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Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers is ready to battle it out for a spot on the Oilers' roster this season, which could force the team into trading away one of its other netminders, reports the Edmonton Journal. [FULL STORY]

Oilers deny Hemsky trade rumors
When asked about the speculation surrounding a possible trade that could send Ales Hemsky to the Montreal Canadiens, Oilers assistant GM Kevin Prendergast had to chuckle. read more...

Sanderson looking for work
Former Oilers winger Geoff Sanderson is sitting at home in limbo, waiting for a team to call, reports the Edmonton Journal. read more...

TOP PROSPECTS
PLAYER	AGE	POS.	LEAGUE
Jean-Francois Jacques	23	LW	AHL
Milan Kytnar	19	C	WHL
Jordan Ebeler	18	C	WHL
Devan Dubnyk	22	G	AHL
Ryan O'Marra	21	C	AHL

1st ROUND DRAFT HISTORY
YEAR	#	PLAYER	Pos.	DRAFT FROM	LEAGUE
2008	22	Jordan Ebeler	C	Regina Pats	WHL
2007	6	Sam Gagner	C	London Knights	OHL
2006	-	Pick Traded	-	-	-
2005	25	Andrew Cogliano	C	St. Michael's Buzzers	OPJHL
2004	14	Devan Dubnyk	G	Kamloops Blazers	WHL

Pos.	PLAYER	08-09 SALARY	08-09 CAP HIT
C	Kyle Brodziak	$500,000	$497,000
C	Gilbert Brule	$765,000	$1,246,667
C	Andrew Cogliano	$850,000	$1,133,333
C	Sam Gagner	$875,000	$1,625,000
C	Shawn Horcoff	$3,600,000	$3,600,000
C	Robert Nilsson	$1,500,000	$1,833,000
C	Ryan O'Marra	$850,000	$1,221,667
C	Marc-Antoine Pouliot	$725,000	$825,000
D	Tom Gilbert	$3,500,000	$4,000,000
D	Denis Grebeshkov	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
D	Mathieu Roy	$500,000	$500,000
D	Ladislav Smid	$952,381	$915,053
D	Sheldon Souray	$6,250,000	$5,400,000
D	Steve Staios	$2,900,000	$2,700,000
D	Jason Strudwick	$650,000	$650,000
D	Lubomir Visnovsky	$7,000,000	$5,600,000
G	Mathieu Garon	$1,000,000	$1,100,000
G	Dwayne Roloson	$3,000,000	$3,667,000
LW	Erik Cole	$3,600,000	$4,000,000
LW	Ethan Moreau	$1,750,000	$2,000,000
RW	Ales Hemsky	$4,250,000	$4,100,000
RW	Dustin Penner	$4,250,000	$4,250,000
RW	Fernando Pisani	$2,500,000	$2,500,000
RW	Zach Stortini	$600,000	$700,000

TEAM INFO.
Arena	Rexall Place
Capacity	16,839
Address	11230 - 110 Street Edmonton, Alberta T5G 3H7
Phone	1-877
GM	Steve Tambellini
Head Coach	Craig MacTavish