{"id":440893,"date":"2026-02-02T03:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T03:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/440893\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T03:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T03:29:25","slug":"edmonton-oilers-waive-goaltender-calvin-pickard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/440893\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers waive goaltender Calvin Pickard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiy1tinzHd_h_9mJNRaCwLCfriMBFHHrg8byK-FzM_3ou_ceyA0Sg3rb2STQiTnghrv9cXIpRb5xyV69J5OUDaRVEjd5Jk3_2ZL8mdnrhl3ZMa40Wkpw_hDKR0Ny1dZM6PhBZK1cozANBaVSXBNz3Nmnq-R4B7pO5rb4VvX8Pb3lJ7T5eIuMI4IF-jnqg0\/s5392\/USATSI_27973832.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3592\" data-original-width=\"5392\" height=\"266\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/USATSI_27973832.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Oilers have a crowded crease, and it appears veteran goaltender Calvin Pickard has become the odd man out. The Oilers announced on Sunday, they&#8217;ve waived Pickard, allowing any team in the league 24 hours to claim him.<\/p>\n<p>Pickard, 33, is a pending unrestricted free agent, making $1 million this season against the cap. The Moncton, NB native has appeared in 16 games for the Oilers this season, posting a 5-6-2 record, along with a 3.68 goals against average, and .871 save percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton traded for Tristan Jarry earlier in the season, and added Connor Ingram, so this is a move that certainly isn&#8217;t to any surprise out west. It seemed to be just a matter of time before the Oilers moved on from both of their goaltenders from last season, as a change was needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ingram has started 6-3-1 in his first 11 games with the Oilers, and now with Jarry healthy, Pickard could be on his way\u00a0out of town, or if he clears, he&#8217;ll be demoted to the AHL&#8217;s Bakersfield Condors. If Pickard clears on Monday, he could be assigned to Bakersfield, which would mark his first appearance in the AHL since the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n<p>In 191 career NHL games, Pickard is 74-77-14 with a 2.96 GAA, a .901 SV% and 5 shutouts. In 13 playoff games with Edmonton, he\u2019s 802 with a 2.72 GAA and .892 SV%.<\/p>\n<p>As far as potential claims, the Montreal Canadiens and Minnesota Wild could have some level of interest, as both teams have been involved in trade talks involving their goaltenders of late.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit:\u00a0\u00a0Walter Tychnowicz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers have a crowded crease, and it appears veteran goaltender Calvin Pickard has become the odd&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5125],"tags":[198,146,5300,5,181,4,465,550,106,60,107,549,548,546,547,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-440893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton-oilers","8":"tag-edmonton","9":"tag-edmonton-oilers","10":"tag-edmontonoilers","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-hockey-news","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-nhl-draft","15":"tag-nhl-free-agency","16":"tag-nhl-news","17":"tag-nhl-playoffs","18":"tag-nhl-rumors","19":"tag-nhl-teams","20":"tag-nhl-trade-deadline","21":"tag-nhl-trade-rumors","22":"tag-nhl-trades","23":"tag-oilers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115998921663749186","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}