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John Klingberg is an Edmonton Oiler! | Oilers News Update!



The Edmonton Oilers have signed free agent defenseman John Klingberg! In today’s video I share my thoughts and project where he might fit into the Oilers’ lineup once he’s in game shape. As of this recording no contract details have been given out. The Oilers currently rank 4th in the overall NHL standings after Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl pulled their team to a massive come from behind victory over the Colorado Avalanche last night. #oilers #edmontonoilers #nhl

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33 Comments

  1. @rhye_guy7717

    Literally heard the news here first! I have no feels either way about this, I'm just hopeful and will wait to see before I have an opinion.

  6. @rhyscartanhockey4291

    Not a big fan because of this we now can’t go for more D. We need defensive d not offensive, we have Bouchard and kulack and sometimes nurse we need lockdown d. We also need a scoring winger to put with mcdavid or draisatal. Stan bowman is not on my good side for as of right now.

  7. @tequila6306

    I like it, exploring your options, adding some depth at d, and taking a shot on a guy with a lot of upside that you can bury in the minors pretty easily if needed

  8. @19DannyBoy65

    Assuming he’s coming in at/around league minimum and a one year deal, seems like a pretty low risk move. Can’t exactly say I’m too excited about it but certainly don’t have any issues with it.

  10. @Bromslee

    Awe no way, I heard it here first, Thanks Austin! Klingberg has not played since November 2023…hmmmm, but a puck moving defenceman is exactly what Nurse shines with, this could be interesting, by my count that will make 4 Swedish oilers!

  11. @jeniasmackay7931

    SHIT, Ken Holland wouldn't even have glanced at this. This guy is injure prone,,, lately he the worst in the —- columns….. his will only give up pucks and not defend…..sounds horrible. … i hope he does well now hes here

  13. @dailysaga

    I'm neutral overall on this. It's certainly zero-risk, which is good. But the thing i really like is that the Oilers' management are doubling down on puck-moving defensemen.

    A) Nurse does best with a good puck mover as a linemate
    B) By pushing their strengths even more, they'll be that much harder to play against.

    I personally always love big, bruising players and physical teams… but the Oilers clearly have a vision of the type of great passing, low penalty (aka disciplined) hockey they want to play – and are built for.. and it's looking better and better for them.

    So, a punishing type of defenseman would be fine, but might dilute what they're going for, and what's been working.

  16. @the_ancient_sithlord

    Swedish Defenseman in the early 30‘s that went to the Cup Final with good overall stats and was Alternate Captain. Pretty much an Ekholm copy

  19. @jesse1381

    Honestly we can't really complain considering it's a low cost, low risk move. Hoping that he does well for us and he's able to regain his form. If not then we really didn't lose anything anyway.

  21. @sumonabatch6822

    I feel confident about this. Imagine what Coffey can do with JK. We have seen Coffey work magic with defensemen. This guy is a clean slate after being off for so long

  23. @corythorp

    1M + 350k signing bonus. 1.74M cap hit.

    Not sure this is a steal or anything, but I’ve doubted players picked up recently by the Oilers and have been pleasantly surprised. Hoping he’ll find some of that Dallas playoff energy again.

  27. @wad316

    With a deeper D core I hope they use this to bench Bouchard if he makes too many mistakes.

  28. @rickpapineau5939

    I trust Austin's analysis over the incoherent writers at the Journal…

    "Low risk, high reward…" <- yup.

    Had to revisit your reaction on the live stream to the winning goal last night. What a comeback.

  30. @gavin7772

    Love him or hate him Bowman has been absolutely cooking for this teams depth and has done an amazing job stopping the bleeding from Jeff Jackson’s decisions on jeff skinner and the offer sheet kids

  31. @jdsu2000

    No matter who you put next to Nurse, it is always disappointing because Nurse defensive hockey IQ is low, his skating and speed is mediocre. But nothing you can do with Nurse because he has a NMC and no team would want him at 9.25M with 5 more years. Oilers would have to eat 50% salary and add 5 1st round picks some teams maybe interested. K. Holland sucks.

  32. @clearrivergroup

    Not what I see the oilers needing on their defensive pairing. The biggest failings the current defensemen have is too many turn overs and almost total lack of physicality They need a solid defender that is not afraid to make contact with opposing sharp shooters.

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