Nov. 3: Oesterle has cleared waivers and can be assigned to AHL Calgary, Chris Johnston of TSN and The Athletic reports.
Nov. 2: Chris Johnston of TSN is reporting that the Calgary Flames have placed defenseman Jordan Oesterle on waivers. Oesterle recently joined the Flames organization this summer after finishing up a two-year contract signed with the Detroit Red Wings back in 2021.
Primarily being used as the team’s seventh defenseman, Oesterle would play in a few more games with Calgary due to the four-game suspension given to defenseman Rasmus Andersson over the last week. In four games this season, Oesterle has averaged a touch over 14 minutes of ice time a night, garnering a -2 rating with zero points.
It is unlikely that Oesterle will be claimed within the next 24 hours, but with an affordable cap hit, there are teams such as the Minnesota Wild, Philadelphia Flyers, and San Jose Sharks that could certainly use some short-term help on defense. At any rate, if he is claimed by tomorrow, it shouldn’t be an expectation that Oesterle’s current role with Calgary would change too much in a different organization.
Even with Oesterle’s cap hit being relatively affordable, and with the Flames now running with six defensemen on the active roster, with only $295K in salary cap space after LTIR usage, clearing $925K off of the books is imperative for Calgary for the time being. In the future, if the Flames wish to keep an extra defenseman on the team, there are players such as Colton Poolman and Nick DeSimone currently playing for their AHL affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers, who would provide short-term depth with even lower cap hits than Oesterle.
@Brennan – Andersson’s already back from suspension. He played last night. Had 27:13 TOI, 3 shots, 1 hit, and was merely a dash 1.
Sorry — meant to say “would” instead of “could”. Entirely changes the nature of the sentence.
@Brennan – No problem. Considering Ras’ offense, some of us thought that 4 was on the light side. Either way, he didn’t impact last night’s game as they had hoped, but Connor Zary was a monster.
What’s up with Kylington?
He has been on LTIR with an undisclosed injury since the start of the season; he did return to the team for training camp but didn’t play much, if I remember correctly.
I BELIEVE HE FAILED HIS PHYSICAL AT TRAINING CAMP.
Damn caps lock!