Klingberg had been attempting to resurrect his NHL career after spending more than a year working his way back from injury.

The Edmonton Oilers picked up a 4-3 comeback win last night over the Colorado Avalanche. The Oilers went down 3-0 in the first period before adding four unanswered goals to pick up their fourth straight win and their eighth win in their last nine games.

Edmonton is in the market to bolster its blue line and its reportedly leading the race to land a marquee free-agent defenseman. John Klinberg is nearing return from resurfacing surgery that he had in 2023 and a decision is expected to be made within the next two weeks per NHL insider Darren Dreger.

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