The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Jason Dickinson to a five-year contract extension worth $20 million with an average annual value of $4 million, the team announced on Sunday. The agreement keeps the 30-year-old centre in Edmonton and removes a pending unrestricted free agent from this summer’s market.
Dickinson joined the Oilers on March 4, 2026, when Edmonton acquired him and forward Colton Dach from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Andrew Mangiapane and a conditional first-round pick in 2027. The veteran forward finished the season with seven goals and 17 points in 64 games split between Chicago and Edmonton.
After arriving in Alberta, Dickinson appeared in 17 regular-season contests for the Oilers, recording one goal and three assists. Despite battling injuries, including a broken foot suffered while blocking a shot against the San Jose Sharks late in the regular season, he returned for the playoffs and contributed two goals and one assist in four postseason games.
A former first-round selection of the Dallas Stars in 2013, Dickinson was chosen 29th overall and has gone on to play 566 NHL games across tenures with Dallas, the Vancouver Canucks, Blackhawks, and Oilers. During that stretch, he has accumulated 75 goals, 97 assists, and 172 points while adding 212 penalty minutes. In 44 career playoff appearances, he has produced seven goals and five assists.
While his offensive numbers have been modest in recent seasons, Dickinson has built a reputation as one of the league’s stronger defensive centres. He drove play in the defensive zone at a rate 19 percent above league average last season while providing league-average offensive production and penalty-killing results that ranked three percent above league average, according to HockeyViz. Over the last four seasons, he has averaged more than 150 minutes of shorthanded ice time per year and has compiled 869 hits, 463 blocked shots, and 267 takeaways during his NHL career.
Dickinson’s best offensive campaign came in 2023-24 with Chicago, when he amassed 22 goals and 35 points in 82 games. He now remains a central part of Edmonton’s roster moving forward after signing a deal that carries a lower annual cap hit than the $4.25 million figure on his previous two-year contract.
The extension also makes Dickinson the second pending Oilers free agent to re-sign before July 1, having secured goaltender Connor Ungar with a one-year contract on Thursday.
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