Edmonton Oilers sign Cam Dineen to one-year contract extension

The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenseman Cam Dineen to a one-year, two-way contract extension, the club announced Sunday afternoon.

Dineen, 24, has six goals and 47 points in 69 American Hockey League games with the Tucson Roadrunners and Bakersfield Condors this season. His new deal carries an NHL cap hit of $775,000 for the 2023–24 season.

The Oilers acquired Dineen from the Arizona Coyotes ahead of last month’s trade deadline as part of the deal which saw Nick Bjugstad head to Edmonton in exchange for Michael Kesselring and a 2023 third-round pick.

Dineen was slated to become a Group 6 unrestricted free agent this summer.

The Coyotes originally selected Dineen in the third round (No. 68 overall) of the 2016 NHL Draft. The five-foot-eleven defenseman, who shoots left, recorded seven assists in 34 NHL games with the Coyotes during the 2021–22 regular season.

The Oilers assigned Dineen to the Condors after acquiring him from the Coyotes. In 19 games with Bakersfield since the trade, Dineen has collected two goals and 12 points.

With this latest news, the Oilers now have nine defensemen under contract for the 2023–24 season: Darnell Nurse, Mattias Ekholm, Cody Ceci, Brett Kulak, Philip Broberg, Vincent Desharnais, Max Wanner, Markus Niemelainen, and Dineen.

The Condors finished the season in fifth place in the AHL’s Pacific Division with a 37–31–4 record and 78 points in 72 games. They’re set to take on the Abbotsford Canucks in the first round of the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs, with each game of the best-of-three series taking place at Abbotsford Centre.