By Canadian Press

Calgary Flames sign defenceman Jordan Oesterle

Jul 2, 2023 | 2:17 PM

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Jordan Oesterle to a one-year contract.

The 31-year-old from Dearborn Heights, Mich., compiled four goals and 15 assists in 97 games over the previous two seasons with the Detroit Red Wings.

Oesterle has 19 goals and 65 assists in 349 career NHL games with Detroit, Arizona, Chicago and Edmonton.

The Western Michigan University product was a member of the U.S. team that won a bronze medal at the 2018 men’s world championship.

The six-foot-foot, 190-pound player’s contract is one way and worth US$925,000.

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The Flames also announced Sunday the re-signing of Dryden Hunt, Martin Pospisil and Colton Poolman.

Calgary acquired Hunt of Cranbrook, B.C., at the trade deadline from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Radim Zohorna.

The 27-year-old winger had five goals and 10 assists in 17 games and another three goals and three assists in nine playoff games for the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers.

Hunt signed a two-year contract for the NHL minimum of $775,000 per year.

Pospisil has played four seasons in the Flames’ organization. He had four goals and six assists in 20 games for the Wranglers this past season.

The 23-year-old Slovak and Poolman both agreed to one-year contracts worth $775,000.

Poolman enters his fourth season in the Flames’ organization.

The defenceman had two goals and 12 assists in 64 games and appeared in nine playoff games for the Wranglers this past season.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 2, 2023.

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