Edmonton Oilers goaltender Calvin Pickard cleared waivers on Monday.
Pickard, 33, was placed on waivers on Sunday after going 5-6-2 in 16 appearances this season with an .871 save percentage and 3.68 goals-against average. He hasn’t appeared in a game since Jan. 8.
The 6-foot-1 netminder became the Oilers’ third goaltender after the team acquired Tristan Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins in December and the emergence of Connor Ingram from the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors.
Jarry has gone 6-3-1 in 10 games since joining the Oilers to go along with an .873 save percentage and 3.59 GAA.
Ingram was acquired by the Oilers prior to the season in a deal with the Utah Mammoth for future considerations.
The 6-foot-1 netminder appeared in 11 games in the AHL, going 4-5-2 with a 4.04 GAA and .856 save percentage before joining the Oilers at the end of the December.
Since arriving in Edmonton, Ingram is 6-4-1 with a .901 save percentage and 2.55 GAA.
Pickard is on the final season of a two-year, $2 million contract and carries a cap hit of $1 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.
The Moncton, N.B., native played an important role in last year’s playoffs for Edmonton. He took over as the starter in Game 3 of the first round against the Los Angeles Kings with Stuart Skinner struggling, and backstopped them the rest of the series and through the first two games of the second round against the Vegas Golden Knights.
He was injured in Game 3 against the Golden Knights and was replaced by Skinner, who led them through the series and the Western Conference Finals against the Dallas Stars.
Pickard would return for the Stanley Cup Final, replacing Skinner in Games 3 and Game 4. The Oilers would go on to lose in six games to the Florida Panthers for the second year in a row.
Drafted 49th overall by the Colorado Avalanche in 2010, Pickard has a career 74-77-14 record with a .901 save percentage and 2.96 GAA split between the Avalanche, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Arizona Coyotes, Detroit Red Wings and Oilers.
Flames’ Kirland also clears
Calgary Flames forward Justin Kirkland also cleared waivers on Monday.
Kirkland, 29, appeared in 20 games with the Flames this season, recording a goal and two points.
He also appeared in 14 games with AHL’s Calgary Wrangers, recording five goals and seven points this season.
The 6-foot-3 centre signed a one-year, $900,000 deal to stay in Calgary in the off-season and will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.
Kirkland joined the Flames as an unrestricted free agent in July of 2024.
Drafted 62nd overall by the Nashville Predators in 2014, Kirkland has three goals and 10 points in 50 career games split between the Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, and Flames.
