Oilers look to make a trade and move Emberson? And the other part is I think they would be open to moving Janmark in the right trade if that were to present itself.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Emberson, 25, was acquired by the team in the wake of the 2024 offer sheets for Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg, traded to Edmonton from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenceman Cody Ceci and a third-round pick. The Oilers signed him to a two-year, $1.3-million AAV extension in April, a deal that carried no clauses. He appeared in 76 regular season games for the Oilers last year, playing all six games against the L.A. Kings in the first round of the playoffs — as well as three games against the Vegas Golden Knights — before falling out of favour in the lineup.</p>
<p>Janmark, 32, is entering his fourth year with the Oilers after signing a one-year deal the team in the 2022 free agency class. He inked another one-year pact for the 2023-24 season, before inking a three-year, $1.45-million AAV extension in July 2024 — a contract that carries a 10-team no-trade list. He&#8217;s appeared in 217 regular season games with the Oilers, scoring 16 goals and 55 points, adding another seven goals and 13 points in 52 playoff games.</p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DFOFantasy/streams">Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report</a>. He can be followed on X at</span></i> <em><a href="http://www.x.com/zjlaing"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@zjlaing</span></a></em><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>,</em> or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.</span></i></p>
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The clock is ticking on the <a href="http://oilersnation.com/combinations">Edmonton Oilers</a> getting healthy.



While the team placed defenceman Alec Regula on the injured reserve <a href="https://x.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1979955298296344836">on Sunday</a> ahead of their <a href="https://oilersnation.com/2025/10/19/game-preview-6-edmonton-oilers-look-rebound-at-detroit-red-wings-1pm-sportsnet/">afternoon matinee with the Detroit Red Wings</a>, the Oilers are also expecting some key players to get healthy in the coming week. Zach Hyman can return from the Long-Term Injured Reserve as soon as November 1st. Jake Walman is expected back in the lineup soon. Mattias Janmark is also expected back sometime soon.
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Add Jack Roslovic joining the mix on the NHL roster, and suddenly, the Oilers have a <a href="https://oilersnation.com/news/tough-roster-decisions-inbound-edmonton-oilers-jack-roslovic-in-the-mix">significant logjam</a> once everyone is healthy.

The Oilers will have to move three players off their roster in order to be compliant with the 23-man roster limit, but the team is already evaluating options, hockey insider Frank Seravalli reported during a Thursday radio hit on <em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/iNE5NcZpqbI?si=evJCM5YDojgHlOBT&amp;t=5531">Sports 1440</a>.</em>

Among them? Sending Issac Howard to the AHL's Bakersfield Condors, placing Curtis Lazar on waivers, and potentially trading Ty Emberson and/or Mattias Janmark.
<blockquote>"I think there's going to be a pecking order here. I think the first player likely to move is Issac Howard, because he's waiver-exempt. Then, I'd say it's probably Curtis Lazar, and as you work through the permutations, the Oilers want to do everything they can to avoid putting Noah Philp on waivers, because they think he's likely to be claimed and I do too. And I think the really interesting thing to watch is it seems like Alec Regula is trending towards this weekend to play, and when everyone is healthy, Walman's healthy... that Regula is going to be in and the odd man out is going to be Emberson. When that happens, do the Oilers look to make a trade and move Emberson? And the other part is I think they would be open to moving Janmark in the right trade if that were to present itself."</blockquote>
Emberson, 25, was acquired by the team in the wake of the 2024 offer sheets for Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg, traded to Edmonton from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenceman Cody Ceci and a third-round pick. The Oilers signed him to a two-year, $1.3-million AAV extension in April, a deal that carried no clauses. He appeared in 76 regular season games for the Oilers last year, playing all six games against the L.A. Kings in the first round of the playoffs — as well as three games against the Vegas Golden Knights — before falling out of favour in the lineup.

Janmark, 32, is entering his fourth year with the Oilers after signing a one-year deal the team in the 2022 free agency class. He inked another one-year pact for the 2023-24 season, before inking a three-year, $1.45-million AAV extension in July 2024 — a contract that carries a 10-team no-trade list. He's appeared in 217 regular season games with the Oilers, scoring 16 goals and 55 points, adding another seven goals and 13 points in 52 playoff games.

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<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DFOFantasy/streams">Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report</a>. He can be followed on X at</span></i> <em><a href="http://www.x.com/zjlaing"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@zjlaing</span></a></em><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>,</em> or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.</span></i>

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