Confirmed with Link: Wings sign Jordan Oesterle (2 years @ 1.35m AAV)

[Henkka]

Power-play, penalty kill, defenceman, forward.

Seems like an utility player.

 

[jaster]

What year? I graduated in 1983.

My dad's got you by a few, he was a '72 grad.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

My dad's got you by a few, he was a '72 grad.

Yup by 11 years i've the late December birthday.

 

[Gniwder]

When healthy, D probably looks something like:

Leddy - Hronek
Staal - Seider
DeKeyser/Oesterle - Stecher
(Oesterle/DeKeyser - Lindstrom)

Oesterle was kind of a Swiss Army Knife for the Yotes. Actually spent more time playing his off side on the right, and saw minutes on the PP and PK as well.

Funny how everyone continues to put Lindstrom below Stecher on the depth chart despite the fact that he got protected in the expansion draft.

DDK/Lindstrom on the bottom pair with Oesterle and Stecher as 7/8D. Between DDK's back and Seider being a rookie, I would not be surprised at all when Blash runs 7D again.

At least there are no AHLer's on D anymore, everyone is at least legit bottom end NHL level.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

He supposed to replace Lashoff or something?

More likely Biega. 7th/8th D.

 

[lhsgolf19]

 

[Gniwder]

More likely Biega. 7th/8th D.

It's a small step up. Biega was basically an AHLer, Oesterle is low NHL level.

 

[Tom Polakis]

Good value and term. You all might be pleasantly surprised with Oesterle in the third pairing. He was the least of the Coyotes' many problems in the past few years.

 

[bedtime20]

 

[Frk It]

Super meh.

 

[Henkka]

Funny how everyone continues to put Lindstrom below Stecher on the depth chart despite the fact that he got protected in the expansion draft.

I see Stecher traded. Less usage on special teams than any of our other defencemen.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

I would try to move Dekeyser.

 

[BSHH]

Good advice for him is pretty easy: Just see what this Westland guy Haase does for the Tigers and simply follow suit!

Gruß,
BSHH

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

Gotta admit.. never heard of this guy

 

[ShelbyZ]

If anything, he's a solid upgrade over all the other bit parts at LD that left this offseason - Cholowski, Djoos and Biega.

I see Stecher traded. Less usage on special teams than any of our other defencemen.

While I doubt they move any dmen until around the deadline, I do agree that Stecher is probably the most expendable. As the season went on they took him off the PK and gave him a more offensively sheltered deployment at 5v5. That's also the ideal deployment for Seider starting out in the NHL as they ease him into taking on defensive assignments and PK.