Welcome to my annual player review series, where I dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player-by-player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here.
The Edmonton Oilers
really hoped for more from Viktor Arvidsson.
When they signed him to his two-year, $4-million AAV contract in free agency a year ago, they hoped to be getting the Viktor Arvidssson who was putting up 50-60 points as he had with the Los Angeles Kings and Nashville Predators before. Instead, they got 27 points and a lot of disappointment.
Arvidsson struggled to find his game for much of the season, and while he was still able to chip in some offence, largely playing on the second line with Leon Draisaitl, there could’ve been so much more. And while he played in all of the Oilers’ first-round series against the Kings, as the playoffs wore on, he began to find himself either as a healthy scratch or playing on the fourth line.
The biggest issue for Arvidsson all year long was his lack of consistency. The flashes were there of the productive player he had been before, but the frequent lows were outweighed by the highs.
He found his way to contribute, driving offence at a seven percent rate above league average, but his defensive game struggled to the tune of contributing at a five percent rate below league average, according to
Hockey Viz. Ultimately, his efforts were those of a low-end second-line player.
He worked with the Oilers on finding a trade partner to get around his no-trade clause, ultimately
getting sent to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2027.
VIKTOR ARIVDSSON’S CAREER SO FAR
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| 2014-2015 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 10:15 |
| 2015-2016 |
| 56 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 35 | 0.29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 139 | 5.8 | 12:24 |
| 2016-2017 |
| 80 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 16 | 28 | 0.76 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 246 | 12.6 | 17:09 |
| 2017-2018 |
| 78 | 29 | 32 | 61 | 20 | 36 | 0.78 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 247 | 11.7 | 17:45 |
| 2018-2019 |
| 58 | 34 | 14 | 48 | 12 | 26 | 0.83 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 195 | 17.4 | 19:09 |
| 2019-2020 |
| 57 | 15 | 13 | 28 | -4 | 26 | 0.49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 11.8 | 16:12 |
| 2020-2021 |
| 50 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 21 | 0.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 6.6 | 16:36 |
| 2021-2022 |
| 66 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 1 | 22 | 0.74 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 227 | 8.8 | 16:59 |
| 2022-2023 |
| 77 | 26 | 33 | 59 | -4 | 24 | 0.77 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 228 | 11.4 | 17:06 |
| 2023-2024 |
| 18 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0.83 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 10.2 | 16:42 |
| 2024-2025 |
| 67 | 15 | 12 | 27 | -3 | 24 | 0.40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 9.5 | 15:00 |
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OTHER PLAYER REVIEWS
Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s associate editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the DFO DFS Report. He can be followed on Twitter, currently known as X, at @zjlaing, or reached by email at [email protected].
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