[Michael Russo] Wild have claimed Oilers left-shot defenseman Travis Dermott off waivers.

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  3. Sad that we won’t see Jiricek, but hopefully Dermott can plug the holes more effectively

  4. Lol. That means pretty much every single team passed on him.

    I don’t know much about Dermott but he does have a shit ton of NHL experience. Not really much of a point producer but he is a +12 after playing 339 NHL games on some bad teams, so it looks like he can at least defend.

  8. Even if he’s not great I’m glad we were able to get a successful waiver claim at such low priority. I was fully preparing for someone else to claim him and us to have no choice but play 4 RD or call up a LD prospect who isn’t ready. Hopefully we only need a few weeks from him

  9. The Oilers just claimed a forward off waivers and haven’t activated him yet so he doesn’t count against the cap. They needed to get rid of cap so Dermot was their choice to send to AHL if he cleared. And he almost did, and would have had Mids not gotten hurt. Source: Puckpedia.

  10. I can’t be mad at the duct tape for not properly plugging the giant hole. Welcome aboard, man-with-a-pulse!

  11. The was the least bad outcome. A Chisholm – Merrill – Dermott LD depth chart is still pretty bleak though.

  13. For all the ppl saying why not Jiricek. The Wild saw him skate and determined Jon Merrill is the better option. That’s all you need to know.

    It’s gonna be a project. The team definitely knows what they’re doing in this case

  16. He’s played for the leafs, bucks, yotes and oilers… None of those teams help the defense out much. He might do well here.

  19. This seems like a little bit of “Yeah we got a beat down but we’re taking your player 😋” vibes.

    I’m unsure how to feel other than yay we have an able bodied defense for now.

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