The Oilers are likely looking to upgrade at the trade deadline, and now Elliotte Friedman has identified a group that they'll use as assets for an upgrade. The Edmonton Oilers are looking steady early in the 2025/26 regular season, and with a victory on Tuesday, the team are now sitting at 3-3-1 on the season as they look to get back to the Stanley Cup Finals. However, they made many changes this off-season, and with the team lacking in some fire power, they're likely looking to make some big changes throughout the year to finally combat the Florida Panthers and other post-season enemies. <h3>Elliotte Friedman makes major revelation about the Oilers</h3> The biggest upgrade the Oilers likely need to make is in net, but recently on the <a href='https://www.sportsnet.ca/podcasts/32-thoughts/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>32 Thoughts</a> podcast, Elliotte Friedman addressed which assets they'll use, rather than who they'll target, naming the blue line as a position where they can use players as assets. I think Edmonton...they've got 8 or 9 [defenseman], including the guys in the AHL; I think eventually Edmonton could be looking at that [trade-wise]. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/nhlrumourreport/status/1980448638242550193'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> Clearly, the quartet of Mattias Ekholm, Evan Bouchard, Jake Walman and Darnell Nurse are untouchable (or untradeable, in the case of Nurse), but beyond that, this is a solid position of strength for Edmonton, meaning they can be aggressive in making moves. Ultimately, it's unclear exactly who they'll be targeting around the league and at what position GM Stan Bowman will be looking to upgrade, but with 8 or 9 solid defenseman, what Friedman does tell us is that at least one of them will be on the move in the near future.