Confirmed with Link: Petry signs a one-year contract.

[Oil In My Veins]

@EdmontonOilers
#Oilers agree to terms with @PetryJ on a one-year contract.

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[40oz]

Welp, guess he's a UFA next year then?
We'll see how that plays out.

 

[Mc5RingsAndABeer]

Damn, was hoping for a longer-term deal. I wonder how much it's for. $4m?

 

[dustrock]

I think this gives a fair amount of flexibility either way

 

[Joey Moss]

One year away from UFA.. not sure I like the sounds of that.

 

[sepHF]

damn... was really hoping for some term. He's as good as gone next year.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Hopefully he plays well enough for a big contract that we don't need to trade him in March.

 

[Mcnotloilersfan]

I imagine he's done with us after this year.

Schultz, Fayne and Nikitin can all play right side for us next year, and I'm sure 2 of our 3 kids (Marincin, Kelfcom, Nurse) will be ready to play left side by then.

 

[ManofSteel55]

damn... was really hoping for some term. He's as good as gone next year.

Yep. Explains why they were trying to trade him (if those rumors were true)

 

[CornKicker]

short bridge, Petry said I can do this, oilers said show me, if he plays as good as he can he will have a long term deal by feb.

 

[DarksideGhost]

....I don't know how i feel about this deal...it would make me feel alot better if was a bridge contract.

comes March we'll see what happens him.

 

[Supermassive]

short bridge, Petry said I can do this, oilers said show me, if he plays as good as he can he will have a long term deal by feb.

I admire your enthusiasm.

 

[Digger12]

I guess they came to a compromise. Seems like a reasonable outcome, though it does indicate that how the Oilers view Petry isn't close to how Petry views himself.

Like CornKicker said, it's a "show me" contract.

 

[oil Leaks]

Man, I thought he signed long term like maybe 4 years

 

[The Head Crusher]

Come february he will either be negotiating a new contract or will be tradedat the deadline with this deal. Wonder what the $ is?

 

[40oz]

‏@Bob_Stauffer ·
Petry 1 year/3.075M

 

[jsho]

3.075 per Stauffer.

 

[ohheyhemsky]

Bad faith signing. Trade him now that he's signed to a year to a team like the Islanders who always expect to sign upcoming UFAs.

 

[Neatman]

Seems like a pretty bad outcome for the Oilers.
Must have been a huge discrepancy in the trade market between how they valued him and how other teams did.

 

[ManofSteel55]

‏@Bob_Stauffer ·
Petry 1 year/3.075M

Great cap hit.

 

[Mr Positive]

Even if he shows dominant play I don't think we are prepared to give him much money considering that we can live without him and spend that cash elsewhere. If I had to guess we will be trading him at the deadline.

I doubt we would be trading him this summer, or else why bother signing him instead of just trading his rights?

 

[joestevens29]

Ugh, don't like the term. Good deal on money though.

 

[McOvechking]

Great deal. He's gonna go into beast mode this year to earn a big contract next year. And we should pay him whatever he earns.

 

[Blue Line Turnover]

I imagine he's done with us after this year.

Schultz, Fayne and Nikitin can all play right side for us next year, and I'm sure 2 of our 3 kids (Marincin, Kelfcom, Nurse) will be ready to play left side by then.

That seems like a sad group without Petry. I think the Oilers need him way more than hfOil thinks we do.

 

[Paralyzer008]

His value just went down if we wanted to trade him, considering he's now a UFA soon.

Good price, but I wanted him long term, market doesn't look good next year and he'll be paid.