Edmonton Oilers sign goaltender Frederik Andersen to one-year, $2.75 million contract

The Edmonton Oilers signed goaltender Frederik Andersen to a one-year contract on July 1. The deal is valued at $2.75 million and carries a $1 million salary cap hit for the 2026-27 season, ESPN reported. It also includes up to $1.8 million in performance bonuses tied to regular-season games played and playoff results.

Andersen, 36, posted a 16-14-5 record with a 3.05 goals-against average in the regular season with the Carolina Hurricanes before going 12-1 in three playoff series during their Stanley Cup run. Andersen went 12-1 in those series, including eight straight victories, then started in net for the Hurricanes before yielding the net to Brandon Bussi in the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Carolina defeated the Golden Knights in six games to win the Cup. Andersen suffered a knee injury during the Final. He had been on a matching one-year, $2.75 million contract with the Hurricanes in 2025-26.

The Oilers also acquired Tristan Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins last season and traded for 24-year-old Devon Levi from the Buffalo Sabres on June 30. A native of Herning, Denmark, Andersen was a 2012 third-round draft pick of the Anaheim Ducks. He played for the Danish national team at the Winter Olympics in Milan in February 2026 and appeared in the IIHF World Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Andersen previously played with Oilers winger Zach Hyman on the Toronto Maple Leafs.