# 2004–05 Edmonton Oilers season

The 2004–05 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 26th season in the NHL, however, the 2004–05 NHL lockout, which began a day after the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, cancelled the playing of any games.

## Edmonton Roadrunners

With the NHL season wiped out, the Oilers would move their AHL team, the Toronto Roadrunners, to Edmonton, rename the club the Edmonton Roadrunners, and they played out of Rexall Place. The Roadrunners would finish with the 3rd highest attendance figure in the league, averaging 8854 fans per game.

## Schedule

The Oilers regular season schedule was announced on July 14, 2004.
2004–05 schedule :
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 24Vancouver Canucks
2September 28@ Calgary Flames
3October 1Calgary Flames
4October 3Calgary Flames
5October 5@ Vancouver Canucks
6October 7@ Calgary Flames :
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 14Detroit Red Wings
2October 17Calgary Flames
3October 19@ Minnesota Wild
4October 21Minnesota Wild
5October 23St. Louis Blues
6October 26Columbus Blue Jackets
7October 29@ Dallas Stars
8October 30@ Minnesota Wild
9November 2@ Detroit Red Wings
10November 4Nashville Predators
11November 6@ Calgary Flames
12November 9@ Columbus Blue Jackets
13November 11@ Pittsburgh Penguins
14November 12@ Buffalo Sabres
15November 14@ Chicago Blackhawks
16November 16@ Colorado Avalanche
17November 18Chicago Blackhawks
18November 20Minnesota Wild
19November 22Nashville Predators
20November 24@ Minnesota Wild
21November 25@ Nashville Predators
22November 27Colorado Avalanche
23December 2Toronto Maple Leafs
24December 5Columbus Blue Jackets
25December 7@ Calgary Flames
26December 9@ San Jose Sharks
27December 11@ Los Angeles Kings
28December 12@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
29December 14Calgary Flames
30December 18@ Vancouver Canucks
31December 21@ Calgary Flames
32December 23Los Angeles Kings
33December 26Vancouver Canucks
34December 28Minnesota Wild
35December 30Philadelphia Flyers
36January 1Montreal Canadiens
37January 2San Jose Sharks
38January 4@ Colorado Avalanche
39January 6@ St. Louis Blues
40January 8@ Phoenix Coyotes
41January 11San Jose Sharks
42January 13Dallas Stars
43January 15Ottawa Senators
44January 17@ San Jose Sharks
45January 18@ Los Angeles Kings
46January 20New York Islanders
47January 22Vancouver Canucks
48January 24Anaheim Mighty Ducks
49January 27@ Vancouver Canucks
50January 28New Jersey Devils
51February 1Colorado Avalanche
52February 3Detroit Red Wings
53February 5New York Rangers
54February 7Calgary Flames
55February 9Phoenix Coyotes
56February 15@ Columbus Blue Jackets
57February 17@ Montreal Canadiens
58February 19@ Toronto Maple Leafs
59February 21@ Ottawa Senators
60February 23@ Chicago Blackhawks
61February 25Boston Bruins
62February 27Phoenix Coyotes
63March 1@ Detroit Red Wings
64March 3@ St. Louis Blues
65March 6@ Nashville Predators
66March 7@ Carolina Hurricanes
67March 9@ Florida Panthers
68March 11@ Tampa Bay Lightning
69March 13@ Atlanta Thrashers
70March 15St. Louis Blues
71March 17@ Colorado Avalanche
72March 18@ Dallas Stars
73March 21Colorado Avalanche
74March 23@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
75March 24@ Phoenix Coyotes
76March 26Washington Capitals
77March 29Chicago Blackhawks
78April 1Dallas Stars
79April 3Anaheim Mighty Ducks
80April 5Los Angeles Kings
81April 7@ Vancouver Canucks
82April 9Vancouver Canucks :

## Transactions

The Oilers were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details | Ref |
| June 26, 2004 (2004-06-26) | To Phoenix CoyotesJason Chimera3rd-round pick in 2004 | To Edmonton Oilers2nd-round pick in 20044th-round pick in 2004 | |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30) | Toby Petersen | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2-year | Free agency |
| August 24, 2004 (2004-08-24) | Rick Mrozik | Buffalo Sabres | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) | Todd Harvey | San Jose Sharks | 2-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 9, 2004 (2004-06-09) | Mikko Luoma | Malmo Redhawks (SHL) | Free agency (II) |
| August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13) | Bobby Allen | New Jersey Devils | Free agency (VI) |
| August 26, 2004 (2004-08-26) | Petr Nedved | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (III) |
| September 29, 2004 (2004-09-29) | Sean McAslan | Edmonton Road Runners (AHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05) | Jan Horacek | HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovak) | Free agency (VI) |
| N/A | Michael Henrich | EK Zell am See (EBEL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| N/A | Chad Hinz | Skelleftea AIK (Allsvenskan) | Free agency (VI) |
| January 21, 2005 (2005-01-21) | Scott Ferguson | Skovde IK (Allsvenskan) | Free agency (UFA) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 11, 2004 (2004-06-11) | Igor Ulanov | 1-year | Re-signing |
| June 14, 2004 (2004-06-14) | Kyle Brodziak | 3-year | Entry-level |
| July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07) | Ty Conklin | multi-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15) | Brad Isbister | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15) | Jason Platt | 2-year | Entry-level |
| July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15) | Jani Rita | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 19, 2004 (2004-07-19) | Brock Radunske | 3-year | Entry-level |
| July 19, 2004 (2004-07-19) | Kenny Smith | 2-year | Entry-level |
| August 4, 2004 (2004-08-04) | Eric Brewer | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 4, 2004 (2004-08-04) | Alexei Semenov | 2-year | Re-signing |
| August 16, 2004 (2004-08-16) | Mike Bishai | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 16, 2004 (2004-08-16) | Ed Caron | 2-year | Entry-level |
| August 16, 2004 (2004-08-16) | Nate DiCasmirro | 2-year | Re-signing |
| August 24, 2004 (2004-08-24) | Sean McAslan | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 24, 2004 (2004-08-24) | Mike Morrison | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 2, 2004 (2004-09-02) | Tyler Moss | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 3, 2004 (2004-09-03) | Marc-Andre Bergeron | 4-year | Re-signing |
| September 13, 2004 (2004-09-13) | J. J. Hunter | 2-year | Re-signing |
| September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) | Radek Dvorak | 2-year | Re-signing |
| September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) | Jason Smith | 4-year | Re-signing |
| September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) | Zack Stortini | 3-year | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 2004 NHL entry draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 14 | Devan Dubnyk | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 1 | 25 | Rob Schremp | United States | London Knights (OHL) |
| 2 | 44 | Roman Teslyuk | Russia | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 2 | 57 | Geoff Paukovich | United States | US NTDP U18 (NAHL) |
| 4 | 112 | Liam Reddox | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 5 | 146 | Bryan Young | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 6 | 177 | Max Gordichuk | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 7 | 208 | Stephane Goulet | Canada | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
| 8 | 242 | Tyler Spurgeon | Canada | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
| 9 | 274 | Bjorn Bjurling | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF (SEL) |