On this day in 2017, Oilers acquire Mike Cammalleri

Cammalleri only stuck around for one year in the City of Champions, playing 51 games and scoring four goals and 22 points. After the season, he hung up his skates, marking his time with the Oilers the last of his NHL career.

The forward was originally the 49th overall selection in the 2001 NHL draft by the Los Angeles Kings. He remained in the organization until 2008-09, when he was traded to the Calgary Flames for a single season before opting to sign with the Montreal Canadiens for the next two and a half seasons. In 2011-12, he returned to Calgary through a trade, this time for a two-and-a-half-year stint. In 2014, he signed with the New Jersey Devils and became the team’s top scorer, but his performance declined by 2017, and he rejoined the Kings as a free agent for 15 games before coming to Edmonton. Besides being successful on the ice, Cammalleri also found success off the ice as he and John Celenza became the cofounders of the well-known sports hydration brand Biosteel.

As for Jokinen, the 192nd overall selection by the Dallas Stars in 2001, he was initially signed to the Oilers as a supposed ‘jack-of-all-trades’ in the summer of 2017. His performance with the club ultimately proved otherwise when he only made one assist in 14 games, which concerned the organization. When he switched to the Kings, things didn’t look overly bright. The forward only made 18 appearances that season, scoring one goal and five points. He was later selected off waivers by the Columbus Blue Jackets and then later traded in February of 2018 to the Vancouver Canucks. In Vancouver, he appeared in 14 games, scoring four goals and 10 points, but ultimately chose to finish his time in the NHL and signed with the Oulun Karpat in Finland.