Markus Niemeläinen has been placed on the transfer list.
Markus Niemeläinen has played in the NHL for two seasons. PDO
The Edmonton Oilers have set Markus Niemeläinen to the transfer list, the club says in the message service X.
Every NHL club now has 24 hours to pick up a Finnish defenseman for their ranks. If no club grabs Niemeläi, he can be sent to the AHL in the ranks of the Bakersfield Condors.
Niemeläinen, 25, has played two full seasons in the Edmonton Oilers organization, but has bounced between the NHL and AHL.
Niemeläinen has played a total of 43 NHL regular season games in his career. Last season, the big defenseman played 23 games in the NHL.
In the AHL, he has sweated in 85 regular season games.
Niemeläinen has represented Hämeenlinna Ball Club and Pori Ässi in the SM league. Niemeläinen just moved from Pori to the Oilers organization.
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