This was written about him the last time he played hockey, which was in Toronto:
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Last season in Anaheim was a massive red flag around Klingberg and maybe how bad the Ducks were led Brad Treliving to believe his results were a product of that system. On the Ducks Klingberg had goals and expected goals for percentages below 40%. His Corsi wasn’t much better. Both his Corsi and Goals For enjoyed a dead cat bounce when he arrived in Minnesota, and his goals for percentage significantly improved based on the heavy sheltering the Wild could afford him. His average icetime in Anaheim was the lowest of his career (including his rookie season) before he arrived in Minnesota and saw his 5v5 ice time cut by another two minutes a night. There was no reason to believe that Klingberg was good and considering that Klingberg warranted only a 4th round pick with 50% salary retention, it should have been painfully clear that signing Klingberg was a bad idea.
It would be nice to say that Klingberg’s 14 games as a Leaf were forgettable but unfortunately that isn’t true. His complete lack of defensive awareness will likely haunt a generation of Leafs fans for years to come. Klingberg demonstrated an unprecedented ability to find himself facing the wrong direction on any given play or to arrive near the net just in time to scoop the puck out of the goal. Again, the defensive deficiencies were expected, maybe not to the 3.68 GA/60 level, but they were expected. While Klingberg’s Corsi doesn’t look bad, every other number that people routinely check would at best be described as a tire fire. Amazingly he was still better than he was in Anaheim.
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https://theleafsnation.com/news/klin...-leafs-history
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The 2 Mutts Hockey Podcast has accurately broken Oilers news this season, and now is reporting that Edmonton is close to adding Klingberg with the intention of playing him in the top four, and on the powerplay.
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So, the guy who was run out of town for his brutal defensive play in Toronto will be good enough to play in the top four in Edmonton and will bump Bouchard from the PowerPlay.
They are far more forgiving about brutal defensive play in Edmonton that anywhere else.
He will probably fit in really well.