The marquee veteran defenseman has signed with the Edmonton Oilers on Friday per NHL insider Darren Dreger."John Klingberg heading to the Oilers," Dreger said on X.The details of Klingberg's contract with the Oilers have not yet been released.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports that the Oilers have agreed to a deal with veteran defenceman John Klingberg.

There has been a lot of speculation connecting the Edmonton Oilers to free-agent defenseman John Klingberg over the past few days.  The last time we saw Klingberg in the NHL was in 2023-24 when he was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs and it was not pretty.

Klingberg is trying to resurrect his career after spending more than a year working his way back from double hip resurfacing surgery.

After a few weeks of teasing the idea of a return to the NHL, the Edmonton Oilers have signed veteran defenseman John Klingberg to a new contract. Klingberg hasn’t played an NHL game in over a year, but has been working on a return,

The Edmonton Oilers have been looking for a defenceman ahead of the trade deadline, and seem to have found one that interests them. According to several reports, they are expressing interest in John Klingberg,