Veteran Edmonton Oilers Centre Suffers Injury Setback

Veteran Edmonton Oilers centre suffers injury setback

The Edmonton Oilers are already battling the injury bug despite the 2026-27 season having yet to get underway.

Key Edmonton Oilers centre tweaks old injury, could miss start of regular season

This in from the Edmonton Oilers’ camp, news that veteran centre Jason Dickinson tweeked his old playoff foot injury and could miss the start of the regular season. Reported the Journal’s Jim Matheson: “Dickinson who broke foot late last season and soldiered through playoff has had setback (same inj) and might not start season.” Bob […]

Oilers’ Jason Dickinson unlikely to start season

Some unwanted news for one of the top teams in the Western Conference. When speaking to the media on Friday, Edmonton Oilers head coach Mike Babcock revealed that defenseman Jason Dickinson has suffered a setback during the preseason and is unlikely to be in the lineup for the opening night of the 2026-27 regular season. While he didn’t give specifics about what is ailing Dickinson, it seems the rearguard’s issues are more short-term than long-t…

Oilers’ Dickinson has setback on foot injury, unlikely to start season

Head coach Mike Babcock confirmed on Friday that Dickinson re-aggravated a foot injury that he had been dealing with during last year’s playoffs. Dickinson left practice back on Sept. 18 and was hobbling as he got off the ice. “It’s the same thing(from playoffs). He tweaked it,” Babcock told reporters. “I thought it was coming […]

Western Conference Injury Updates: Oilers, Canucks, Kings

The Oilers may be without third-line center Jason Dickinson to start the season. Per Jim Matheson, Dickinson, who broke his foot late last season and gutted through the playoffs, has suffered a setback with the same injury after tweaking it at a camp practice. He hasn’t appeared in the exhibition schedule, and coach Mike Babcock […]

Oilers' Dickinson has setback on foot injury, unlikely to start season