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Trade Tree That Brought Jones to Oilers | Edmonton News
A wild trade tree connects Max Jones and Mathieu Joseph to the Edmonton Oilers, with Joseph arriving via free agency and Jones through a chain of moves starting with a cap-dump trade from Ottawa to St. Louis. That deal sent a 2025 third-round pick to Pittsburgh, which later became a second-rounder the Blues used to acquire defenseman Dylan Holloway — until the Oilers declined to match, triggering compensation that eventually returned to Edmonton. The Oilers used that pick to land Jones and Trent Frederic from Boston, hoping to strengthen their bottom six for a Stanley Cup push, even as Jones…
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