Oilers sign goaltender Martin Gerber
BY RYAN ABER
raber@opubco.com
The Edmonton Oilers signed veteran goaltender Martin Gerber to a two-way contract Friday, the team announced.
The deal pays Gerber a different amount based on whether he’s playing for Edmonton or Oklahoma City.
Gerber has had success in the NHL, helping the Carolina Hurricanes to a division title in 2005-06 but struggled in the playoffs and was replaced by Cam Ward as the Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup.
The 36-year-old Swiss goaltender last played in the NHL in 2008-09 with Toronto and spent last season in the Kontinental Hockey League, playing for Atlant Moscow.
The Oilers already had three goalies under contract: Nikolai Khabibulin, Jeff Deslauriers and Devan Dubnyk. Those contracts are all one-way deals, though, so the players would have to clear waivers before being assigned to the Barons.
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Thats not what a 2 way contract does. A 2 way contract simply means that they make a different amount of money in the NHL and the AHL. In Gerbers case its 500,000 in the NHL and 200,000 in the AHL. It does not affect waiver status.