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Loading…Vasily Podkolzin, a 25-year-old left winger for the Edmonton Oilers, grades as a clear top-quartile winger with a 79.1 overall (59th of 384).
The standout tool is defensive impact (89), backed by play driving (82); penalty killing (29) is the part of his game that grades lowest.
He surged from 54.9 in 2024-25 to 65.6 in 2025-26, one of the bigger jumps in his 5-season card history.
The contract, $2.95M through 2028-29, grades Fair: the model's expected value of $4.25M is within $1.3M of what he is paid.
His cap hit is the 12th-largest on the Edmonton Oilers NHL roster and uses 2.8% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $2.87M in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 63 |
| Defense | 89 |
| Play driving | 82 |
| Finishing | 75 |
| Power play | 38 |
| Penalty kill | 29 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | EDM | 82 | 65.6 | 0.5 |
| 2024-25 | EDM | 82 | 54.9 | 0.1 |
| 2023-24 | VAN | 19 | 30.8 | -0.3 |
| 2022-23 | VAN | 39 | 20.9 | -0.3 |
| 2021-22 | VAN | 79 | 49.8 | 0.2 |
Other EDM wingers by rating: Zach Hyman (86.1), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (77.3), Kasperi Kapanen (46.8), Matthew Savoie (46.1). See the full Edmonton Oilers cap sheet.
How we rate players: each skater's overall is a percentile (0-100) built from offense, defense, play driving, finishing, power-play and penalty-kill impact against players at the same position; goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. Contract value compares the cap hit with the salary the model expects for that level of production, age and position. Figures are updated as new games and signings arrive.