Confirmed with Link: Jakub Jerabek Signed to One-Year Contract

[joestevens29]

Guy is 5'11" 200lbs. Not exactly small

 

[Cloned]

How much cap space left to sign Nurse now?

I assume it’ll be moot once they put Sekera on LTIR...

 

[Still DRAI]

Guy is 5'11" 200lbs. Not exactly small

For a d-man, that's a little on the smaller side - a lot of modern d-men tend to be a fair bit over 6' because (generally) taller dudes have a longer wingspan, which allows them to cover more of the ice with their stick. That said, he's definitely big enough to (hopefully) not get blown off the puck by the slightest breeze.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

He is small!

I don't know that 5'11" and 200lbs is small.

I like the signing, a bit surprised it wasn't Davidson, but he's lesser known quantity as opposed to Davidson

 

[shoop]

I like the signing, a bit surprised it wasn't Davidson, but he's lesser known quantity as opposed to Davidson

Can't remember where I heard this, maybe Stauffer show, but apparently Davidson is really looking for a multi-year deal.

 

[guymez]

I wonder if this means Sekera won't be gone as long as we think...maybe (hopefully) a decent stopgap with some good upside

surely he's better than Auvitu

Its possible for sure. I would really like to think that Sekera can come back from that injury and if he can then that is a total testament to his commitment to recover. The question for me is how effective will Sekera be IF he can recover from serious back to back injuries at his age?

I am a big Sekera fan...I wanted the Oilers to sign him as a UFA and they did. He was an extremely solid dman for this team (full value on his contract) until injuries hit. I am pulling big time for him to come back and be an effective player. The odds are against him though.

As for Auvitu...he never impressed me. He simply isnt good enough at any one thing to compensate for all of his flaws. He is a #7 dman at best IMO.

I think that Jerabek has an opportunity to be a better player than Auvitu....he certainly has more tools. Jerabek is better offensive dman than Auvitu historically and he is stocky with a low center of gravity and to my understanding plays a much more physical game. He is tougher to knock off the puck.

 

[guymez]

I kinda wish this signing would've happened before Sekera went down. This seems like a very smart depth move to make.

By all reports Sekera was returning back to form this summer...then the Achilles injury happened.
Its tough to prep for bad luck.

 

[Section337]

Obviously one of the members of the OBC is a comic book fan and are pulling strings behind the scene to ensure Chiarelli signs a JJ in every offseason. Hopefully JJv3 brings more to the team than Jim Johnson or Jussi Jokinen.

 

[guymez]

Can't remember where I heard this, maybe Stauffer show, but apparently Davidson is really looking for a multi-year deal.

I heard 2 year deal with a guarantee that he makes NHL money if he gets sent down.

 

[guymez]

I also like the fact that Jerabek was exposed to a Stanley cup winning environment last season.
That kind of experience has value.

 

[Staghorn]

I heard 2 year deal with a guarantee that he makes NHL money if he gets sent down.

Tim and Sid just said one way deal...

 

[guymez]

Tim and Sid just said one way deal...

Okay.
After I typed that out I realized i just wrote the longhand version of a one way deal.
Too lazy to change it.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Can't remember where I heard this, maybe Stauffer show, but apparently Davidson is really looking for a multi-year deal.

Good luck. Nobody gets multi year deals when August hits.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Tim and Sid just said one way deal...

His comment was referring to why Davidson still wasn't signed, not JJ's contract

 

[Cloned]

Obviously one of the members of the OBC is a comic book fan and are pulling strings behind the scene to ensure Chiarelli signs a JJ in every offseason. Hopefully JJv3 brings more to the team than Jim Johnson or Jussi Jokinen.

 

[joestevens29]

I don't know that 5'11" and 200lbs is small.

I like the signing, a bit surprised it wasn't Davidson, but he's lesser known quantity as opposed to Davidson

Pretty sure the Davidson experiment is done. They've seen enough of him and haven't seen a lot of upside. He just doesn't do anything real well.

Can't remember where I heard this, maybe Stauffer show, but apparently Davidson is really looking for a multi-year deal.

Lol, same agent as Maroon or what?

By all reports Sekera was returning back to form this summer...then the Achilles injury happened.
Its tough to prep for bad luck.

For sure, but this signing seems like one that should've been made regardless.

 

[shoop]

Pretty sure the Davidson experiment is done. They've seen enough of him and haven't seen a lot of upside.

I think it's better than 50% the Oilers pick him up on waivers again at some point. He's always going to be a tweener. He'll be on the waiver wire again at some point in 2018-19.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

I heard 2 year deal with a guarantee that he makes NHL money if he gets sent down.

Can't Blame Davidson for looking for that kind of deal, and you can't blame teams for passing on that.

 

[Cloned]

For sure, but this signing seems like one that should've been made regardless.

I hope Jerabek turns out to be really good, so the Oilers braintrust can get it in their heads that it's OK to keep adding depth instead of closing their eyes and hoping everything works out. Because right now I don't think they would have signed Jerabek if Sekera was healthy, and that's a shame.

 

[guymez]

Can't Blame Davidson for looking for that kind of deal, and you can't blame teams for passing on that.

I agree.
Its a tough sell for most teams looking for a depth dman but on the other hand Davidson has to try and maximize his opportunity. I wish him luck.
From an Oilers perspective I would take a pass.

 

[nabob]

Hope he gets a fair shot.

Feel much more confident with him, Gravel and Bear as our 7,8,9 than I did with Gryba, OV2, and Stanton/Lowe last year. Sekera injury is such a damn shame because we would have had very good depth 1-8.

 

[Cloned]

Montreal fans seem to have liked him while he was there. Capitals fans have mixed feelings - apparently he was decent in the RS, wasn't great in the first two games of the playoffs which led to him being scratched.

 

[Dohilers]

Oilers can definitely use a defenseman who can move the puck well, which seems to be what Jerabek is best at. Decent low-risk bet.

 

[joestevens29]

I hope Jerabek turns out to be really good, so the Oilers braintrust can get it in their heads that it's OK to keep adding depth instead of closing their eyes and hoping everything works out. Because right now I don't think they would have signed Jerabek if Sekera was healthy, and that's a shame.

I don't think this is that fair of a comment to be honest. I think we do add depth players the problem is they are slotted in non-depth roles thus making it look like we have no depth players.

 

[Spawn]

Meh. Ov22.


Hopefully we can get a few decent games out of him.