{"id":535647,"date":"2026-04-02T00:07:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T00:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T00:07:14","slug":"edmonton-oilers-sign-william-nicholl-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535647\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers Sign William Nicholl \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/oilers\/news\/release-oilers-sign-forward-william-nicholl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to a team announcement<\/a>, the Edmonton Oilers have signed forward <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/716344\/william-nicholl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">William Nicholl<\/a> to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning in the 2026-27 season. Nicholl will presumably finish the rest of the 2025-26 campaign with the AHL\u2019s Bakersfield Condors.<\/p>\n<p>The contract details for his entry-level contract are as follows, as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/william-nicholl?69cd56d90a112\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">provided by PuckPedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Year<br \/>\nNHL Salary<br \/>\nSigning bonus<br \/>\nPotential performance bonuses<br \/>\nMinors salary<\/p>\n<p>2026-27<br \/>\n$850K<br \/>\n$85K<br \/>\nNA<br \/>\n$85K<\/p>\n<p>2027-28<br \/>\n$900K<br \/>\n$85K<br \/>\nNA<br \/>\n$85K<\/p>\n<p>2028-29<br \/>\n$950K<br \/>\n$85K<br \/>\nNA<br \/>\n$85K<\/p>\n<p>Nicholl, 19, recently wrapped up his third season with the OHL\u2019s London Knights. He did not start the season on time due to offseason surgery, which led him to finish with 15 goals and 26 points in 32 games, achieving a +10 rating.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, in what would be his best performance in the OHL, Nicholl scored 21 goals and 57 points in 66 games with a +38 rating. He featured in the Knights\u2019 postseason run last year, scoring one goal and totaling eight points in 17 games, which helped the team secure its third Memorial Cup championship in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there\u2019s definitely an argument that Nicholl could use another year of seasoning at the OHL level. Edmonton selected Nicholl with the 196th overall pick of the 2024 NHL Draft, so he\u2019s not necessarily a top prospect that needs to be rushed to the professional ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Factoring in his recent injury history, it\u2019s somewhat surprising that the Oilers don\u2019t give him a year to dominate the junior level before turning professional next season. Even if they had waited a year, Nicholl would only have been 20 years old, with plenty of time to develop further.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the top brass at Edmonton feels he is ready, which means he\u2019ll have the opportunity to test his mettle through the last few weeks of the AHL season. Even if his offensive prowess isn\u2019t quite ready, his stature certainly is. Nicholl stands at 6\u20190\u2033, 183 lbs, and has never been shy to engage in physicality while in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a team announcement, the Edmonton Oilers have signed forward William Nicholl to a three-year, entry-level contract&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5125],"tags":[198,146,5300,5,4,24,405,4099],"class_list":["post-535647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-edmonton-oilers","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-oilers","tag-edmontonoilers","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-oilers","tag-transactions","tag-william-nicholl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116332202826634460","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}