Craig Simpson’s best season in hockey was 1987-88, when he was traded early in the season in a mega trade that brought the disgruntled Paul Coffey from Edmonton.  The Left Wing was placed on a line with Glenn Anderson and Mark Messier, and he would go on to have a 90 Point Season, scoring 56 Goals, which put him second in the NHL that year.  Simpson would also lead the NHL in Shooting Percentage and be a productive member of the Oilers' 1988 Stanley Cup Championship Team.

Steve Smith might be best known for an error he caused in the 1986 Smythe Division Finals.  With the score tied at two, Smith collected the puck from behind his net, and when he went to clear it, he deflected it off his Goalie, Grant Fuhr, and the puck wound up in his own net.  The Oilers would lose the game and the series, and Smith was labeled a "bonehead" by Oilers fans.

One of the best blueliners ever to come out of Finland, Janne Niinamaa, would spend six and a half seasons with the Edmonton Oilers (1998-03).

Drafted 1^st Overall by the Edmonton Oilers in 2011, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a great rookie campaign where he scored 52 Points and finished second for Calder Trophy voting.  Injuries took him out of half of his second season, but he would follow that up with back-to-back 56 Point years in 2013-14 & 2014-15.  He dipped below the 50 Point threshold and had his best statistical season last year (2018-19) with career-highs of 28 Goals, 41 Assists, and 69 Points.  Nugent-Hopkins followed up with his second straight 60 Point year with 61.