![\"Oilers](\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/edmontonjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/power-1.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nOilers winger3 2023-25<\/p>\n
1. I\u2019m in favour of bringing back both players but as with all players, save for Connor McDavid<\/a>, only if the price and term are right.<\/p>\n 2. To beat the stone-hard, rock-solid checking and pressing of the Florida Panthers, Edmonton needs more speed and aggression at forward.\u00a0 The team had more of that in the 2024 playoffs when power forwards Warren Foegele, Dylan Holloway and Zach Hyman were all in the line-up, along with speedster Ryan McLeod. This year\u2019s team was better in some ways, better at defensive positioning and structure and better at moving the puck, but Edmonton lacked speed and aggression up front.<\/p>\n 3. Brown isn\u2019t much of a point scorer and he\u2019s not much of a hitter, but until he broke his toe and then suffered a head injury against Dallas, he was supplying both speed and aggression in the playoffs. He\u2019s like Hyman, a player who amps up his power game in the playoffs.<\/p>\n If he\u2019s willing to sign here on a value contract, he\u2019s worth bringing back, as he also provides solid work on the penalty kill.<\/p>\n 4. Perry provided solid two-way play in the regular season, then also amped up his game in the playoffs. After Hyman, he was Edmonton\u2019s best regular winger in the playoffs in 5-on-5 play.<\/p>\n fowards.Oilers.GrA.2024-25,total<\/p>\n At the Cult of Hockey<\/p>\n LEAVINS: Which players should Oilers keep? Axe?<\/a><\/p>\n STAPLES: McDavid\u2019s odds of signing again in Edmonton? 100 per cent, insiders say<\/a><\/p>\n STAPLES Matthew Tkachuk taunts Oilers captain McDavid at Florida Panthers celebration bash<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n