{"id":443888,"date":"2026-02-02T02:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/443888\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T02:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:25:10","slug":"edmonton-oilers-place-goalie-calvin-pickard-on-waivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/443888\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers place goalie Calvin Pickard on waivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Calvin Pickard raises his stick into the air from the Oilers' net.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2253242018-1024x683.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" class=\"image-next-root\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;display:block;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Article_ImageCaptionCredit__mkXi_ article-image-caption-credit Typography_body1__xfKuc inherit Typography_base__jzSqr\">Calvin Pickard started 64 games for the Edmonton Oilers across three seasons. Cameron Bartlett \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 1, 2026Updated 5:34 pm EST<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Oilers placed goaltender Calvin Pickard on waivers on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Pickard has a 5-6-2 record in 16 games this season, with a .871 save percentage and 3.68 goals-against average. He has started 64 regular-season games for the Oilers over the last three seasons and nine more in the playoffs, but is now the organization\u2019s third goalie behind Tristan Jarry and Connor Ingram.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old has struggled this season, ranking 63rd out of 91 goalies to play in the NHL with minus-3.5 goals saved above expected, according to MoneyPuck. He is in the final year of a two-year contract and carries a cap hit of $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Pickard went 7-1 last postseason and started Games 4 and 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers. Edmonton has since reshaped its goalie room, acquiring Ingram in a trade with the Utah Mammoth just before the season and dealing starter Stuart Skinner to the Pittsburgh Penguins in December to acquire Jarry.<\/p>\n<p>Jarry\u2019s start in Edmonton has been bumpy. He missed time with an injury and has a save percentage of only .872 in nine starts. Ingram, who has split the crease with Jarry lately, has a .901 save percentage in 11 starts. Overall, the Oilers rank 26th in the NHL in team save percentage.<\/p>\n<p>If Pickard clears waivers, he would be assigned to Edmonton\u2019s American Hockey League affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors. He played 42 games for the Condors between 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calvin Pickard started 64 games for the Edmonton Oilers across three seasons. Cameron Bartlett \/ Getty Images Feb.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[1792,385,99],"class_list":["post-443888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-edmonton-oilers","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}