Just In: After Game vs Florida Panthers, Vegas Golden Knights claimed defenseman on waivers…..

Tobias Bjornfot, a defenseman for the Los Angeles Kings, has been claimed off waivers by the Vegas Golden Knights.

On Wednesday, the Kings sent 22-year-old Bjornfot to the AHL by placing him on waivers to make room for Brandt Clarke on their roster. The Brilliant Knights add Bjornfot to their list in the midst of a couple of wounds on their blueline in Shea Theodore, Kaedan Korczak and Daniil Miromanov.

Bjornfot hasn’t played a great deal of hockey up until this point this season, getting into just a single game with the Lords in their season opener against the Colorado Torrential slide without any places in that game. He’s likewise played nine games in the AHL with the Ontario Reign while on a molding credit prior in the season, where he was additionally held silly.

Bjornfot was the 22nd generally determination of the Rulers in the 2019 NHL Draft, and had spent the sum of his five-season proficient profession in the Lords association until Thursday’s waiver guarantee. He’s presently in the main year of a two-year agreement with a $775,000 cap hit, one he endorsed in the 2023 offseason with the Rulers.

In view of the extended lines for the Brilliant Knights in light of Thursday’s morning skate, Bjornfot isn’t supposed to make his presentation with the group for their game against the Florida Pumas. Whether Bjornfot will get into any game activity with the Brilliant Knights or I he will simply be filling in as profundity protection for the group while their blueline wounds recuperate prior to being sent down to the minors is not yet clear.

The Brilliant Knights will hope to snap a dash of five misfortunes in six games when they have the Pumas on Thursday night at 10 p.m. EST. They right now sit in runner up in the Pacific Division with a 22-11-5 record, and are only two focuses behind the Vancouver Canucks for the division lead, albeit the Canucks have a game close by.