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Oilers bring back F Colton Dach on 2-year contract

By Thomson Reuters Jul 12, 2026 | 11:46 PM

The Edmonton Oilers signed restricted free agent Colton Dach to a two-year, $2.4 million contract on ​Sunday.

The 23-year-old forward had nine ‌points (three goals, six assists), a minus-15 rating, 47 penalty minutes, 27 blocks and 189 hits in 53 games for the Chicago ‌Blackhawks ​last season before ⁠he was traded on ⁠March 4 with forward Jason Dickinson to the Oilers for forward Andrew Mangiapane and a conditional 2027 ​first-round draft pick.

Dach played eight regular-season games with Edmonton, totaling four ⁠points (two goals, two assists), ⁠a zero rating, five ​penalty minutes, two blocks and 30 hits.

The ​6-foot-4, 218-pounder added one assist, four ‌penalty minutes, one block and 23 hits in five playoff games for the Oilers.

His combined 219 hits ⁠last season ranked 14th in the league despite playing the fewest games (61) of players in ⁠the ‌top 17.

Chicago selected Dach ⁠in the second round of ​the ‌2021 NHL Draft. He has ​20 career ⁠points (seven goals, 13 assists), a minus-18 rating, 69 penalty minutes, 41 blocks and 305 hits in 86 regular-season games for the Blackhawks (2024-26) and Oilers (2026).

–Field ​Level Media