Confirmed with Link: Gryba 2 years @ 900k
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AVE MAN
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Love It!! I thought Gryba was solid last year. Im glad he didn't end up in Calgary as a replacement for Engelland
BoldNewLettuce
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McspOiler
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Contract is fine... the sense that chias plan is have the same team as last year minus eberle and sekera is what is bothering me...
McDrai
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We're going to learn the hard way this season if Chia doesn't bring in a top 4 dman. I don't mind Gryba as a #7/#8 but if he's in our top 6 to start out i see a lot of hardship ahead
Giggli G
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Well we made the playoffs easily and Strome has been better in the playoffs than Eberle. Sekera will be back too.
Fairly harmless depth move. This should make it easier to keep Bear and Jones in the AHL the whole year
ohheyhemsky
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The reason that I don't like this contract is it just reeks of complacency.
Now we can just plug in this RHD, who can't skate, can't catch people, can't gap control, can't pass, and can't shoot into the line-up whenever need be, instead of looking for legitimate players on that side.
The money is meaningless and so is the term, but that isn't what should influence anyone's mindset on this signing. It's the fact that we are still likely going to play Gryba, and he's going to single handedly costs us games like he has in the past.
Now we can just plug in this RHD, who can't skate, can't catch people, can't gap control, can't pass, and can't shoot into the line-up whenever need be, instead of looking for legitimate players on that side.
The money is meaningless and so is the term, but that isn't what should influence anyone's mindset on this signing. It's the fact that we are still likely going to play Gryba, and he's going to single handedly costs us games like he has in the past.
Wretched Oil
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I think its smart to have an inexpensive backup when injury occurs. Who else do we pay that much to, to sit in the press box?
Not our prospects, they should be playing in the A.
Not our prospects, they should be playing in the A.
It's also still prior to free agency starting. This is just the typical reaction we get when we start re-signing depth players, and people start to overreact that they believe that we're done.
I don't expect us to be huge players in free agency, but the likelihood that Chia is slotting Gryba in to play ~30 games next season is very, very low in my opinion. Despite what some of you think, he's a smart guy. He's going to get another D to play until Sekera is healthy.
KeithIsActuallyBad
You thrust your pelvis, huh!
I'm already fearing one more injury to our defense, considering how healthy it was last year. Going into the year with the same defense should raise a few flags...
KeithIsActuallyBad
You thrust your pelvis, huh!
What makes you think that signing a perennial 7th defenseman means that Chiarelli is happy with the D now and won't make any moves? There's zero evidence to back this up.
I don't mind gryba. If he had any speed he probably would be a top 4 Dman, he's just a bit too slow for NHL hockey. Grats to him for getting a multi year deal, as a #7 that's not all that easy to do.
Not a fan of the player at all, so I am not excited by this. This has been an extremely disappointing offseason so far. However, I am not a GM and Chiarelli has done a good job so far. I guess we wait and see.
Jimmi McJenkins
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I guess, one more injury to Draisaitl or McDavid it's the same thing. It's still barely the offseason, a lot can still happen.
McDrai
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Might have to pony up for Stone or be forced to trade RNH to bring in a top 4 dman. I was hoping Eberle+ would help us in that case but I guess not
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Mr Positive
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Chiarelli's done with making big splashes. I was hoping maybe we would make a trade for someone like Barrie as our final big move, but I think that's over with. Cap management dominates our philosophy now, and that's what this Gryba signing is about.
I like the player okay though. As a 6/7 option, he's good to have if you are up against a physical opponent.
KeithIsActuallyBad
You thrust your pelvis, huh!
I'm hoping a stopgap is brought in to plug Sekera's absence...
McDavid is the only injury up front the Oilers would not be able to overcome. While I don't think the Oilers are that deep up front, the defense is still an issue that needs to be resolved going forward. Klefbom has had injury issues forever and this was finally his first full, healthy year. I really hope he keeps that up. I have no problem with Gryba as a #7 but he should not be in the lineup opening night.
What do you expect from No.7 defenseman? He's fine in that role and you are not going to get a much better player to ride the pine for 900k.
Del Preston
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When he got waived last year I think he just stayed up with the Oilers. He didn't play a game for the Condors.
This seems like the Eric Boulton contract with the Islanders where he gets paid to hang around with the team because Tavares and the players like him, except Gryba will actually play some games for the Oilers. He won't be taking time from the young guys in Bakersfield if/when he gets waived, imo.
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