Seems like the Chicago Blackhawks aren’t done dealing with the Edmonton Oilers.
After sending Connor Murphy north on Monday, reports now indicate the Blackhawks are shipping out Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach to Edmonton as well. Because when you find a trade partner, you might as well keep the line open, right?
In return, the Blackhawks are receiving Andrew Mangiapane and a protected 2027 first-round pick from the Oilers. Half of Dickinson’s salary will also be retained. The team confirmed the trade late Wednesday night:
trade alert🚨
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) March 5, 2026
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The 2027 first-round pick is top-12 protected, meaning if the Oilers land in the top 12 in 2027, the selection would slide to 2028. However, if the Oilers trade their 2028 first-round pick before the 2027 trade deadline, the Blackhawks would receive the 2027 first-rounder unconditionally.
So the Blackhawks have essentially flipped Connor Murphy (50% retained), Jason Dickinson (50% retained), and Colton Dach for Andrew Mangiapane, a protected 2027 first-round pick, and a 2028 second-round pick.
Dickinson, 30, was one of the longest tenured Blackhawks players left on the roster before this trade and had been with the Blackhawks since the 2022-23 season after being acquired from the Vancouver Canucks along with a 2024 second-round pick in exchange for Riley Stillman. What initially looked like a cap dump by Canucks turned into a legitimate value for the Blackhawks. After a solid first season primarily as a third-line center, Dickinson was bumped into the top-six in 2023-24 and promptly delivered a career year: 35 points (22 G, 13 A) in 82 games, including a team-leading 22 goals. That surge earned him a two-year, $4.25 million extension in January 2024. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to replicate that offensive spike over the past two seasons and has battled injuries along the way. His overall Blackhawks totals close at 94 points (44 G, 50 A) in 266 games. Dickinson’s tenure in Chicago will probably be remembered as solid, professional, and quietly overachieving for a stretch — exactly what you want from a stabilizing veteran during a rebuild. But these are exactly the type of players that are often movable pieces once timelines start to tighten for rebuilding teams.
I gave Jason Dickinson a third-place Selke Trophy vote in 2023-24. He was dynamite for Chicago that season:
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) March 5, 2026
When Dickinson was on the ice at 5-on-5, the Blackhawks had a +9 goal differential. When he wasn't on the ice, they had a -95 differential.
A 104-goal difference on a…
The other player leaving is Dach, 23, who was selected by the Blackhawks in the second round (62nd overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft and turned pro in 2023-24. He spent his first full professional season in Rockford before splitting time between the IceHogs and Blackhawks the following year. This season, he made the team out of camp — what seemed like a positive step — but has largely settled into a fourth-line role since. He’s flashed physicality and forechecking pressure but hasn’t found consistent offensive traction, posting just nine points (3 G, 6 A) in 52 games. Dach is from St. Albert, Alberta, and grew up an Oilers fan, so this is close to a homecoming for him and perhaps an opportunity for a fresh start. For the Blackhawks, they just need the room: with young forwards continuing to push for NHL minutes (like Nick Lardis) and more incoming in the near future (Anton Frondell and Sasha Boisvert likely this season), someone was going to get squeezed, and it might as well be a kid like Dach who hadn’t been able to distinguish himself properly.
Mangiapane, who turns 30 in April, was likely moved to free up more cap space for the Oilers, but he can also be a body in the lineup for the Blackhawks. Drafted by the Calgary Flames in 2015, Mangiapane spent the bulk of his career there, and hit his peak offensively with a 55-point season (35 G, 20 A) in 2021-22. He followed that with back-to-back 40-point campaigns before being traded to the Washington Capitals in June 2024. However, his production dipped after that move — dropped to 28 points (14 G, 14 A) in 81 games — and so the Capitals let him walk in the summer. As a free agent, Mangiapane signed a two-year, $3.6 million deal with Edmonton this past summer, where his production has been slightly better with 14 points (7 G, 7 A) in 52 games but not where the Oilers were hoping. He was placed on waivers by the Oilers and cleared them earlier this week.
Ultimately, Dickinson was a respected veteran but not foundational and Dach had some potential but hasn’t cemented himself as part of the long-term core. Turning those two into a first-round pick and a bottom-six winger isn’t a steal by any means, but it’s decent enough asset management.
One final thing of note: the Blackhawks have now used all three of their salary retention slots. The slots for Murphy and Dickinson will both open back up this summer, while the third will be tied up by Seth Jones through 2029-30.