The Edmonton Oilers sign defenceman John Klingberg
Breaking news and Oil country as the Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman John Klingberg.
According to Daily Hive, as first reported by TSN's Darren Dreger, the Oilers have signed defenceman John Klingberg. They were viewed as frontrunners to sign the 32-year-old after news broke earlier in the week that he was looking to make a return to the NHL. No official terms of the deal have been reported on.
Klingberg is exactly the type of defenceman the Oilers are seeking. He's a big, smooth skating blue-liner with a right shot who can play top-4 minutes.
According to NHL Trade Rumor, He has amassed 412 points in 633 NHL, showcasing his playmaking abilities and puck-moving prowess. His best season came in 2017-18 with the Dallas Stars, where he tallied an impressive 67 points in 82 games.
Klingberg would be paired up with Nurse & he would get the opportunity to play on the PowerPlay as well, the fact that they could bring in Klingberg by not giving up any draft picks or trading any young players away has been a huge talking point in the organization.
The Edmonton Oilers have been in the mix to add a defenceman to the roster, and John Klingerg is a low risk, high reward type of situation.
John Klingberg is coming off a hip resurfacing surgery, a procedure notoriously difficult to come back from.
Regardless, it should be interesting to see how fast Klingberg can get up to game speed after taking such a substantial amount of time off.
The Oilers may have hit a huge winner with this one, and GM Stan Bowman is slowly putting his stamp on this Edmonton Oilers team.
