Oilers Want To Wait A Bit Before Re-Signing Dach

By Brian La Rose | at July 11, 2026 3:00 pm As new Canucks GM Ryan Johnson works to change up his roster, there has been plenty of speculation about Elias Pettersson’s future. Speaking with Sportsnet’s Iain MacIntyre, Johnson made it clear that any trade wouldn’t be about dumping salary; they’d be looking for strong value in return. Pettersson is two years into an eight-year, $92.8MM contract ($11.6MM AAV) and has managed just 96 points in 138 games on that deal after putting up 191 points in 162 games in the two years before it started. That led some to…