The Edmonton Oilers are citing some depth from their AHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors. The staff announced that it has signed ahead Cameron Wright to a one-year, two-way contract value $925K and has recalled ahead Matthew Savoie.
Wright has been bouncing across the AHL and ECHL over the previous couple of years after ending his school tenure on the College of Denver in 2021-22. His first skilled season got here a yr later within the Colorado Avalanche group, the place Wright performed 64 video games for the ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies and two for the AHL’s Colorado Eagles.
His first yr with the Oilers group got here final season when Wright managed 48 video games for the Condors. He turned an efficient objective scorer on the backside of the lineup with 12 objectives and 21 factors in whole.
It is going to be attention-grabbing to see how lengthy Wright and Savoie stick round on Edmonton’s roster to start the 2024-25 NHL season. The latter just lately joined the Oilers group within the offseason in a commerce with the Buffalo Sabres and shortly turned considered one of Edmonton’s prime prospects.
This yr would mark his first full yr in skilled hockey after small appearances with the AHL Rochester Individuals and Sabres final yr. The Oilers have but to place Evander Kane on LTIR which is able to inevitably open up much-needed monetary flexibility for the roster.
