Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Boris Mironov comes in at No. 57 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 57 on Brownlee’s original list.The Edmonton Oilers have arguably the greatest Finnish player of all-time, Jari Kurri, arguably the greatest German player of all-time, Leon Draisaitl, and even flirted with the “Scottish Gretzky” back in the day with Tony Hand. They’ve mined talent from all over the globe. But with Russia, they’ve had less luck. With that said, the greatest Russian Edmonton Oiler of all-time must be Boris Mironov: a beloved character amongst teammates and fans just as much as a quality defencemen through the heart of the 1990s for the franchise. He’s the only Russian to ever wear a letter for the franchise, an alternate captain in his last two seasons, and was an integral piece to the upstart resurgence of the 1996-97 and 1997-98 Oilers, who upset Dallas and Colorado in consecutive years. Bobo had a box office quality to him: he could score, he could lay a thundering hit, he could fight in the hallway between the benches, and produced in several big games for the Oilers. He was done in the NHL at just 32 years old, having made his millions, and won silver and bronze medals at the 1998 Nagano and 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, respectively. But one can argue he played the best hockey of his life as an Edmonton Oiler.
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Mironov was drafted in the second round, 27th overall, by the Winnipeg Jets in 1992. Playing with CKSA Moscow, his play earned him a spot on the Soviet’s........