It was on the evening of Oct. 12, 2016, when the Edmonton Oilers officially played their first NHL game at their current home, Rogers Place in downtown Edmonton.
Amidst the sting of a 6-2 loss Tuesday to the Anaheim Ducks, a former fan favourite stopped by the broadcast to give an update on his life. During the second intermission, defenceman Oscar Klefbom joined Gene Principe on the desk after officially announcing his retirement last summer.
You could have asked every Edmonton Oilers fans before the season began which aspect of the team concerned them the most, and not one would have answered the power play.
On Aug. 20, just over four years after he last played in a game, Oscar Klefbom announced his retirement from the NHL. He had suffered from serious shoulder issues throughout his career, which ultimately forced the Swedish defenceman to hang up his skates.
Even though the news wasn’t at all surprising, Oscar Klefbom’s retirement was officially announced yesterday, and I’d be lying if I wasn’t a little bit sad to see that once promising chapter in Oilers history finally limps over the finish line.
Last week, we finally saw Ivan Demidov play a preparatory game in an SKA uniform. The youngster, who scored a goal in the game, earned flowers from his coach.
We’re deep in the summer dead zone for NHL news, but that doesn’t mean your ol’ pal Baggedmilk hasn’t been thinking about our beloved Edmonton Oilers. For this week’s Random Thoughts, I looked back on a few stories from the past week that involve our boys while also looking around the league for anything interesting we may have missed.
It’s been a long time since hockey fans have heard the name Oscar Klefbom. The Swedish defenseman was injured (too) often during his NHL career, but it also happened frequently before his career in North America.
There may be fewer “What If’s” over the last two decades in Edmonton than what would’ve happened if Oscar Klefbom was never forced out of the game due to injury.
It was announced on Thursday that Oscar Klefbom, an ex-defenseman for the Edmonton Oilers, is hanging up his skates at the age of 31. We all saw it coming, but now it’s been made official.
Jim Matheson: 31-year-old defenseman Oscar Klefbom retires from the NHL. He last played four years ago because of shoulder issues. During his final season in 2019-20, he averaged around 25.5 minutes.
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, former Edmonton Oiler Oscar Klefbom finally and officially confirmed that his hockey career is over. Meanwhile, Sidney Crosby’s birthday has come and gone and he’s not signed a new deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
He played 378 games in an Edmonton sweater, scoring 34 goals and 122 assists for 156 points (0.41 per game). He had a career -64 rating, understandable for a player routinely averaging north of 22 minutes per game on an Oilers club that only made the playoffs twice in his tenure.
Oscar Klefbom hasn’t played a game since the summer of 2020. Now, the Swedish defenseman reveals that the shoulder injury he has dealt with means he has played his last hockey game.
A former NHL blueliner is officially hanging up his skates. On Thursday, former Edmonton Oilers defenseman Oscar Klefbom revealed that he is retiring from hockey at the age of 31.
Despite having not played an NHL game in nearly four years, Oscar Klefbom still found a way to make a big impact on the Oilers by sharing a video that the team used to help pump up the crowd inside Rogers Place.