Jason Dickinson was traded to the Edmonton Oilers with forward Colton Dach by the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday for forward Andrew Mangiapane and a conditional first-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.
The 30-year-old forward had 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in 47 games for the Blackhawks this season.
It was the second trade this week between the two teams, with the Blackhawks sending defenseman Connor Murphy to the Oilers on Monday for a second-round pick in the 2028 draft.
Dickinson is in the final season of a two-year, $8.5 million contract ($4.25 million average annual value) he signed with the Blackhawks on Jan. 16, 2024, and can become an unrestricted free agent after the season. The Blackhawks will retain 50 percent of his salary.
“I’m excited,” Dickinson said. “I play a role that I can fill a job here that’s needed, and that’s all I’m going to try to do. I’m not going to try to do any more than I am.”
Selected by the Dallas Stars in the first round (No. 29) of the 2013 NHL Draft, Dickinson has 168 points (74 goals, 94 assists) in 549 regular-season games for the Stars, Vancouver Canucks and Blackhawks and nine points (five goals, four assists) in 40 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
Dach had nine points (three goals, six assists) in 53 games for the Blackhawks this season and 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in 78 regular-season games. The 23-year-old was selected in the second round (No. 62) of the 2021 draft by the Blackhawks.
“I think it’s a great opportunity; I’m super excited to be here,” Dach said. “I’m just going to try to bring some physicality, some energy and use my size to my advantage, knowing my game and just using my assets to my advantage.”
Mangiapane had 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in 52 games for the Oilers this season. Selected by the Calgary Flames in the sixth round (No. 166) of the 2015 draft, the 29-year-old has 257 points (130 goals, 127 assists) in 550 regular-season games for the Flames, Washington Capitals and Oilers and 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in 37 playoff games. He is in the first season of a two-year, $7.2 million contract ($3.6 million AAV) he signed with the Oilers on July 1, 2025.
“First off, he gets an opportunity to have a clean slate here," Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill said Thursday. "He’s been a good player in this League, he’ll get an opportunity to be a good player here. To sit here and say, 'I know him in and out,' I don’t think you ever do until you really coach somebody, and that’s the same thing I told every guy in the room at the beginning of the year.
“What I know about him is he’s been a guy who’s got kind of that really, really good work ethic and speed, so he’s kind of a dog on a bone. I think that fits into how we want to play and he’s got that with some offensive touch. So that fits into how we want to play."
The 2027 first-round pick going to Chicago from Edmonton is top-12 protected and will become a 2028 first-round pick if the Oilers retain the pick. If Edmonton trades its 2028 first-round pick before the 2027 NHL Trade Deadline, the 2027 first-round pick will automatically go to Chicago.
The Oilers (30-24-8) are in third place in the Pacific Division, four points behind the first-place Vegas Golden Knights.
“Three new players, three skaters is quite a bit, but I don’t think it really disrupts things a lot,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. “I know sometimes you make a trade and you get a first-line left winger and there’s a lot of shuffling with the lines because you get a player like that and the amount of ice time he deserves, really disrupts.”
The Blackhawks (23-28-10) are 11 points behind the Seattle Kraken for the second wild card in the Western Conference.
NHL.com staff writers Tracey Myers and Derek Van Diest contributed to this report
